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matthewbauer

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From: /usa/ks

Registered: 2009-07-20

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Uzbl OS

This is not finished yet. I am looking into some input on the problems I am facing.

So I thought it would be a good idea to create "Uzbl OS", like Chrome OS. It is a very simple web oriented Linux distro. It starts up in "Kiosk" mode, so everything is configured via the web browser (uzbl).

It is based off of Arch Linux, larch, Uzbl, Ratpoison, X11, and Xdialog.

Security Issues:
I have added the functions "platform.shell(COMMAND)" and "platform.sudo(COMMAND)" to the Uzbl Javascript via the Uzbl ~/.config/uzbl/config file. This is accessible to all Web applications. The shell function runs under the user "web", that is not in the sudoers file. The sudo function runs the shell command: "Xdialog --yesno "Are you sure you want to give http://rmrf.com/ root priveleges? They will run command: rm -rf /" 10 120 --fill --stdout --default-no". It seems safe to me, but I bet there are some security issues with it.

Miscellaneous:
[*] There are no packages of Uzbl right now, and I'm waiting for the libwebkit/segfault problem to be fixed.
[*] It's configured for i686 right now, change run "sed 's|i686|x86_64|' pacman.conf > pacman.conf" for x86_64.
[*] The default server is my home server: http://uzbl-os.ath.cx/. This is okay for now, but eventually I might want to move to a better server.

Github: http://github.com/paradoq/uzbl-os

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gajo

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Registered: 2008-04-01

Posts: 93

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Re: Uzbl OS

interesting, but why? most people that know what uzbl is are quite capable, and usually choose to have their own specific set of tools, ranging from WM to shell type, well anyway, i wish you best of luck in this;
PS: is it going to be based on archlinux?

zowki

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From: Trapped in The Matrix

Registered: 2008-11-27

Posts: 582

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Re: Uzbl OS

PS: is it going to be based on archlinux?

It is based off of Arch Linux

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gajo

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Registered: 2008-04-01

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Re: Uzbl OS

i guess i should refrain from posting at 7AM

Army

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Registered: 2007-12-07

Posts: 1,784

Re: Uzbl OS

Sounds interesting :-) Especially, because I started using uzbl a few days ago