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DesktopOnDemand Review – Preview

I was reading about DesktopOnDemand on Read/Write/Web yesterday and immediately applied for a beta account. This morning, my beta invite appeared in my mailbox.

The Read/Write/Web review gets the idea of the service somewhat wrong. DesktopOnDemand (DOD)is not yet another WebOS play – instead, DesktopOnDemand allows you to remotely access a GNOME desktop running on top of what seems to be a Fedora Linux platform. While you can run the desktop in your browser through a Java client, the better way of running it is through what is basically a VNC client over a secure connection. The goal of DOD is not to become another Goowy, DesktopTwo etc.

I have been playing around with the service for a bit now and I am very impressed. The desktop is responsive, the software installed on the GNOME desktop is up-to-date and relevant (AbiWord for word processing, Liferea for RSS reading, RhythmBox for music, Evolution for mail and calendaring etc.). Everything works the way you expect it to work and the desktop is fully customizable.

I will write a more in-depth review later today, but I just wanted to correct what I read on R/W/W yesterday. This is not only going to become a very useful product, it will also be a great way of showing people the power of a GNOME linux desktop.

Oh, and I have 25 23 invites I can give away…

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Sounds like an interesting product, look forward to your update.

If you could send me an invite that would be great.

Hi, i’m interest to use can you please send me on above mentioned email.
Thanks

Hi Guys

I see you’ve found DOD too

Ali, the best way to get a Beta Key is via their website.

Its too early to get over excited about it but I’ve been using it daily now for just over a week. Its got some quirks and some things are not as clear as they could be and took me a while to figure some stuff out but on the whole its working out well (and damn site better than cosmopod which is something similar that I was using till recently)

Can I get one of those invitations? I applied online but can’t wait to put my hands on the DOD….. Thanks!

Hi, could I have an invite? Thanks.

Could you fire me one of those invites please?? Thank you.

You got it.

Can someone please send me an invite? Thank you.

Looks like you don’t need an invite. From the sound of their website they’ll be opening their doors to all comers very soon.

Just a quick update. The doors are open again at Desktop On Demand for anyone that’s interested….and you can now carry the software around with you /