BrowzOS

The Web Browser's Operating System

Requirements

All software applications have hardware requirements (and sometimes have software requirements as well). BrowzOS is no different, except that the software requirements for BrowzOS are very dynamic and, at times, may differ depending on the way it is used. Even though this project has been created and tested using a computer with 512 MB of memory and a 1.6 GHz microprocessor, there is nothing that dictates the absolute minimum and absolute maximum hardware requirements for any computer.

These are the basic requirements for any client computer user who wishes to run BrowzOS from the internet:

- Any computer with internet access and any client-side operating system (i.e.: GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, etc.)
- Any mainstream web browser with the ability to run web applets and scripts (i.e.: Internet Explorer 6 and over, Mozilla 1.7 and over, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Netscape 6 and over, etc.)
- Software drivers (i.e.: ActiveX controls and/or web browser plug-ins) which enable mainstream web browsers to properly run certain web applets and scripts (examples are Java, Flash, Shockwave, JavaScript, Visual BASIC script, etc.)

These are the basic requirements for any computer user who wishes to run BrowzOS from the hard drive:

- Any computer with internet access and any client-side operating system (i.e.: GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, etc.)
- Any file archiving program or file compression program with (at least) ZIP file read/write access
- Any mainstream web browser with the ability to run web applets and scripts (i.e.: Internet Explorer 6 and over, Mozilla 1.7 and over, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Netscape 6 and over, etc.)
- Software drivers (i.e.: ActiveX controls and/or web browser plug-ins) which enable mainstream web browsers to properly run certain web applets and scripts (examples are Java, Flash, Shockwave, JavaScript, Visual BASIC script, etc.)
- Software drivers (i.e.: programming language run-time files) which enable mainstream operating systems to properly run certain web applets and scripts (such as ASP, .NET framework, PHP, SQL, etc.)

These are the basic requirements for web designers who wish to run BrowzOS from a server:

- Any client computer with internet access and any client-side operating system (i.e.: GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, etc.)
- Any file archiving program or file compression program with (at least) ZIP file read/write access
- Any SSH and/or FTP client program to access a server across the internet
- Any text editor, rich text editor or "what-you-see-is-what you-get" editor (such as Frontpage, SciTe, Notepad, Vi, Microsoft Word, etc.)
- Any server computer running server software (like Apache, IIS or similar) and any mainstream server operating system (i.e.: FreeBSD, Windows Server 2003, etc.)
- Any mainstream web browser with the ability to run web applets and scripts (i.e.: Internet Explorer 6 and over, Mozilla 1.7 and over, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Netscape 6 and over, etc.)
- Software drivers (i.e.: ActiveX controls and/or web browser plug-ins) for both client computers and servers which enable mainstream web browsers to properly run certain web applets and scripts (examples are Java, Flash, Shockwave, JavaScript, Visual BASIC script, etc.)
- Software drivers (i.e.: programming language run-time files) which enable both mainstream server and client operating systems to properly run certain web applets and scripts (like ASP, .NET framework, PHP, SQL, etc.)

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