What is this?

Parallels is an open source project designed of two interdependent parts:

• A : an open source OS
• B : an open data knowledge base

As one, it allows people to seamlessly create, connect, and explore the evolution of their ideas, in connection with others.

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Read

more about the impetus for the project in this blog post: http://www.cstreams.com/posts/061813_what_is_parallels

Watch

a [very] early demo of some of the interaction / UI features at http://www.parallels.io

Follow

project news on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/makeparallels

Contribute

Plenty to do on 1001 levels:

• cloud integration + encryption ownCloud?

• API and service integration, [Sockethub] https://github.com/sockethub/sockethub

  • fb
  • twitter
  • gmail
  • pinterest

• UI:

  • image manipulation via imagemagick
  • sound integration
  • ZUI
  • physics modeling

• Browser extension

• Mobile / touch

Roadmap

• A : Core concepts, browser-based prototype, built on Ruby on Rails, this repo, runs locally / alpha
• B : Expanded, browser-based, launch as cloud service
• C : Development of GUI/OS layer begins, another repo
• D : Phase out web platform, OS only
• E : Mobile devices

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Install + set up [incomplete]

• clone repo

• rake db:migrate set up database structure locally

• rake db:reset set up an empty map to get you started

• rails server launch, go to browser http://localhost:3000

Basic navigation +key commands [incomplete]

Show Menu

• Hover over a bit
• Command while mousing over a bit: brings up menu

BITS : Gmail style key command chain, meaning press first key, then second

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Create a new bit wherever mouse pointer is, use either [N B] Press N key, then B key [C B] Press C key, then B key

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Install + set up [incomplete]

create tmp/image_sorcery/