K-Drive will be the drive, and file manager for Kal-OS. This will also have integrated FTP? capabilities – therefore reducing the number of applications needed. The OS? will be based on Debian Linux, but will receive a number of additional features to give the OSes a completely new and good feeling. For the handheld, the system will be based on Google’s Android OS for .apk compatibility, and will have a minimal skin on the OS.
In the top left of the screen on the desktop or server version will be an icon representing the Computer. Selecting this icon will bring up a menu with all of the drives in it. If the computer has multiple large capacity storage drives, then one could be the user’s drive. However, if there is no SD card in the reader, that icon will be greyed out – therefore preventing access to the drive since there is no card inserted. Any additional thumb drives will also be listed, and will display the label name of the drive. This will probably be the most powerful icon on the computer From this icon, one could browse the entirety of the system drives, and can mess things up if not careful. This will be why the computer will offer to use the second large capacity storage drive as an option for the Home folder which will handle all users’ files. Since the personal computer is truly personal, there will likely just be one operator of the computer.
K-Drive will also support online storage services. While one could install an app such as Dropbox, the goal will be to integrate Dropbox by adding account credentials in the Accounts Setting. This will then function as an extra storage space for the computer. Obviously, Kal-Drive will also be supported natively. For Linux, Mac, and Windows – there will be an application, however for Kal-OS, there will be integration without the need for an app. You would just add the user credentials into the Accounts Settings. This will allow you to move files around between devices that are plugged into the service. This means if you have 2 computers, Kal-Drive will display on both computers, and give you appropriate access to all files within your account. This will eliminate the need to have to rely on SD cards.
K-Drive will also support FTP capabilities natively. You would open a new file window, and select the FTP folder. Within the folder will be other folders representing your FTP account. This makes it easy to identify in case you have access to multiple FTP accounts, and servers. You would simply select the folder, and the computer will automatically log in that FTP account. You can select folders with, and copy files from your computer to the FTP account folders.