Just a Leaf » gOS http://blog.justaleaf.com Blog, songs, and other stuff Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 gOS: Is the ‘new’ OS sneaking up on us? http://blog.justaleaf.com/2007/11/gos-is-the-new-os-sneaking-up-on-us/ http://blog.justaleaf.com/2007/11/gos-is-the-new-os-sneaking-up-on-us/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:53:00 +0000 Garrett http://blog.justaleaf.com/?p=104 gOS would like to convince you that Google is already your Operating System, most people just don’t know it yet.

While all the geeks in the world are preaching Ubuntu (and Dell has listened), which is the OS I’m writing this post from, Walmart (!) seems to have pulled the carpet from beneath our feet, choosing the small gOS in their new $200 computer instead. A new linux OS from LA that hasn’t even gotten an ounce of attention from the linux community… until now.

gOS looks to be the OS that I, as my friends can attest, was wanting to create myself for a while now. And seeing as it’s still in its “Alpha” state right now, I forecast only great things for the OS that managed to get the attention of WalMart.

Here’s part of their “about” page:

Out of the box, just works!

We’re creating an OS ecosystem that is complete. We come with all the software you need to browse the web, email, instant message… play movies, music, and connect to iPods… create and edit documents, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, images… out of the box. Plug and play!

Bring on Google and other wonderful applications

We recommend Google for just about everything… Gmail, Gtalk, Calendar, Maps, Docs and Spreadsheets, and more. Out of the box, just works!

Open source and other values

We thank the Ubuntu 7.10 community and Enlightenment community for their contribution to gOS and the world. Our dedicated team and passionate community of volunteers are committed to bringing our alternative OS to the masses… so people everywhere can enjoy a third, more affordable and attractive choice when shopping for a computer. To get ahead of ourselves, we’re saying goodbye to closed software and the digital divide.

Another interesting thing about this OS is that it uses the beautiful, but small, Enlightenment Desktop Environment, which could see a MAJOR upgrade later this year. Besides being beautiful though, it is also one of the fastest DEs in the world, so you can safely expect to blow Windows Vista, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu (defacto) out of the water when it comes to speed with this OS.

Suffice to say that this little OS has my attention right now.

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