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GOS Cloud - From zero to web browser in just a few seconds

Download Squad Dec 01 08

Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Web services, web 2.0

gOS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that's designed to make it easy to interface with web-based applications like Gmail, YouTube, and Meebo. It uses the slightly OS X-like Enlightenment desktop environment, and the developers have been pushing it as a good operating system for low powered netbooks, thanks to its integration with web applications.The latest version of gOS goes a few steps further, by emphasizing the web browser above all else. gOS Cloud is a stripped down Linux distro that can load in just a few seconds. And instead of loading a typical desktop, the first window it opens is a web browser (which looks suspiciously like Google Chrome in the press shots). Full story...

Tagged: desktop applications, desktop environment, dual boot, enlightenment, Gadgets, google, linux distribution, linux distro,

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