In my previous posts, I was talking about installing gOS. gOS is an operating system that was bundled with the gPC, a $200 Linux PC that aims to provide a very affordable way of getting online. Everex is the company that makes these computers. The Everex TC2502 Green gPC comes equipped with a basic 1.5 GHz VIA C7 CPU, 512mb DDR2 memory and an 80GB hard drive. The package, however, doesn't include a monitor. TechCrunch believes people like a Google-focused PC, but let me make it clear: the gPC or gOS is NOT manufactured or developed by Google. The "G" in gOS or gPC stands for Green. Google, however, let Everex and gOS developers use Google-related icons and trademarks. As for gOS's performance, all I can say is gOS made the right decision of basing it on Ubuntu. The latest version of gOS Rocket Beta is based on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) and, consequently, has integrated NTFS read-write capabilities. gOS makes thin-client computing possible by focusing on web-based apps. It also has offline desktop apps, like OpenOffice et al, to make sure that when there is no way to go online, you can still be productive. Inevitably, the only way to tell if the operating system is good, or good enough, is to compare it to other operating systems.

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