gos
Anyone who wants a computer to just to send email and instant messages and watch YouTube videos should like the Everex gPC, which is powered by a nifty Linux distribution called gOS. [1]
The answer is gOS, which recently launched a new beta that builds on the distro’s initial success and adds new tools like integrated Google Gadgets for Linux. [...] When it launched onto the scene late last year, gOS (which stands for good OS) made quite a splash for getting Linux into the U.S. retail giant WalMart. [2]
It is still based on GNOME but has replaced AWN with yet another launcher called Wbar, and introduces the full support for Wine 1.0, and Google Gadgets. [3]
Google, Google Icons, and the Google Logo are trademarks of Google Inc. gOS is not affiliated with Google or their partners. [4]
The last game I bought before I left Windows needed a download on the release day. [...] If you want other applications, the Synaptic Package Manager is included, with Ubuntu and gOS repositories set up and ready for use. [1]
Under the hood, gOS is based on Ubuntu, but aside from that familiar startup sound, you’re unlikely to notice the Ubuntu underpinnings. [2]
Cloud features a friendly icon dock inside the browser, providing users with fast shortcuts to their apps and auto-hiding for full view of web pages. [4]
During which time they took me through the usual Windows fault finding stuff before eliminating my system being at fault and ordering the line check. [1]
This is an independently developed extension of gOS that gives gOS 3.0 Gadgets the possibility to switch to a new “netbook user interface”, similar to Ubuntu Netbook Remix. [3]
While Ubuntu does a nice job of balancing user-friendliness and power, gOS simply tries to make things as easy as possible for the end-user. [...] The distro isn’t intended to be powerful, nor is it a desktop package from a company that makes its real money off server installations as many Linux distros are. [2]
The definitive second version of gOS debuted at the end February 2008, together with the launch of Everex ’s new CloudBook, the gBook laptop, and a new, second version of the gPC, the “encore”. [3]
Cloud’s proprietary application framework allows you to run client applications, such as Skype or Media Player, opening them in new tabs just like in Windows or Linux. [4]
Sources:
[1] Linux.com :: Gosh, gOS is good (www.linux.com/feature/121151)
[2] gOS - a Google good OS for your Mum ? The Register (www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/25/
[3] gOS (operating system) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
[4] gOS - Discover a Good OS (thinkgos.com)