Presented By: Aldrick A. Aguilar

gOS or "good OS" is an Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution created by Good OS LLC, a Los Angeles-based corporation. Its CEO Dave Liu described that after meeting Enlightenment and open source people, he realized that his dream to bring Web 2.0 applications into mainstreamuse could be achieved by creating a GNU/Linux distribution that made it easy for users to access Google and other Web 2.0 applications

What is ?

Good OS LLC initially advertised gOS 1.0 as "An alternative OS with Google Apps on November 2007 and other Web 2.0 apps for the modern user." This first version gOS(1.0.1_386) was based on Ubuntu 7.10 and the Enlightenment window manager E17.

History

gOS 1.0.1 released on November 1, 2007

gOS 2-beta (gOS Rocket E) released on January 7, 2008

gOS V2 Rocket (gOS Rocket G) released on March 2008

gOS 2.9 Space released on April 6, 2008

gOS 2.9M Escape Pod released on August 2008

gOS 3.0 Gadgets released on September 23, 2008

gOS 3.1 Gadgets released on December 1, 2008

Releases

Company / developer Good OS LLC

OS family Unix-like

Working state Standstill

Source model Free and open source software

Initial release November 1, 2007 (2007-11-01)

Latest stable release 3.1 "Gadgets"

Available language(s) Multi-lingual

Supported platforms x86, Netbooks

Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)

Default user interface GUI (GNOME)

License Free and open source

Official website www.thinkgos.com

System Requirements

Minimum Requirements

350 MHz Pentium II Processor196 MB RAM 800 mb free Hard Disk Space

Recommended

1 Ghz Pentium III Processor256 MB RAM 1Gb free Hard Disk Space

Features

Google Gadgets

Google Picassa With WNE 1.0

Google Mail and Calendar

Google Documents, Spreadsheetsand Presentation

3D Window Switcher

Google Desktop Search

Pre-Installed Mozilla Firefox

Pre-Installed Open Office