Linux distro gOS, the web focused OS we first wrote about when it went on sale with a $199 PC at Wal-mart November 1, is about to launch a new version at CES in Las Vegas next week.
Before you ask (as some have previously) why TechCrunch would write about a Linux distro, gOS is different. This is the first major OS to come standard with a focus on web apps, and as I wrote in November last year, it isn’t perfect, but it may well be a sign of things to come; a world where web apps are the primary focus of an operating system as opposed to native desktop apps.
Most notably gOS 2.0 will come with Google Gears installed standard. There’s not a lot of web based apps running on Google Gears quite yet, but Google Reader (for RSS reading) and Zoho Writer (for a MS Word substitute) are amongst them.
Other features in gOS 2.0 include a browser-based Web-cam application gBooth that is focused on working with sites such as YouTube and Facebook.
Visit CrunchGear for full coverage of CES, and hopefully they’ll also manage to visit the gOS booth as well during the week.
I’ll be waiting…….
Nice
Microsoft watch out!
From what I saw in the first one, it has a LONG way to go yet, but I can see the future of everything being web based so you can sync your OS when you move to other computers, laptops and the like so you never lose your info
Hey Duncan you may want to check out the ASUS eepc. I got my mrs one of these for Christmas. It runs Xandros which is a Debian derivative, It only has a 7 inch screen and a 4gb solid state drive but like gOS its geared towards a “thin client architecture”. I think we may well see a shift towards this sort of computing in the future where users only need their computer’s for doing web-app based stuff.
johnti
I’d love to buy one, although gOS was the first. I’ll definitely take a look though in the future.
according to this:
http://www.electronista.com/ar.....ale.in.us/
the Eee beat the gOS to market by one day… (wikipedia says that gOS was released Nov 1 with the Walmart PC)
I think gOS is a good move - hopefully will be the straw that breaks microsofts back.
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While it truly is great to see the gOS’s of the world do well, the straw that will break the camel’s back will be the UNIX based Mac OS X.
Everex has done a good job of getting the gOS out there for people who are looking for an economic computer, but for a lot of us the horsepower on those machines just doesn’t cut it.
I’m working with DeviceVM on Splashtop - software that lets you access the Internet seconds after turning on your computer. Our focus is on complementing the existing OS (Windows or Linux) with something very specific to certain tasks you want to accomplish quickly - checking email, getting directions, chatting, VoIP calls, photo uploads, watching movies, etc. We think by the end of 2008 consumers will expect this functionality on any new machine.
Check out our website (www.splashtop.com) to learn more and stop by our CES booth with ASUS in the Las Vegas Convention Center in South Hall 4, 35162.
yeah, like as if its going to better than ubuntu. ppl who want to use google gears aer savy enuf to install themselves on ubuntu. i dont see any value added, ofcourse i havent seen it.
I think Ubuntu is great
gOS is based on the Ubuntu kernel, and focuses more on Google and web apps like the article notes.