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ssl6

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From: Ottawa, ON, CA

Registered: 2007-08-30

Posts: 594

Gos

anyone here tried GOS? one of the guys at work, mentioned it to me a couple months ago, i just downloaded it to run in a virtualbox, wanted to see how it was. its not bad, aside from the lack of a terminal icon anywhere. im not sure what the keyboard shortcut for it is, or if there is one. seems a little too google oriented, but it is a google os. im pretty sure its ubuntu based, so that makes it easy to get software. i don't think i could use it as my primary OS, especially now that im so confortable with arch, but its kinda nifty

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dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: Gos

the way i see it, one can tell quite a lot about a linux distribution just by visiting its webpage.
and for my standards the gos's one fails.
also and taking advantage of the opportunity i am deeply annoyed by distributions calling them selves OS'es, (eg. gos, ubuntu os) without stating that they are linux

Last edited by dolby (2008-02-04 23:00:06)

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B-Con

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From: USA

Registered: 2007-12-17

Posts: 554

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Re: Gos

the way i see it, one can tell quite a lot about a linux distribution just by visiting its webpage.
and for my standards the gos's one fails.
also and taking advantage of the opportunity i am deeply annoyed by distributions calling them selves OS'es, (eg. gos, ubuntu os) without stating that they are linux

Well, in all fairness they're based on the Linux kernel but 95% of the system is non-dependent on the kernel. X.org isn't, as are not any of the WMs for it, the package manager isn't, etc. Being Linux-based does imply code portability, but use Red Hat then use Arch, for both being Linux they feel about as different as FreeBSD and Gentoo (Note that I do have limited hands-on experience with the above).

Not to excuse their behavior in any way, Linux should be given credit where it is deserved, but Linux is the kernel, not the OS, and distros can vary quite a bit. It would be more appropriate, IMO, to give credit to GNU/Linux instead of just Linux.

On the topic of gOS, from their website:

gOS runs on Ubuntu+Enlightenment...

That seems to be it's only true claim to fame. If I wanted Ubuntu+Enlightenment I would install Ubuntu and then install+use Enlightenment. Which I haven't.

Looks like an Ubuntu++ wannabe.

Last edited by B-Con (2008-02-05 00:52:53)

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skottish

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From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: Gos

I've never used gOS, but Enlightenment allows for Alt-Esc to launch a run dialog if the 'Run Command' module is loaded. So, if they didn't include an obvious terminal launcher, this may be a way get in.

pressh

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: Gos

gOS runs on Ubuntu+Enlightenment...

Yes it is nothing more than plain ubuntu with e17. The only thing thinkgos adds is a custom .edj theme, some icons, one module (which will go into e_modules soon AFAIK), some obscure usplash theme and a few other things they themed.

e17 on Arch can look exactly the same, but with the Arch power behind it