"At its core, gOS 3.1 Gadgets is built from Ubuntu 8.04
(Hardy Heron). Modifications include a bright green theme, several
changes to the distribution's default applications, and an
increased emphasis on web-based applications -- especially
Google's.
"On arriving at gOS's desktop for the first time, you're greeted
with a dizzying array of Vista-like desktop gadgets that open up
applications within Mozilla Prism windows when clicked. This
approach makes web-based applications -- Google Mail, Google
Calendar, and YouTube, for example -- appear to be native Linux
applications, rather than web pages embedded in a Firefox
browser."
