“Many people still question whether Linux will ever make it
fully into mainstream computer acceptance. A $199 computer now
available on a major superstore’s shelves just in time for
Christmas might change all that. 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.“I downloaded a copy of gOS rather than purchase it with a new
system. It comes as an installable live CD. On the desktop is an
icon that opens the installer, which walks you through the install
configuration…”
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