Review: gOS 2.0 Beta | Linux Today

Review: gOS 2.0 Beta

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 29, 2008

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“The idea of low-cost computers running Linux operating systems
is steadily gathering ground in the market place. In the UK, Dell
report steady interest in their range of Ubuntu-driven machines,
and the diminutive Asus Eee, running a customised Xandros desktop,
has been a global sensation. Then there’s America, where Everex’s
range of PCs featuring the upstart Linux distribution known as gOS
have been selling out faster than they can make them. But can cheap
and cheerful also mean innovative and interesting?

“I think it can, and I think gOS 2.0 (codenamed ‘Rocket’) is
proof of that…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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