The Perfect Desktop--gOS Rocket G 2.0 (GNOME) | Linux Today

The Perfect Desktop–gOS Rocket G 2.0 (GNOME)

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FT
Falko Timme
Apr 24, 2008

“This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS Rocket G 2.0
(GNOME) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows
desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the
things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear:
you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on
old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of
charge. gOS is a lightweight Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu
7.10, that comes with Google Apps and some other Web 2.0
applications; gOS Rocket G 2.0 uses the GNOME desktop.


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