gOS

Well everyone, I have seen the future of computing. It goes by the name of gOS. With a hefty load of online apps, this quick, responsive, and intuitive interface is amazing. Simply amazing.


It runs on the Linux platform, and if you can get over the non-windows theme, than you will absolutly love this. After a quick and relativity easy install, the gOS is ready to go. You can either choose to replace your existing desktop, or partition your hard drive and run it along side of your windows. (when you boot it gives you the option to load Windows or gOS) The first thing I noticed was that it loads abnormally fast. If you have ever used a Mac, you know how fast those load compared to Windows, well gOS is that much faster.


It has a clean astecticly appealing interface, with a scrolling dock on the bottom part of the screen (much like Mac) and a search bar on the top right-hand portion of the screen (also much like Mac). The windows have nice rounded edges, and feature the minimize, restore, and close buttons on the left-hand side. Even the default background image looks very Mac-essc.


When you download it, it comes installed with all the apps you will probably ever need for your online life, Mozilla web browser and email client, GIMP image editing, Open Office as a replacement for Microsoft Office, a DVD player, Pidgin IM, and iPod syncing software. All of these programs work great as replacements for their much more expensive counterparts. Plus with all of these programs being third party, open source programs, their are many extensions available for download to help enhance their usefulness.


Along the bottom dock, it contains all the web apps that it comes preloaded with, such as a Gmail, Youtube, Facebook, Firefox, Thunderbird, Google Calenders and Docs, and the very useful Online Help fourm links. With just one click, you can readily access all of your accounts and the services that these popular websites offer.


When you left click on your mouse, it brings up the "Favorite Apps" list which has most of the online based applications on hand. Alternately if your right click the mouse, it brings up a Windows start-menu-like list that has all of the programs that you have installed on your computer. These combine to make a very useful and handy tool that provides quick access to everything you need.


As for the Linux platform, when your online, which is how gOS was meant to be run, the experince is no different, if not better. Firefox allows you to download all the necessary applications to play embedded file types, such as Java, Flash, and Quicktime, so you can access and enjoy the full spectrum of the World Wide Web. While the online aspect is the same as every other platform, the offline is cross between Mac and Windows. The only downfall is that many of the programs you buy will not be able to run on the Linux OS, so your pretty much limited to what they provide you with, or what you can find online.


Even with this limitation, as long as you plan to use this for a mainly online lifestyle, that you will be very pleased with your free download, but if you plan to do more offline based computing, such as photo editing and game play, this is definitely not your best option.


The creative masterminds behind the gOS have come to provide us with a cheap, beautiful alternative to the almost unusable Windows, the over-hyped and overly- expensive Mac, and the to far off Linux platform. Centered around the ever more shifting online lifestyle, the gOS is a must have for anyone daring enough to break from the Windows and Mac dominated world.

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