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gOS Hands-On Video
Ubergizmo —
We've seen gOS in beta a while back, now that it has been launched in fanfare and is getting tons of press, let's see it in action. The video below shows gOS running live on a Gigabyte netbook.
No matter what hype we put in there, it just is a Linux that launches a web browser. It's hard for me to even type the word "cloud OS" in this post because it stinks hype. But there you go: if you want to get on the web without booting into windows for 40 seconds to 2 minutes, this might be something for you. If not, wait for a while and when your kids become teenagers, you might boot directly into a real "cloud OS" - with ...
Video preview: gOS Cloud, instant internet
jkkmobile —
[image] Click to see the video 6 seconds and you are online with gOS Cloud.. ..I will be testing it soon too. Thanks Sascha! [ translated ] gOS Cloud homepage
Video: gOS Cloud Operating System
Wired: Gadget Lab —
GOS (pronounced gee-oh-es) is a lightweight operating system designed for low-powered computers. The gimmick is that the entire operating system runs in a browser window, and there are no local applications whatsoever.
Why would you want such a thing? Well, with all the fuss about cloud computing, you still need to boot up a "real" operating system like Windows, Linux or OS X just to run a browser. This, of course, takes time. The gOS is nothing but a browser. All your applications are online -- Gmail, Google Docs, Skype and so on. This means that the OS boots in seconds and will shut down just as quickly. It also means you ...
Video Demo of gOS: Google’s Operating System
The Next Web —
We have something with German voice-overs this week. This video shows a short demonstration of gOS including how quick it starts and shuts down, how the Dock works and what applications are included. It is short and shaky but gives you a good idea of what gOS is going to look like.
More about gOS at Techcrunch, Engadget and Google’s own site.
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gOS Cloud - First Hands on
Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks —
Is This the Cloud OS You Wanted?
ReadWriteWeb —
Before the term "cloud computing" became a throwaway word used to describe everything from web mail to Facebook, people were dreaming of a day when the OS would disappear and everything we needed would run from the cloud. Fast-forward to 2008, and we can tentatively say that the moment has arrived...well, almost. A company called Good OS (yes, the same company behind the failed Linux-based Everex desktops introduced last year) has introduced new software called Cloud which boots a computer directly into a customized Chrome-like web browser. Now that this cloud OS has arrived we have to wonder: is this really what we wanted? ...
gOS Cloud
My Asus Eee PC —
gOS Cloud gOS has finally come up with a cloud version of their Ubuntu-based OS , and it’s good. Personally, I’m not willing to let go of XP on my netbook after all the hacks I did to it, but I am tempted to just wipe out my Eee and put in gOS on it. Here’s a video demo of gOS by the way, for those who want to see what it does: Comments
