gOS Rocket Improves Cheap PC OS, Adds Webcam Support
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 20:47.
The Ubuntu Linux-based OS that came with those sub-$200 Everex gPCs sold at Wal-Mart also now gets gBooth webcam software, online storage from Box.net, and some Facebook integration, so Google isn't the only one joining the "g" party.
In a move mimicking its Linux distro siblings, gOS adds Virtual Desktops, which let you group sets of applications across multiple desktops. This seems to be the only actual OS enhancement that's not drawn from an external service like Google, though the gOS desktop has also been redesigned with new wallpaper, icons, and a digital clock. Ease of use and beauty of interface design are points of pride for Good: "With the release of Rocket, the gOS team has once again shown the industry how to make a great looking operating system intuitive and easy to use," claims Paul Kim, director of marketing for Everex.
Flash 9 is now pre-loaded, addressing a major complaint in PC Magazine's review of the gPC. This should reduce the number of service calls from that non-techy relative of yours.
The concept of offline usage of online website ? Needed ?
In order to limited the hogging of cloud or internet bandwidth, you have a choice of doing the website offline; so that you only need to store your results on the website of your choice. Redundent, yes. Choice in netware feature, yes. Keep internet transmission to a minimum, yes.
This concept was first used on Novell Netware. You can use wordperfect on the Netware X:. Or you can run wordperfect on your own computer on C:. The choice is yours. And you can always store your work on X: as well as C:. X: can be used for collaboration with other coworkers.
So, gOs is now more advanced than other desktops because they have netware capability. More efficient in the use of website on-demand software.
Good Luck for Linux distro with a foresight, and update of desktop thru Gears. A few webpages that you can fill the forms(static formats), and send the results(dynamic files) to the website?
Computer software is filling out forms(word processor, spreadsheet and database); we are wasting too much time working on Gnome, KDE and other modules to have inter-operative codes. while internet connects everyone to communicate cheap.