Ludwik Trammer emailed in his first impression of gOS [site down at the moment here], which we can think of as an unofficial first step into the direction of a "Google OS," and which Walmart sold as gPC. After all, who needs a bloated Windows and MS Office once all your apps moved online? (If that day ever comes, that is -- we"re not quite there yet, e.g. photo retouching software, 3D modeling, video editing...)
The current version of the gOS is a Ubuntu 7.10 with a different
desktop environment (Enlightenment), Mac-like look (dock with animated icons, open/close/minimize button in a left corner) and a bunc ...
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Google Blogoscoped>>Publish Date: 11/10/2007 7:11:02 AM
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