Comments on: Cheap PC Review – gOS

By: Tech, How to, Computer, Linux, Dog, Make Money Online with AhTim

Tech, How to, Computer, Linux, Dog, Make Money Online with AhTim — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:59:40 +0000

Google + Ubuntu = gOS…

What is gOS ?
Have you already request an Ubuntu Free CDs for yourself? I have review it on my previous post, and hope you too evaluate it and pass the CDs around. gOs is the new Linux-based platform that is currently becoming well-known because of it …

By: thecrumb.com » WebKinz - How Not To Cater To The Geek Parent

thecrumb.com » WebKinz - How Not To Cater To The Geek Parent — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:12:56 +0000

[...] Both my kids got WebKinz for Christmas. They also got a new computer which I discuss here. [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:08:48 +0000

Quick followup -the PC was a success! I reinstalled Edubuntu and simply used the console to create the new users and everything seemed happy. Not sure what I did the first time… Installed Flash and the kids were off and running on pbskids.org, etc…

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:18:14 +0000

Ugh. Not sure if it’s an Ubuntu bug or Edubuntu but I can’t seem to create another user on the system. I get all kinds of goofy permission errors. So far everything I’ve Googled hasn’t worked. Due to time I’m reinstalling and just going to setup one of the kids as a user during installation… :(

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:03:37 +0000

I haven’t read much on gOS but it appears to be build on Ubuntu anyway so the Edubuntu install was problem free. I didn’t run into any hardware issues – it even picked up the widescreen monitor and set the correct resolution.

I messed with Enlightenment YEARS ago and checking on their site it still seems like they are in 0.x releases?! Initially I was impressed with the dock, etc – it was only after I started trying to DO something I became frustrated. I’ve got the install disk which will work as a “Live CD” so I may experiment with it a bit more on my own PC later.

And speaking of (shudders) :) Gnome’s gotta be better than WinXP which is what they had before… :)

By: lefty.crupps

lefty.crupps — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:26:40 +0000

way to break your kids’ gift before they even get a hand on it ;) and then just install your legacy OS rather than let the children grow up on something that isn’t mainstream, thereby improving their chances of knowing a *computer* vs. only learning the simplistic *gnome* (shudder).

OK, OK, i kid. Except for the shudder part. Enlightenment is a change but I’ve read the gOS is very intuitive, but I’ve not tried it, and my experiences with E17 have been, “wow that screen shot looks nice, i wonder how many config files I’ll have to edit to get my desktop looking like that…”

By: Cutter

Cutter — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:00:50 +0000

Keep us posted on the change to OS. I’m curious as to how well it will handle the changeover (drivers, etc.)