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gOS - aGoogle good OS for your Mum

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 10 comments
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What's free, looks like Mac OS X, just works and is actually Linux? The answer is gOS, which recently launched a new beta that builds on the distro's initial success and adds new tools like integrated Google Gadgets for Linux. When it launched onto the scene late last year, gOS (which stands for good OS) made quite a splash for getting Linux into the U.S. retail giant WalMart. Through a partnership with PC manufacturer Everex, gOS brought Linux to your parents' generation via WalMart.

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Comments (10)

Sander_Marechal ·
And? Does she like gOS? :-)
tracyanne ·
No, she also doesn't like any version of Windows, or Mac, or any other Linux, She doesn't like the idea of computers at all. They are all fearsome beasts, and she won't touch them.
herzeleid ·
> nt

nice touch? nice try? not there?

If anybody knows how to decode this, feel free to enlighten me...
tracyanne ·
not tonight never tarry Ned Tarrent
tracyanne ·
The thing is I'm the Generation the condescending pratt is talking about.
jdixon ·
> She doesn't like the idea of computers at all. They are all fearsome beasts,

Well, there are times I'm inclined to agree with her. :)
tracyanne ·
Yes but the bloke is tttalking bout my gggeneration
gus3 ·
Has she ever played a video game?

Including games with a computer is probably the #1 approachability assist. My dad can't type worth spit, so word processing and anything else involving typing is right out, but he loves his optical mouse. He won't use anything else to play Solitaire. No trackball, no eraser-head, no touch pad.

If not for that mouse, he wouldn't use a computer at all. But now he knows that, even if he doesn't understand what's happening beyond the screen, he isn't going to break it by looking at it wrong.

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