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Everex, whose $199 gOS-based gPC desktop sold out at Wal-Mart in record time late last year, has now introduced a gOS-based 2lb ultra-mobile laptop that it plans to sell at Wal-Mart for $399 starting January 25.
Dubbed the CloudBook, the thing uses a 1.2GHz VIA C7 processor and promises an average five-hours operation off a lithium-ion battery. It's equipped with a 7-inch TFT display (800 x 480 native resolution), 30GB internal storage, 512MB memory, digital video output, a 4-in-1 card reader and a 1.3MP webcam.
The Ubuntu Linux-based gOS operating system from Good OS LLC (www.thinkgos.com) includes so many Google applications like Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google News Google Maps and YouTube that it's often referred to as the Google operating system. It also includes Firefox, Skype, Facebook and OpenOffice 2.3.
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Salvatore Genovese is a Cloud Computing consultant and an i-technology blogger based in Rome, Italy. He occasionally blogs about SOA, start-ups, mergers and acquisitions, open source and bleeding-edge technologies, companies, and personalities. Sal can be reached at hamilton(at)sys-con.com.
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anonymous coward 05/10/08 04:22:11 AM EDT | |||
For those wondering that's a system76 computer in the picture. |
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Tyson 01/20/08 09:35:08 PM EST | |||
This article demonstrates the mass problem of computer illiteracy in the world. I'm blacklisting this site. |
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chris 01/20/08 12:29:23 PM EST | |||
man, this article is poorly written by someone who doesnt know shit about shit. heres the re-write: walmart sells cheap laptop with ubuntu linux. |
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Dude 01/19/08 08:39:00 AM EST | |||
Wrong picture. |
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ashley 01/18/08 11:53:12 AM EST | |||
"It also includes Firefox, Skype, Facebook and OpenOffice 2.3." Facebook isn't an application. It's a website. A website can't come "included" with a computer. Likewise with YouTube. |
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anonymous2 01/18/08 10:28:40 AM EST | |||
What other operating system is nicknamed by a handful of applications being run on it. I have never heard of "the Google Operating System". The Google community is certainly not depending on Linux deployment to make them famous. The Linux community has certainly heard of Ubuntu. Your assersion doesn't float. |
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anonymous 01/17/08 12:32:21 PM EST | |||
The article stated that "gOS operating system from Good OS LLC (www.thinkgos.com) includes so many Google applications like Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google News Google Maps and YouTube that it's often referred to as the Google operating system." |
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MK 01/17/08 10:45:15 AM EST | |||
GOS is not google OS. It has no direct connection with Google. Please correct that. It is a linux distribution based on ubuntu. It is made by Good OS LLC. |
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steve ballmer 01/12/08 09:26:12 PM EST | |||
Microsoft Fracturing the Open-Source Community? |
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Ubuntu News Desk 01/12/08 01:08:02 PM EST | |||
The Ubuntu Linux-based gOS operating system from Good OS LLC (www.thinkgos.com) includes so many Google applications like Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google News Google Maps and YouTube that it's often referred to as the Google operating system. It also includes Firefox, Skype, Facebook and OpenOffice 2.3. |
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