gOS Cloud Demos at CES

Alot of people have been asking about the exciting new Cloud instant-on Operating System, well for your enjoyment here are some demos and info on Cloud presented at CES.

gOS3 SP1/Cloud OS/New Forums

The gOS Developers have released gOS3 SP1 that contains basic bug fixes, package updates, and several configuration enhancements. Check out the download here. It is not needed to upgrade from gOS3 to gOS3 SP1 unless you are experiencing problems with your system, the majority of the changes between the service pack and original release have been pushed to users via the gOS Supported Repositories.

gOS has also opened up a new phpBB forum for its community. The Google Group will still be open but community members and gOS users are encouraged to take advantage of the new forums. They’ll proove much more adequete for user support.

The gOS Team is also working very hard to bring users the Cloud OS, stay tuned to the Official gOS Blog for more information in regard to Cloud. If you haven’t heard about the exciting new Cloud OS read about it at ThinkGOS.com.

In regard to the lack of posts on this blog it will be updated more often this year. I do work full time for gOS but manage this community blog in my off time as a service to gOS Users and community. During the later part of last year I was dealing with personal issues which resulted in this blog not recieving the attanetion that it required.

Thats it for now.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
~ Kevin

Netbook Launcher for gOS!

The gOS Community is happy to announce our new Netbook Launcher/Toggler utility. Just click the image below to visit the Netbook Launcher information/download page. We Hope You Enjoy!

gOS Review at How-To Geek

Good review of gOS over at HowToGeek.com.

They reviewed the Beta though, the final release is much better as it includes custom deb packages and a ton of bug fixes, thanks to our rapidly growing community!

Please
Digg it!

Google Chrome on gOS Gadgets

The Linux port of Google’s exciting new web browser Chrome isn’t available yet.
However if you’re interested in testing it you may by running Chrome under Wine.
Follow these instruction explicitly or you won’t be able to get Chrome too work.

Wine 1.1.4 has been released, and includes fixes for Chrome.
You will need to download and install this latest version of Wine to get Chrome to work efficiently, just click the link below, download the .deb and install it.
http://www.getdeb.net/app/Wine

Then you are going to of course want to obtain the Google Chrome Windows based installer. Google’s Chrome website will detect your system as Linux not allowing you too download the Windows exe.

But we got you covered just click the link below.
Download the Google Chrome Windows Installer

After downloading, right click it and select to open and install the exe with “Wine Windows Program Loader”

The installation goes by very quick and painless by the way.

Next Start Google Chrome and it should open but will appear broken, so just go ahead and close Chrome for now.

You will need to see the script winetricks to automate downloading and setting up some required fonts for Chrome. Use the following commands to download Winetricks, make the script executable, and run it along with the font installation script.

The three commands should be run separately from your terminal window.

wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
chmod +x winetricks
./winetricks allfonts

Now you are going to want to change the open command for Chrome.

Hit <Alt>F2 and type “alacarte” without the quotations.

Scroll to the Wine menu sub category with Chrome in it, right click, select Properties, and change the Chrome open command to the following.
BE SURE to change USER to your USERNAME.

env WINEPREFIX="/home/USER/.wine" wine "C:\windows\profiles\USER\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --new-http --in-process-plugins

Then close Alacarte Menu Editor and select Chrome from your Applications Menu.
Menu -> Wine -> Program -> Google Chrome

Chrome will run decently in WINE. Problems that will occur are HTTPS addresses cause errors and many people report problems with both Java and Flash. Additional issues include the status bar sometimes appearing above other windows and the lack of font anti-aliasing for smaller text.

But hey remember Chrome is still very much Beta and this is a very hackish method for testing it on your gOS Linux system. The Linux Chrome .deb port is under heavy development and should appear shortly. When it does you will definetly be notified of it at this blog. You can additionally visit the Google Chrome Linux Developers Site to stay informed.

This post is based on the instructions from other Linux help and tutorial sites.

More information about Chrome on Linux is available at the Wine AppDB.

Have Fun! Don’t judge Chrome too quickly, it has a very promising future as the next generation web browser.

Props from the Computer World Blog

Pretty good review of gOS Gadgets 3.0 in the Computer World Blog. Please DIGG IT!

“Another distribution which fell on hard times, but is back and looking really good is gOS (Good OS). The first version got a lot of attention as being the “Google operating system,” because instead of emphasizing desktop applications it focused on bringing users Google’s applications. It’s not that, but after a 2.0 version, which wasn’t that well polished, the latest version gOS 3.0, though, looks really sweet.

It’s meant really for OEMs to install on netbooks, but you can download and use it on your own PC. It includes an installer for a small horde of Google Gadgets, as well as links to Google Mail, Calendar, Reader, etc. etc. You get the idea. You’ll never want to run this distribution without an Internet connection, but with one, I’m finding it to be a lot of fun and darn useful.”

Read the entire article here

gOS Gadgets 3.0 Final Released

David Liu, founder of gOS, has announced gOS 3.0 “Gadgets” final edition. Heres the release announcment that was sent to Distrowatch and other Linux sites.

” gOS 3 ‘Gadgets’ instantly launches Google Gadgets for Linux on start-up, introducing over 100,000 possible iGoogle and Google Gadgets to the desktop. Google Documents, Calendar, and Mail launch in Mozilla Prism windows to closer resemble desktop applications. The newest release of Wine 1.0 is included to now support thousands of Windows software for our advanced users. gOS 3 Gadgets is based on the solid Linux distribution base of Ubuntu 8.04.1.“

Visit the  gOS Official Site or see the features page to learn more.

DOWNLOAD gOS GADGETS

Tutorial: Run gOS from a USB Stick

A really great overview of how to run the gOS Gadgets Beta straight from a USB stick.

Presented by LINUX-TIP.NET

Step 1: Running the Live CD and getting Internet connection To install gOS 3 Beta on your USB stick you need to download the iso image from here and to burn it to a CD-ROM using your favourite tool. After that, allow your computer to start from your CD device and perform the necessary steps to change your network settings. (see pictures below). You will need an Internet connection to download additional software and configuration files. Step 2: Preparing the USB stick As mentioned above, we need to download additional files. Make sure to have your Internet connection running. Open a new console and use the following commands to download syslinux and mtools: sudo su apt-get update apt get install syslinux mtools Connect your USB stick to the computer now. The most important part is to figure out the device name of your USB stick. Please use the following command to do so: fdisk –l We are using /dev/sdb in our example and will later create two partitions /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2. You should use you device name accordingly. Delete existing partitions (if necessary) and follow the steps below: fdisk /dev/sdb, p, d continue like this: n, p, 1, <ENTER>, +750M, <ENTER>, a, 1, t, b, n, p, 2 <ENTER>, <ENTER>, w. In some cases the USB stick is already mounted. So unmount it with the following command: umount /dev/sdb1 It is now time to format the partitions. Please use the commands below: mkfs.vfat –F 16 –n gOS /dev/sdb1 mkfs.ext2 –b 4096 –L gOS–rw /dev/sdb2 Disconnect the USB stick from your computer and connect it again. The device is now ready to install the operating system. Create a new directory on the stick and mount the partition like this: mkdir /media/gOS mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/gOS The following command will install the boot loader syslinux –sf /dev/sdb1 Step 3: Copying the necessary files from CD-ROM to the USB stick It is time to copy all necessary data from the CD ROM to the USB stick using the following commands: cd /cdrom cp –rfv casper dists install pics pool preseed .disk isolinux/* md5sum.txt README casper/vmlinuz /media/gOS Finally download the configuration file from pendrivelinux.com like this: cd /media/gOS wget pendrivelinux.com/downloads/gOS/syslinux.cfg Reboot your computer and change the BIOS settings to allow to boot from your USB device. Configure languages and network again and your are able to use your Google Documents, Calendar and Mail. Have fun! VISIT LINUX-TIP.NET

Great Video Overview of gOS Gadgets

HelpMeRick.com has provided a wonderful full featured video overview of gOS Gadgets. Please check it out.

Interview with David Liu

Checkout this interesting interview with David Liu, explaining the direction, point and purpose of gOS and how it sets itself apart in the wide world of Linux operating systems. Conducted by Linux.com at the Linux World Expo.

Watch the Video @ Blip.Tv Here