Is This Linux Box Internet Usable Us199 Thb 7k Linux ( Gos, Google's Os) ..

[pumper]

being a "computer lifetime" windows user that has b!+<^ed about the redmond vole for the entiretity of the my 'computer life' .. i am ready to make a huge us$199 .. 7k THB leap

not intending to edit full length movies or play 3d games or flight sim

surf the internet & do email only.. an introductory toy

# 1.5 GHz Via Technologies C7-D processor

# Delivers energy-saving performance 512 MB of DDR2 system memory

# Offers good performance and is expandable to 2 GB 80 GB hard disk drive

# Provides space for documents, games, photos and music DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive

# Lets you play DVDs and burn your own CDs for entertainment and data backup 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

# Connects to a local area network or broadband Internet devices gOS operating system

Enables you to use the supplied OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite

gOS appears to be the new google OS:

http://www.thinkgos.com/

[cdnvic]

This IS NOT Google's OS!

Even says so at the bottom in the fine print. Just another Linux distro trying to get a userbase by playing off someone else's name.

[endure]

Same thing?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614

[pumper]

Same thing?

<a href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614" target="_blank">http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614</a>

same same

i now see the fine print at the bottom of their site:

gOS is an independent operating system devoted to making Google Applications and other free, web software more widespread and accessible to the world. gOS is not affiliated with Google or their partners.

Edited November 1, 2007 by pumper

[RKASA]

Sounds like you already have a PC.  Just download the linux ISO burn it to cd and run a livecd see how it sets up and how you like it, they are free.  You can keep your windows even after you find a distro you like.  I tried alot and then I started using PClinuxOS 2007.  Which has fully replaced my XP.  I now have zero M$ installs  PC's have differant hardware, MS sets up easy because they make an OEM disk for the PC you buy.  Just get the one linux that works best and then do alittle adjustment. Run your hardware list by the forum for each linux you might try, they will give you the set up steps or warnings if needed.  I got lucky in that everything but my lexmark printer works,  Lexmark has no real support for linux so its not going to work, but I didn't know that when I got it back when.  Oh well.   Just take your time and have fun with it.  After you do get it set up you can remasdter a cd and have your own OEM disk. After you get the feel for it you can trash or keep the windows, but you won't have to buy an upgrade for the type of use you have.  Also in the future if you really need a fix there is virtual windows,wine and two flavers of VM you can run linux on windows or windows on a linux or any of them from a server.  All that stuff is free if ya search.

[RKASA]

Same thing?

<a href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614" target="_blank">http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614</a>

same same

i now see the fine print at the bottom of their site:

gOS is an independent operating system devoted to making Google Applications and other free, web software more widespread and accessible to the world. gOS is not affiliated with Google or their partners.

Its OS is Ubuntu

There also are a large number of Google-labeled links such as Google Search, Google Documents, Google Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, Google News, Google Maps, Google Products Search and Gmail. One might guess that gPC actually stand for Google instead of Green PC based on the number of Google links bundled on the desktop, but Everex says that’s isn’t the case.

[pumper]

I wasn't the only dope fooled by the 'goog-oh-ish' ad

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<a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1630" target="_blank">http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1630</a>

November 2nd, 2007

It’s not a Google PC

The “Google PC” I described yesterday is not really a Google PC at all. GOS, whose Linux distribution powers the new $199 box, is a separate company from Google. All Google is supplying is a toolbar, something many Windows PCs already have.

Oh, and it’s not a new PC, either. It is, as I suspected, virtually identical to the $298 Windows Vista machine Everex created for back to school sales.

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Linux, Google Join Forces to Produce Viable Alternative to Windows

By Angela Natividad :: Filed Under » Open Source CMS

Published: Nov 2. 2007

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The new york times:

A Computer That Works With Google, Not Microsoft

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/technolo...01computer.html

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$199 PC from Google/Everex at Wal-Mart

http://computerworld.com/blogs/node/6467

"google news" has 87 links of the $199 gPC .. many associating it with google.

Edited November 3, 2007 by pumper