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gOS plans to work with Taiwanese netbook OEMs and go beyond the big brand names to get a foothold in the market, says Liu.

Moblin, the Intel-backed effort to improve Linux support for mobile devices, has picked up a few new members, including gOS, Mandriva, Turbolinux, and Novell.

Combining the best parts of Mac OS X and Ubuntu, gOS is truly a worthy competitor in the OS wars. It has simplicity, a well designed interface, a rock solid linux core and web apps.

But is it good enough? Is it ‘a Linux for the rest of us!’ ?

The How-To Geek: "Combining the best parts of Mac OS X and Ubuntu, gOS is truly a worthy competitor in the OS wars.

It has simplicity, a well designed interface, a rock solid linux core and web apps. But is it good enough?

Is it 'a Linux for the rest of us!' ?

Combining the best parts of Mac OS X and Ubuntu, gOS is truly a worthy competitor in the OS wars. It has simplicity, a well designed interface, a rock solid linux core and web apps.

But is it good enough? Is it ‘a Linux for the rest of us!’ ? Let’s jump in and take a peek at the latest gOS, version 3.

Good OS (gOS) has achieved a major new release of its Ubuntu-based operating system. Targeting OEMs that want quickly customizable Linux netbook OSes, gOS 3.0 integrates closely with Google Gadgets, as well as with Google Mail, Calendar, Reader, News, Applications, Picasa, and so on.

An anonymous reader writes "The history of computing is that of giants being toppled. Right now, Ubuntu is the giant of the Linux world but some have been suggesting that gOS' latest release — 3.0 "Gadgets" Beta — might be a serious challenger.

Can this be true? The truth is a little more complicated, as the Ubuntu Kung Fu blog explains in its review of the new release."

gOS has released a preview of the latest iteration of their web-centric Linux Netbook distribution, gOS 3 Gadgets BETA.The beta shows Gadgets, after Google’s Gadgets, due to its tight integration with Google’s various web-based applications.

gOS--a company known for its debut in the US$199 Wal-Mart gPC and Netbooks--announced the details of gOS 3 Gadgets, the newest version of its Linux OS for consumers.The main feature of gOS 3 Gadgets is its ability to instantly launch Google Gadgets for Linux on start-up, allowing users access to more than 100,000 Google Gadgets applications.

PC OEMs offered a halfhearted endorsement of the Linux desktop on Wednesday, claiming that the operating system was mainly suited for low-cost appliances and PCs designed for education.

Two vendors of consumer Linux distributions, gOS and Xandros, spoke glowingly about the OS and its future.

But representatives of three PC OEMs next to them – Dell