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- thechr0nic, on 09/29/2008, -7/+84So its Ubuntu with a mac os x skin/theme with a few google aps pre-installed... doesnt sound terribly exciting and I would hardly assume that a mac os x theme and pre-installed google aps suddenly makes it all so superior to a stand alone Ubuntu (I can add those things if I really want them anyways)
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imagegOS is a lot of Ubuntu, a drop of Mac OS X and a slice of the web. - ptFoe, on 09/29/2008, -5/+45No,
Ubuntu is more than a link to mySpace on your desktop - subigo, on 09/29/2008, -8/+39This is a comment - I wrote it, it's your choice to read it or not.
- Vadi0, on 09/29/2008, -4/+32If I install Adobe AIR and some neat apps that it provides, I'll call it gOSa, and it'll be surely better than plain gOS!
No, really, this is getting quite stupid. - cdigioia, on 09/29/2008, -14/+39People seem to think the six editions of Vista were a bad idea, and overly complex.
Yet the 300+ editions (distros) of Linux, that's not a bad idea, and certainly isn't hurting adoption by newbies... - inactive, on 09/29/2008, -6/+28No.
- neasteflorin, on 09/29/2008, -2/+24WRONG! It uses the Ubuntu repository!!!
- boombume, on 09/29/2008, -3/+21OH Thank god.. for a second there I thought that after reading this article I was obligated to use this as my OS.
- PinkFloydFan, on 09/29/2008, -1/+19Now this is a little story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down
- Tenoq, on 09/29/2008, -3/+20Ya huh, and 90% of them are free. Linux distros are often quite similar, but repackaged for different tasks. Vista, on the other hand, is the same product, with features cut out depending on how much you want to pay.
- parax, on 09/29/2008, -0/+11I think the central problem of Linux distros is soundly addressed by Barry Schwartz when he gave a speech at TED. Too much choice leads a lot of people to make no choice at all. To the average consumer, bombarding the world with so many Linux distros means they'll just stick to Windows or Mac because the questions that arise in considering a switch to Linux are ultimately paralyzing.
"Which distro should I get? Which one is best? What are the differences? Should I stick with my first choice or switch to a different distro? What is a Desktop Environment or Window Manager? Which one of those should I use? etc" People are overwhelmed before they even arrive at the point of learning the OS itself. Of course people recommend trying various distros until you find one you like, but the average person doesn't have a need or desire to spend many, many hours downloading, burning, booting the LiveCD and testing it, considering they're not even sure what they should be doing to "test" it.
It reminds me of when I worked customer service for an ISP (@Home) back in 2000. One of the most frequest questions we got was "Okay, now I've got the internet, so what do I do now?" It's not a very answerable question. The average person doesn't have a well defined purpose in using computers, as mainstream as they are, computers are still the domain of people who need to compute something, and most people can't easily categorize what it is they need to compute. It's like cars for teenagers, they get a car and cruise around because they don't really have a destination, but since they have a car they feel like they need to go somewhere with it.
You can't really convince the average consumer that they need Linux because they don't really know what they need it for. For them, there's no seperation between computer and operating system. They're not usually aware that Windows isn't the computer itself. Articles like this are really only preaching to the choir. Articles about how great a Linux distro is for people who are already using Linux and probably already know about gOS. - nedzeve, on 09/29/2008, -1/+11Sounds like the Windows Mojave of Ubuntu.
- jvincent08, on 09/29/2008, -8/+18No, not quite. Mac OS X is Unix BASED. It does not use the Unix kernel though, unlike gOS and Ubuntu which both use the Linux kernel. Therefore, gOS *is* Ubuntu with a few extra apps.
- CCB0x45, on 09/29/2008, -5/+14Vista is done by one company.. all of the linux distros are done by different people, its not like one person decided to do a bunch of different distros, you are an idiot.
- phreenet, on 09/29/2008, -1/+10With the bulk of computer use now turned over to the Internet, OS Wars become pointless. In the coming years "needing" Windows won't be a major concern with PC buyers. You will see major hardware providers such as Dell, HP, and Sony providing end to end services and controlling hardware and software much the same way Apple does, except they will be using corp branded Linux variants. So little projects like gOS are just paving the way and setting the standard.
- lapubell, on 09/29/2008, -0/+9ok, ok...
settle down everyone.
mac is much more than a skin for unix. especially since it is a proprietary top layer for BSD...
ubuntu based distros are a dime a dozen. personally, I think that opengeu and kubuntu are both better than ubuntu, but that is because I'm not a GNOME fan.
each distro has it's ups and downs. but I don't think that you can say a skinned ubuntu with net apps is better than the root. - chrisostermann, on 09/29/2008, -1/+9I smell fire. Flames on the horizon.
- Spr0k3t, on 09/29/2008, -5/+13woah, hang on a sec... are you saying Mac OS X isn't just a skin for Unix? Who else knows about this... I think we need to contact Mr. Teh Jahbs about this one.
- sigmaman2, on 09/29/2008, -0/+8I'm a PC...and I use Linux.
I'd probably feel the same way as you now, if I hadn't been forced to spend hundreds on Win98 and 2000 upgrades, that failed to upgrade correctly. Or, if I hadn't been forced to buy a new, full version of XP when I replaced my Compaq with one I built from scratch.
Today, I can go from upgrade to upgrade, or from distro to distro, and not give a damn about what it costs, or what EULA I'm breaking, or which 25-character code to type in. Windows? Been there. Done that. Doesn't work for me. - DteK, on 09/29/2008, -0/+7are you telling me that gOS makes your hardware run cooler?
- lapubell, on 09/29/2008, -0/+7they used LXDE. just because they have natalus does not mean they have all of gnome. RTFA.
- tech42er, on 09/29/2008, -1/+8In my day, we typed out all the lyrics. None of this one-line ellipsis lazy *****.
/get off my lawn? - TheNik, on 09/29/2008, -3/+9Well designed interface? Was the person that wrote this article blind? It looks like some 12 year old kid that is learning how to use Photoshop and realized there was a gradient tool.
*****. - inactive, on 09/29/2008, -1/+7so you just digg spammed us?
- inactive, on 09/29/2008, -1/+7damn it i'm installing ubuntu right now... seriously.
- DteK, on 09/29/2008, -0/+6care to elaborate as to why?
- ElReyDigger, on 09/29/2008, -1/+6I was running it on a VM. It seems alright. Nice and simple.
- DragonzKin, on 09/29/2008, -3/+8aznpwnzor, I do believe that one went right over your head...
Dugg of the FPoBA reference. - werries, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5Ah, the internet: providing the daily dose of sarcasm since the first message board was created.
- aznpwnzor, on 09/29/2008, -0/+5xp may be fast on first runs but wait till you load that baby with startup apps and other crap
then crash and burn
im a microsoft fanboy yes but ubuntu's equally awesome, in that it is better in some aspects and worse in some others - nitsnipe, on 09/29/2008, -0/+5NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO................................
- enantiodromia, on 09/30/2008, -1/+5whatever happened to Gubuntu (google's internal ubuntu distro)?
- ba5e, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4No.
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -1/+5YOU can add them. lots of people can't.
- chrisostermann, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4THE CLOUD IS COMING FOR US
- TehDoctor, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4jvincent I have no idea who dugg you up, but I'm guessing they're just as uninformed as you are about the workings of OS X and Linux distros.
- nmanguy, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4"Combining the best parts of Mac OS X and Ubuntu,"
Why not just say "The best of Ubuntu with an OSX dock and some online integration" - ronaldmonster, on 09/29/2008, -1/+5Far as I'm concerned Fedora Core 9 is the best gnome experience I've had with linux. Finds all my hardware and activates it, easier to get anything done, better looking, more stable and faster in all areas, especially boot up. The only reason I keep my Vista partition is cause of the Zune, once that's cracked in linux I'm done with windows.
- BeatPunchbeef, on 09/29/2008, -0/+4Id love to write a witty remark that elegantly dissects your flame attempt but I am sure someone else will do it for me.
- smotpoker, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4TehDoctor is correct, a bunch of people dugg up an inaccurate comment.
Like the definition of "Linux", the definition of "Unix" varies according to context. OSX is a certified Unix OS. Also, I do not follow jvincent's conclusion... Did someone suggest/imply that gOS *isn't* a slightly modified Ubuntu install?
Anyway, for the record, BSD started with some original Bell-Unix code, IIRC. Though most (or all) of it has been replaced, the bsd family is still heavily based on Unix code/philosophy and Apple's version of FreeBSD (Darwin) was updated with modifications for full POSIX (Unix) compliance and was certified as a Unix family member a year or two ago. - cdigioia, on 09/29/2008, -1/+4Oh I agree - but I think there are an excessive amount of distros aimed at the desktop market. Do we really need a few hundred? Doesn't that fragment brand name/online support/technical support a wee bit?
Couldn't we make due with maybe...10 or 15? Especially since advanced users can and do modify a distro to whatever they want anyway. - danwallace, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3Then why do I get violently angry and annoyed every time I have to switch over to windows for something?
- tech42er, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3Yeah, but they've given a lot back upstream.
- DougieD, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3cloud is the new buzz word these days eh?
@phreenet, totally agree. Hell, in 10 years a computer will probably just be an iphone-like device that handles everything online and can wirelessly talk to any device (monitor/tv, keyboard, printer, game console, whatever). All that really needs to fall into place is universal wireless and faster cheap ISPs, and bam! desktops/OS's are near totally irrelevant. Bad news for windows if they don't get their ***** together soon. - infectaphibian, on 09/30/2008, -1/+4Ubuntu with Cairo dock gives the same 'Mac' effect without the ugly green theme.
- sloppychris, on 09/30/2008, -1/+4I've been saying this for awhile. There should be some standardization process.
I'm thinking a centralized distro selection process 5 or 6 categories. The community votes on the "official" distro for each category, and continues to do so every year to maintain competition.
There would be categories for "best beginner", "best overall gnome", "best overall kde", "best advanced", and "best lightweight". That's it.
Now before the old school types scream "diversity is linux's strength!" let me just say that this wouldn't stop Joe Schmo from releasing his own distro for him and his 9 friends. What it would do is channel all the energy, brand recognition, and familiarity to one central location to maximize the benefit. - LastDitchHero, on 09/30/2008, -1/+4How many versions of Windows XP do you see on the torrents? Yes, a lot of people remix Windows too.
- TehDoctor, on 09/30/2008, -0/+3avidlinuxuser: Darwin is not a microkernel. It is based on Mach, which was CMU's Unix microkernel, but Apple modified it, tossing in BSD code, and the result is a hybrid kernel running in one address space. Linux is a hybrid kernel as well. While most of the core code is integrated and all runs in the same address space, most features can be added/removed dynamically as modules.
Porting Darwin and porting Linux are probably equally difficult. There is more to porting a kernel than just adding new drivers and drivers are only about 50% of the code. The only reason it was easy for Apple to go to Intel is because Mach and BSD were intentionally made to be portable, so the hard stuff was done for them.
Linux does not stand for 'Linux is not unix'
I think we might need to confiscate your username until you read up some more. - OCPaul, on 09/29/2008, -0/+3When people donno ***** they stick to what they know and say is the best. Thats what his comment means.
- Spr0k3t, on 09/30/2008, -0/+3Damn... and all this time I thought OS X was nothing more than a Unix variant with a BSD license packaged by a company which is more of a tightwad than Microsoft when it comes to supporting open source.
Oh wait... -
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