blogs.techrepublic.com.com — I've been a fan of gOS for a while now. I've been running their Rocket release for about a year. It's based on Ubuntu and has the benefit of pre-installed Enlightenment. It's solid, runs well on lower-end hardware, and...it's Enlightenment (what more do you want?) On January 7, 2008 gOS...
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munikhoJul 14, 2008
some screenshots<a class="user" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25318428@N06/sets/72157604375139803">http://www.flickr.com/photos/25318428@N06/sets/721 ...</a>
techcfJul 15, 2008
Does it use disk images and drag/drop to install/uninstall apps? Thats one of the features I love most in OSX.
kelmonJul 15, 2008
Translated: this looks a bit like OS X but it's not really.I don't understand the point of this. If you wanted OS X then you'd just buy it so that you get the complete package rather than wasting your time with something like this. A Mac is the combination of the hardware, OS and software that runs on top of it. This is clearly not going to be providing that. Given this I don't understand what the obsession is with skinning Linux to look like another OS. Let it do it's own thing, do it well, and let's have some real competition rather than attempting a "me too", which is degrading to all concerned.
diecastbeatdownJul 15, 2008
for some of us enlightenment is a nostalgic thing from our early linux GUI experiences. they brought a lot of eye candy to the table with incredible themes. there was a lot of build up to e17, but it is what it is.
leggatJul 15, 2008
I used this for a couple of days on my iMac 2.4GHZ just to see what it was like but it was really quite slow and unstable. It froze quite a few times during normal usage.
Closed AccountJul 15, 2008
So there are no pics? Buried.
fugaziedJul 15, 2008
But even with all of those flaws (yes I'd agree that most of what you said are flaws), I still find it better to use than any Linux distro or version of Windows I've ever used. You can work fast on a mac, its stable, you can switch between apps fast as hell, spaces + expose, Quicksilver and spotlight make finding ANYTHING on the mac simple and fast (try finding a file in wondows xp when you have 200gb+), plus numerous mac apps.