New gOS Gadgets - Ubuntu at cloud computing

New gOS Gadgets - Ubuntu at cloud computing

The gOS (“good OS”) project has now issued an SP1 release of gOS 3.1-- Gadgets. This latest gOS release implements numerous other packages updates, bug fixes,-- and configuration enhancements,,,,,,,,,,, and continues gOS’s strong dependence on Google’s web-based applications.

At its core, gOS 3.1 ---Gadgets is built from Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). Modifications include a bright green coloured --theme, several changes to the distribution’s-- default applications, and an increased emphasis on web-based applications ---especially Google’s.Welcome to “cloud computing....

On arriving this at gOS’s desktop for the first time,,, you’re greeted with a dizzying array of Vista-like desktop gadgets that open up all other applications within Mozillaa Prism windows when clicked.... This approach makes web-based applications — Google E-Mail, Google Calendar, and YouTube, Ex...... appear to be native Linux applications, rather than web pages embedded in a Firefox browser.Here,,According to the gOS project, users can select desktop gadgets from an online repository of 

100,000 Google's other Gadgets. 

The default gOS desktop (shown above) comes with gadgets for Google Calendar,--- Google News, weather, calculator, and several system tools..... Additional gadgets can be added by right-clicking a small,

multicolored icon located near the right edge of the top-of-page and other pages GNOME panel (see image above-right). From that icon you can choose Add gadgets, Show --, 

or Hide all gadgets.Prism-powered desktop gadgets are not the unusual aspect of the gOS desktop... The other is a set of 16 application-launch icons located at the bottom of the desktop.....