gOS update -- it's made in L.A. ... and I'm finally downloading it
I didn't know that gOS -- the free Ubuntu Linux-based operating system that runs on the $199 Everex box available at Wal-Mart -- is made by a Los Angeles-based company. I will be calling on them.
And for those who've been trying to download an ISO of gOS, either in its full form or as a bit torrent, now there are a few mirrors taking the pressure off of the overwhelmed gOS server. As a result, I'm downloading it now. I don't know if I'll be here long enough to actually burn the CD (it's the day before Thanksgiving, if you must know why), but I'll soon be doing a test like this one from Extreme Tech: gOS Unboxed: Should Microsoft Worry?
Also on the gOS Web site, I don't know who Faizon Love is, but they're making a big deal out of this YouTube video:
Since I'm also making a big deal out of it, I can't really say much.
Update: Faizon Love is an actor.
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Steven Rosenberg aims to learn what he does not know. He writes about it here.
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1) I downloaded the ISO several days ago. It is slightly bigger then a CD, so I burnt it to a DVD - a bit of a waste?
2) If you have one of the *buntus you can install the repositories as here: http://georgia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=602640
(I already had E17 and have initially ended up with a strange hybrid!)
3) A couple of repositories on the disk don't seem to lead anywhere. That is strange.
4) It says that the computer must be connected by an ethernet cable, so it immediately has no wireless support and is not very portable to begin with. A *buntu user might change it to wireless support but that is possible too complicated for some.