it can't do dist-upgrade yet. http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux/browse_thread/thread/1f12ab30f350dc4b
On Sep 30, 4:13 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, it has an upgrade manager, and also automatically upgrades > packages. Don't know about dist-upgrade though, but I expect it does. > > On 30 sep, 08:50, BarefootSanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply guys. One more thing, does gOS have the same > > type update manager as Ubuntu i.e. automatically updates packages and > > the ability to upgrade via dist-upgrade? > > > Other than that seems like an awesome distro. I think I'm gunna give > > it a try when I get my new comp. > > > On Sep 29, 9:25 pm, Darth Chaos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The main thing about gOS is that it offers "web apps" such as document > > > writing/saving (Google Docs). I think it's really convenient to have > > > Gmail and Google Maps and YouTube as web apps you can load from either > > > the Applications menu or even the Wbar. Plus, if you have web access > > > and can use Google Docs and stuff like that, you would really have > > > practically no need to install offline applications such as > > > OpenOffice.org. I've been playing with gOS ever since gOS 1.0 came out > > > last year and have been impressed with each new version to come out. > > > And I've also been jazzing up my Xubuntu installations to where they > > > have similar web apps. I'll be very interested in gOS 3.0 E17 when it > > > comes out. I tried out OpenGEU 8.04.1 recently which comes with the > > > latest build of E17, and its version of E17 is much more stable than > > > the E17 that came with gOS Rocket E. > > > > On Sep 29, 6:39 pm, BarefootSanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > As a user of Ubuntu for a long time now, I've been reading up on gOS > > > > and am very interested in it. However I haven't heard much about it > > > > besides it good for the 'everyday' user. Myself I do some programming > > > > on the side and was wondering if there was much programming support > > > > i.e. eclipse, 'build-essentials', etc. I know its an Ubuntu > > > > derivative so I would assume but the lack of actual documentation was > > > > worry some to me if I decided to test it out. > > > > > Any information would be much appreciated. > > > > > Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
