On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:21:01 -0800 (PST) "Mithun D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi guys Hi! And welcome...... > I am new to the wonderful world of the supposed gOS. Can someone > please tell me which version of gOS to download if i want to run it on > my Dell XPS 1530 laptop? I can find a couple of versions like the > Rocket G, Rocket E and Space OS available on most of the download > links on the official website. gOS is a Linux distribution, and like all Linux distributions, it has a kernel at its heart, then a layer of code to connect the kernel to the applications which run on it (this is determined by the distribution manager(s)), and finally you have a GUI through which you can connect to those applications. This is perhaps oversimplified, but I hope this gives you an idea. The GUI can be a total desktop where the applications and the GUI are loaded together, or just a Window Manager. "Rocket G" loads the GNOME desktop with gOS, "Rocket E" loads the Enlightenment Window Manager, and both come with Google Gadgets; this is version 3 of gOS. gOS Space is a slightly different beast. Its basically version 2 of gOS, running GNOME, but with a totally different looking GUI (in fact its VERY reminiscent of Mac OSX Leopard), and there's slightly too much code to get the .iso on a CD so it needs to be burnt to a DVD. As to whether it will run on your Dell laptop, let me say up front I can't be sure. But if the minimum hardware requirements are met, it SHOULD be OK. Try it as a live disk (which runs from the CD only without installing anything on your hard disk) before installation. I'd go for the latest version on the gOS website. > I ran through the FAQs as well but it didn't mention anywhere which > version does what and how. They all do the same thing - to allow you to run Linux, but with different desktops/window managers. gOS is a derivative of Ubuntu, which is itself a derivative of Debian, and you can update the system by the use of the same tools but used with gOS and Ubuntu repositories. > Also, can someone please let me know if i can substitute Windows with > gOS? Does it have day to day business apps like mail apps and so on? gOS isn't Windows or any other sort of proprietary software - its Linux. In your standard install, you will find a wealth of applications to run for everyday business applications (including email, word processing, spreadsheets, and databases) and you can add more if your hard drive capacity allows. But gOS Gadgets also put you directly in touch with web-based applications (such as Google Documents and Gmail) which means you do not have to use applications on your desktop. You can use Wine to run some Windows programs under Linux but generally you'll be better off in looking for a native Linux application. You can, of course, install gOS with Windows on the same hard drive (its called dual booting) but I hope you'll join the free software community (that's free as in freedom) and ditch Windows for good. -- Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
