GOS (operating system)
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Current Distribution, gOS 3.1, is based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS
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| Developer | Good OS LLC |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | November 1, 2007 |
| Latest release | 3.1 "Gadgets" / January 3, 2009 |
| Available in | English |
| Platforms | x86, Netbooks |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Default user interface | GNOME |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike 3.1 Unported |
| Official website | http://www.thinkgos.com/ |
gOS or "good OS" was an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution created by Good OS LLC, a Los Angeles-based corporation. Its CIO David Liu described that after meeting Enlightenment and open source people, he realized that his dream to bring Web 2.0 applications into mainstream use could be achieved by creating a Linux distribution that made it easy for users to access Google and Web 2.0 applications. David Liu went on to create the Chinese Twitter clone called Wozai (我在), leaving gOS officially defunct.
The company initially advertised gOS 1.0 as "An alternative OS with Google Apps and other Web 2.0 apps for the modern user." This first version gOS (1.0.1_386) was based on Ubuntu 7.10 and the Enlightenment window manager E17.
On January 7, 2008, a test version (2.0.0-beta1) of gOS, intended to demonstrate the Everex CloudBook at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, and named gOS Rocket, was released. This version was also E17-based. The definitive second version of gOS debuted at the end February 2008, together with the launch of Everex's new CloudBook, the gBook laptop, and a new, second version of the gPC, the "encore". This version was called gOS V2 Rocket, and was completely rewritten and now based on the GNOME window manager, a built in Compositing window manager, and the Avant Window Navigator.
On April 6, 2008, Good OS launched a publicly available version of gOS, called gOS 2.9 "Space", intended for the gPC mini, This version is based on Compiz fusion, Gnome, and the Avant Window Navigator dock manager, but also uses E17 code. It has a dock with a "stack" very much like the "fan view" of Mac OS X v10.5.
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