Time for a review. Thanks to the always useful DistroWatch.com service, I discovered a new Gnu/Linux distribution, called gOS. gOS stands for Good Os, born in 2007 in California. The version I’m reviewing is the so-called “gOS 3 ‘Gadgets’”, their third release. gOS 3 Gadgets BETA is based on Ubuntu 8.04.1, and the final release is to be expected in the next 1-2 months.
This distribution is built around Goggle apps and services, comes with Google Gadgets for Linux pre-installed, as well other nice programs, like Google Picasa, Wine, Mozilla Prism for Google web applications and Wbar as launch bar. I’ve never heard about this bar, it’s very quick and light. Good choice! The distro also includes proprietary codecs for multimedia content.
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After about 5 months of separation from my preferred operating system, the discontent brought by Mac Os X led me to a re-born love with Gnu/Linux.
I Installed Gentoo (~x86, not x86) on my MacBook, following some articles found on the Gentoo wiki and on Ubuntu wiki.
The result is the following:

Clean Desktop

Some things opened: Gnome Menu, Gnome Terminal, Nautilus, Scite

Features:

• Gnome 2.22.2
• MurrinaGilouche + Elementary Metacity (link - link)
• black-white 2 Gloss Icons (link)
• Screenlets [RingSensors] (link)
• A wallpaper included in Gnome, still looking for the perfect one

Let’s have some fun with Gnu/Linux…again!

ENGLISH VERSION
Caro utente della mia lista di MSN Messenger, cambio contatto.
Per ragioni tecniche, politiche e legate al buonsenso, non utilizzerò più Microsoft Windows Live Messenger nè il suo protocollo di rete MSN Messenger. Mi darò al protocollo Jabber/XMPP.
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VERSIONE IN ITALIANO
Dear Msn buddy, I’m going to change account.
For technical and political reasons I won’t continue to either use Microsoft Window Live Messenger or its protocol MSN Messenger.
I’m going to use Jabber/XMPP.
I would like to keep in touch with you and my other 200 contacts, so I decided to Read the rest of this entry »