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gOS 3.0 Review - Promising Distro Breaks a Few Promises

Introduction
gOS is one of the lesser known / used Linux distros: I had promised myself that I would keep an open mind while taking it out for a spin.
The latest released version is 3.0, named Gadgets. The name suits it well: it is exactly that. A large collection of Google Gadgets put onto a remade [...]

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The Next Step for Google

Google is already making what can best be called a dinlinearization of services - offering them in ‘cloud’ format (you access them over the internet). Google Docs, Reader, Desktop Search with Gadgets and most recently, Chrome (meant to utilize a larger slice of the internet audience).
What I wonder is this: what is Google next big [...]

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Testing the less known Linuxes

It has been a while since I wrote. During this time, I was deciding one thing: should I, or should I not, test one of the lesser known Linux distros.
I have, over the years, tested and used many Linux distros, but they have always had one thing in common: they have been major, mainline distros, [...]

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