gOS 2.0 Rocket debuts at CES 2008

Jan 4 2008, 1:05am CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Good OS, the open source startup that introduced gOS, a Linux operating system with Google and web applications, on a $199 Wal-Mart PC last November, today announced that gOS Rocket will debut at CES 2008.

gOS 2.0 Rocket is offered with Google Gears, new online offline synchronization technology from Google that enables offline use of web apps; gBooth, a browser-based web cam application with special effects, integration with Facebook and other web services; shortcuts to launch Google Reader, Talk, and Finance on the desktop; an online storage drive powered by Box.net; and Virtual Desktops, an intuitive feature to easily group and move applications across multiple desktop spaces.
gOS version 2.0 Rocket will be available online on January 7th, 2008 as a free download. Rocket requires a minimum of 128MB of RAM, 400 MHz processor, and 3GB disk space.
Via the ThinkgOS site.

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