With the web evolving at a very high speed do we really need an operating system or do we only need a web browser? If i look at the my web activity and my desktop activity what is the one thing that i use more then anything else i would say a web browser.

Years back we used to use our desktop to process documents (using Microsoft Office) we used to check our e-mails(using Microsoft Outlook) we used to chat with friends (using MSN messenger, ICQ, AOL), we used to manage our photo galleries into folders, listened the music on winamp. But things have changed now everything we used to do offline is online, we have broadband internet to access our online applications, we use google docs to process our documents, we use gmail to check all our e-mails, we use meebo to get in touch with our friends(on gtalk, msn, aol, yahoo messenger), we use flickr to manage our pictures, we use YouTube to watch our videos, we use wikipedia to access our encyclopedia & we use last.fm to listen to our music. Do we Really need a Microsoft Windows ?

If i talk in terms of web developers and engineers yes at some level we do need linux or Windows, but if i talk in terms of general people, who use the computer in there daily activity they don’t need a full fledged OS with 1000’s of pre installed applications, spend ridiculous amount of money on softwares, firewalls, anti virus and worry all the time about the computer crashing and loosing there data.

Keeping this in view on 7th January 2008 goS (Green Operating System) lacunches.

What is gos ?
gOS is an operating system build for one purpose providing support and easy access to online web applications. In simple terms instead of the icons on our computer pointint to applications, in gOS we have icons pointing directly to our online web applications.

Technically gOS is a cut down version of ubuntu 7.10 dektop, who’s focus is online applications like gmail, google news, google maps, youTube, mebo and many more.

It’s a neat Linux distribution which is made for shifting our regular desktop apps to online apps. The OS is based on linux so you can definately install desktop apps such as open office etc but its core focus is web2.0 sites and online applications. Shifting desktop to web.

Who made gos ?
David Liu made gOS.

How can i get gos ?
You can simple get gOS by downloading from here.

How much does it cost ?
Its free of cost, if you have an old computer just download and install you dont have to spend a penny. Though if you dont have a computer then you can buy a new PC from WalMart for $199.

Quick Look at gOS
It comes with :

1. Firefox
2. Google Mail
3. Google News
4. Google Calendar
5. Google Maps
6. Google Docs and Spreadsheets
7. Google Product Search
8. Blogger
9. YouTube
10. Facebook
11. Faqly
12. Meebo
13. Rythmbox
14. Skype
15. Wikipedia
16. Xine

check out the screen shot below :