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What are we going to do?

Truth to be told, pretty much everything ... We'll boot gOS on my olden T42 and see how well it handles older hardware. But we'll also place it on the newer T61 and check Wireless connectivity, which turned out to be tricky for most distros on this laptop, test Bluetooth, Compiz if Gods of the Internet are willing, web camera - and we have Skype for that already installed, multimedia support, and we'll play a whole lot with applications and gadgets the distro offers. And more ...

Let's do it.

Laptops, here I come

gOS maintains elegance from the first moment you boot. The boot menu is simple and clean. And like Foresight, gOS sports fresh, green reinvigorating colors.

Desktop & Gadgets

The live desktop is pleasant, albeit cluttered with Google Gadgets, haphazardly arrayed. For someone with a slight case of OCD, I found this solution somewhat inadequate and in fact detrimental to the otherwise professional looks and style.

The things are even worse on smaller resolutions. While 1440x900 resolution permits enough space for the gadgets, on 1024x768 setting the things start to border on chaotic. Another issue is the lack of consistency in looks among different gadgets. Some are purely graphical, with casual effects for the curious eye; some are text-only with rather bland HTML styles that do not sit well with the rest. Then, if you're not connected to the Web, as is the case with encrypted Wireless networks on laptops, you end up with a few errors that make the overall impression marred.