At the top of the desktop you can see all the disk drives you have. If you attach a removable drive, it also shows at the desktop. This is similar to Ubuntu's Gnome desktop.
If you have been using Ubuntu, using gOS is very straightforward. The choice of the network manager is not. Exalt is the network management tool used by gOS, and by golly it is not the most helpful tool out there. Using an MSI VR320 K2 laptop (dual boot with Windows XP), I cannot connect to a friend's WiFi network, even if Windows can connect without fuzz. I got to connect once, but it was useless - I couldn't go to any Web site; even ping gave up.
Web connection is necessary so that I can install Gnome-PPP. Without Gnome-PPP, I cannot use my Sony Ericsson P1i as 3G modem - my only Internet connection at home.
I loaded a DVD movie. Xine is the default movie player for gOS. Unfortunately, when the movie was played, all I could see was gibberish; the audio was OK. Must be a graphics driver problem. RhythmBox is the default audio player for gOS. While it can play music, it was not able to detect my iPod Video. gOS detects the iPod, and places an icon at the desktop to denote the disk. Using RhythmBox's Scan removable media did not work for me.
The official unofficial support for gOS is at FAQly. Unfortunately, it was cluttered, and for me it was not the right way to provide support. Fortunately, unofficial support forums are taking the slack. Unofficial forum is at GOSForums.org (this one is more organized, but relatively new), and the official one is at Cafe Linux. Since gOS is a relatively new distro, expect few answers to questions, but that would change a few months from now, when more power users test this operating system.
gOS is a nice Ubuntu derivative. It is lightweight, and it has the snazziest UI around. It doesn't work for my setup, though, so I am back to Ubuntu. How I wish I can change the Ubuntu desktop to gOS (without exalt, please). Maybe I'll try again with gOS when online support matures, and a new version appears.
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