Howto install gOS on Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2008 
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Open your sources.list file add the gOS Repositories
For Ubuntu Users
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
For Kubuntu Users
kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list
For Xubuntu Users
gksu mousepad /etc/apt/sources.list
Enter these lines
# gOS Repositories
deb http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main
deb-src http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main
Import the key
wget http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc
sudo apt-key add gos_repo_key.asc
rm gos_repo_key.asc
sudo aptitude update
Install gOS on Ubuntu
sudo aptitude install greenos-desktop xorg
Remove gOS on Ubuntu
The following will then remove the entire Environment for you.
sudo aptitude remove greenos-desktop
The Environment will be available from the Sessions menu
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February 24th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Hi, I have amd64 Gutsy. The repos does not seem to have greenos-desktop for 64-bit OS!!
February 24th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
This only works with 32 bit because gOS is not available in 64 bit.
February 24th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Hi guys,
Thanks a lot for such a wonderful website for newbees like me. I learned her many wonderful things about how powerful xubuntu is. I installed the gOS, as you described, everything worked like charme, but the problem is that i do not know, how to configure is my laptop keyboard (danish, i cannot type “@”, for example, i had to copied from a website). Another little problem is that menu does not like the original menu from gOS.(flashy, with online apllications and stuff). Anyway thanks
February 25th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
e17 has lower memory requirements?! I’d love to see that substantiated.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
e17 certainly has lower memory requirements than KDE (EVERYTHING has lower mem requirements than KDE, though i love and use KDE daily). Whether or not it has lower memory requirements than Gnome’s default WM, who can say. When Enlightenment started development (i think i first tried it in 1999 or 2000), it was only targeting machines with fairly high-end graphics cards.
April 12th, 2008 at 12:33 am
I am pretty certain that gOS uses GNOME now anyway.
http://dev.thinkgos.com/blog/whats-the-dock
April 26th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I’m retired so I have the time to check things out. gOS is great. I have it installed on an old desktop in my garage, it picked up wireless (Belkin card) right away which was unexpected.
Streaming radio is a problem WSM nashville my favorite cannot be played no matter how I try
(I like to listen while I tinker with my car (1983 Porsche 928s).
Ubuntu-restricted-extras which used to set me up appears not to be available to gOS.
(I don’t have this problem with Ubuntu 7.10 or the 8.04 upgrade) Is there a solution
Regards
Jack