Comments on: Howto install gOS on Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu

By: Jase

Jase — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:22:46 +0000

Billy Waters says:
November 29, 2010 at 8:47 pm

Do I need to install Ubuntu fist before I install gOS? Or can I install gOS by itself?

Nope, ubuntu is not required, but I would recommend you do get ubuntu and add gOS that way as then you are up to date.

I am getting this message:

jase@natasha-laptop:~$ wget http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc
--2011-10-16 18:17:13-- http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc
Resolving http://www.thinkgos.com... 69.163.255.46
Connecting to http://www.thinkgos.com|69.163.255.46|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
2011-10-16 18:17:14 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Can someone say in more detail of the sources.list part and how exactly I should be doing it.

By: Billy Waters

Billy Waters — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:47:14 +0000

Do I need to install Ubuntu fist before I install gOS? Or can I install gOS by itself?

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:33:45 +0000

When I run sudo apt-key add gos_repo_key.asc I get this error: gdm: no valid OpenPGP data found. I am running Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10. Does anyone know how to fix this?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:06:21 +0000

gOS have removed the ‘http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc‘ file - this prevents anyone from installing (or in my case removing) it (

By: sam

sam — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:24:48 +0000

when I do sudo apt-key add gos_repo_key.asc it says: gdm: can’t open ‘gos_repo_key.asc’ no such file or directory. what should I do?

By: matt

matt — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:10:18 +0000

will this work for powerpc versions of these distros? I have xubuntu installed on a ps3 and was wondering if i could install the gOS environment? thanks

By: dreikin

dreikin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:02:53 +0000

Jay: No -
1) gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
is meant to be used in a terminal to open the sources.list file.

A terminal can usually be found in the accessories or system tools application menus, or by typing ‘+’ and then ‘gnome-terminal’ (ubuntu/xubuntu) or ‘konsole’ (kde).

2) After that, you then add:
# gOS Repositories

deb http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main deb-src http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main

into the file, save, and close.

3) Then, in the terminal again, you type
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
hitting enter (or return) after each line, and waiting for the prompt to return before putting in the next line.

4) Then, finally, you type (in the terminal)
sudo aptitude install greenos-desktop xorg
to install gOS.
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As a note, it’s more typical to use ‘apt-get’ instead of ‘aptitude’, since apt-get is used in all distros, but, eg, adept is used in place of aptitude in kubuntu.

By: jay

jay — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:50:29 +0000

Real newbie here. I copied the 1st line for Ubuntu into sources.list. Also does this line,gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list, go as the very last entry in the list.
I cannot import the keys either when i click on software sources and the authenication tab.

By: jack martin

jack martin — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:38:57 +0000

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

By: Robert Ross

Robert Ross — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:33:12 +0000

I am pretty certain that gOS uses GNOME now anyway.

http://dev.thinkgos.com/blog/whats-the-dock

By: Stephan Beal

Stephan Beal — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:16:33 +0000

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.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:34:11 +0000

e17 has lower memory requirements?! I’d love to see that substantiated.

By: lomo

lomo — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:48:53 +0000

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

By: admin

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:45:51 +0000

This only works with 32 bit because gOS is not available in 64 bit.

By: Yuvaraj

Yuvaraj — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:19:32 +0000

Hi, I have amd64 Gutsy. The repos does not seem to have greenos-desktop for 64-bit OS!!