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Thursday, February 17, 2011
PC/OS 11 Beta 1 download
After dealing with Ibiblio and working with them to get the download straight. We have itr available, based on Xubuntu 10.0.4, we have truly worked hard on this release. Support for Wii mote is complete and a vast array of hardware support. So download it, tell us if you like it, if not what can be done to make it better.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/pcos/pc-os11-opendesktopb1.iso
Monday, April 19, 2010
PC/OS WebStation vs Google ChromeOS
Well the Google ChromeOS has been getting some buzz around the water cooler lately. So what does it means for us in terms of the designers for PC/OS and really what it means for PC/OS WebStation. While there are several Netbook specific Linux distributions for that purpose. But, what do they offer thats compelling for the user? There is no consistency between the user experience. If you look at all of the Netbook releases and their desktop counterparts whats the one thing you notice? They all look different, night and day different. With PC/OS we strive to have the user experience consistent between the releases. If you look at OpenWorkstation and WebStation and even OpenServer System, whats the first thing you notice? Its the same UI, same experience. So how do we beat Googles ChromeOS? While we do use Googles app lineup, we are totally different. Google wants everything browser based and everything stored on the web. We do realize that some things like audio and video dont function well on the web. You will always have that latency between the upload to the playback. Google wants to take the user out of the computer and we dont believe that is the way to do business and we dont believe this is what the user wants.
Productivity and time management, Google wants their productivity apps online. We do realize thats important but we also offer the Office kit so in those cases of network downtime where ChromeOS will be pretty much useless, users can still get PC/OS to do what they want it to do. Users can still work on their documents, their spread sheets etc.
Expandability, PC/OS will always be expandable, meaning you can add whatever apps you wish to have on your PC/OS system. Google wants to take the Apple approach where you have to basically use the apps that they prescribe and that they "approve" of. Users like to change themes, add wallpapers and basically customize their systems the way they want to. With ChromeOS you cant do that, with PC/OS you can do it.
Information management, We believe that the users machine is theirs and if they want to use that giant 160gb HD that comes with their netbooks, they can. Users want to be able to know where their documents are and who is looking at them. With PC/OS you can, and Googles ChromeOS you cant. Remember, its stored on the internet. Google wants everything to be web based, whereas with PC/OS we are taking more of a smartphone approach with the way the information is presented.
So when it comes to the future what would you rather have, a very closed Linux based distribution, ChromeOS or would you rather continue to have control over YOUR computer. The choice is yours, the red pill or the blue pill.
Productivity and time management, Google wants their productivity apps online. We do realize thats important but we also offer the Office kit so in those cases of network downtime where ChromeOS will be pretty much useless, users can still get PC/OS to do what they want it to do. Users can still work on their documents, their spread sheets etc.
Expandability, PC/OS will always be expandable, meaning you can add whatever apps you wish to have on your PC/OS system. Google wants to take the Apple approach where you have to basically use the apps that they prescribe and that they "approve" of. Users like to change themes, add wallpapers and basically customize their systems the way they want to. With ChromeOS you cant do that, with PC/OS you can do it.
Information management, We believe that the users machine is theirs and if they want to use that giant 160gb HD that comes with their netbooks, they can. Users want to be able to know where their documents are and who is looking at them. With PC/OS you can, and Googles ChromeOS you cant. Remember, its stored on the internet. Google wants everything to be web based, whereas with PC/OS we are taking more of a smartphone approach with the way the information is presented.
So when it comes to the future what would you rather have, a very closed Linux based distribution, ChromeOS or would you rather continue to have control over YOUR computer. The choice is yours, the red pill or the blue pill.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Changes coming in PC/OS 10.5 and 11
Some of the changes we are making to the PC/OS UI and functionality will be implemented in PC/OS 10.5, others will be coming in PC/OS 11. First, with PC/OS 10.5 the new NetLinks menu will debut. Think of the NetLinks menu as sort of the social networking menu similar to the way Canonical does the Me menu. In this menu, we will have links to common social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter, Google Search and Google Maps. Another things that users have been asking for is system search thats easy to get to, and can be utilized at any time.
We have designated the right side of the taskb
ar for applications, the NetLinks menu and the file search tool. On the left side we will have utilities like the System Navigator and the notes utility. In PC/OS 11 Webstation, users will also have a keyboard icon. This invokes the onboard keyboard app. Why do we need an onboard keyboard? Is it for accesibility? If thats what you wish yes, but we are working on PC/OS 11 to support touch screen out of the box. Due to limited hardware availability, I can atest that it works well on one system. We do not support ink yet, but we feel this is a good start. The NetLinks menu will be featured on OpenWorkstation and Webstation.
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