Its CIO David Liu described that after meeting Enlightenment and open source people, he realized that his dream to bring Web 2.0 applications into mainstream use could be achieved by creating a Linux distribution that made it easy for users to access Google and Web 2.0 applications.

[1] David Liu went on to create the Chinese Twitter clone called Wozai (我在), leaving gOS officially defunct.

[5] On April 6, 2008, Good OS launched a publicly available version of gOS, called gOS 2.9 "Space", intended for the gPC mini,[6] This version is based on Compiz fusion, Gnome, and the Avant Window Navigator dock manager, but also uses E17 code.

With Cloud, users can browse the Internet seconds after turning on their computer, and can also use it to run applications, like Skype, or a media player.

[9] Simultaneously, the Good OS team also launched a new official forum, as a replacement for the Google discussion group used previously and faqly, which is now defunct.

Faqly was a cross between an Internet forum and a FAQ where gOS users could ask questions and browse for answers.

Around May 2008, members of the Good OS team ceased posting online from gOS-associated accounts, including their own forum and website.

Therefore, early versions of gOS worked on systems as low end as a 350 MHz Pentium II with 196 MB of RAM,[12] but a typical gOS system would have used as a minimum a 1 GHz Pentium III with 256 MB RAM.

After gOS2-beta the later versions of gOS abandoned the use of Enlightenment as desktop manager (although some E17 code still seemed to be used), in favor of using GNOME, with Compiz Fusion and the Avant Window Navigator.

[15] gOS 1.0.1 fully supported the advanced Power management capabilities of the gPC TC2502, so the system could be put in suspend mode and after turning on again was ready in a few seconds.

In December 2007, PC Club followed suit and reintroduced their Enpower Fuzion desktop[16] for sale with gOS installed for $189, which is their second system to include a Linux distribution since their controversial temporary inclusion of Linspire (then LindowsOS) in late 2003/early 2004[17] and the sale of the Empower Essence system with Ubuntu during the month of June 2007.

[21] On 2008-01-07, Good OS LLC released a beta of the second version of gOS, called gOS-live-2.0.0-beta1 and nicknamed "Rocket".

However this version did not seem to be a valid replacement for rev 1.0.1 as it was missing some essential functions, such as hardware and system administration tools, and the easy to use application installer "Add/Remove".

[24] Later it became apparent that the month was needed because Everex had decided that future versions of gOS for the Cloudbook, gBook and gPC2, would use the GNOME desktop environment, instead of E17.

[28] gOS 2.9 Space became available as a generic Linux distribution on April 7, 2008, and is a debugged and extended version of the older gOS V2 Rocket G. It can be downloaded as an .ISO[29] that can be burned on a DVD (it is slightly too large for a CD), or can be put on another external bootable medium such as a memory stick or Secure Digital card reader acting as an external USB drive, with enough capacity.

gOS Space is less "light" (using a small amount of memory) than older, publicly available versions, as it is based on a combination of Ubuntu 7.10, the GNOME windows manager enhanced with Compiz fusion, and the Avant Window Navigator, a Dock-like launcher that has been enhanced with Stacks.

As of July 2, 2008 Good OS, in consortium with Digital Gadgets, launched the Sylvania g netbook.

Its similar to the original Everex CloudBook with more memory, and the trackpad and buttons have moved to the front of the device.

[9] In an official press release issued on August 6, 2008,[33] gOS 3.0 Gadgets was announced to use LXDE technology[34] but this plan was later put aside.

This Launcher is provided by the gOS Community and is not officially supported by Good OS for system manufacturers.

Good OS claims that new versions of gOS won't use Ubuntu's upgrading repositories, to prevent the problem from happening again.