Cloud (operating system)

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Cloud
Developer Good OS LLC
OS family Unix-like
Working stateDiscontinued
Supported platforms x86
Kernel type Monolithic kernel
License Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike 3.1 Unported
Official website www.thinkgos.com/cloud/

Cloud was a browser-based Linux distribution developed by Good OS LLC, a Los Angeles-based company. As a successor to gOS, Cloud was a lightweight operating system designed primarily for browsing the Internet on netbooks and mobile Internet devices.

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Overview

Cloud was a minimal operating system with a web browser as its primary user interface. It provided access to web applications, allowing users to perform simple tasks without booting a full-scale operating system. [1] The operating system was designed to boot in a few seconds. When installed alongside a primary operating system, Cloud would continue to boot the main OS in the background, allowing the user to switch to the full desktop environment after the initial quick boot. [2]

The browser-centric design facilitated the use of cloud computing, where applications and data are hosted online rather than on a local hard drive.

Cloud could be installed as a standalone OS or set up to dual-boot with another system. It could also be installed on a motherboard's integrated flash memory. [2]

In 2009, the operating system was officially available on the GIGABYTE M912 touch screen netbook.

Early reviews compared the operating system's user interface to OS X and noted the similarity of its browser to Google Chrome, although it was based on a modified Mozilla Firefox browser.

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References

  1. ↑ Bradley, Jaron (2016), "Browser Analysis" , OS X Incident Response, Elsevier, pp. 119–142, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-804456-8.00006-6, ISBN   978-0-12-804456-8 , retrieved 2025-07-20
  2. 1 2 "gOS intros OS cloud for netbooks". The Register. 2008-12-02.
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