The gOS distribution is based on the Ubuntu 7.10 distribution. It uses the Enlightenment 17 window manager instead of the usual GNOME or KDE desktops, allowing for lower memory and speed requirements.

Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways. It provides a number of utilities including a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner and advanced tool for automatic database updates. The core of the package is an anti-virus engine available in a form of shared library.

This is a thorough guide to installation of Ubuntu using the alternate disc, including a section on setting up separate partitions for /home.

Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon has new boot option "only-ubiquity" which does not load the Gnome desktop and only starts Ubiquity installer on default Ubuntu background. I decided to try this option on one COMPAQ Desktop PC with 128 MB RAM.

A script, and instructions for using it, that make some aspects of installing apps on a non-networked Ubuntu machine easier.

Explains the differences between Ubuntu and other popular Linux distros, with instructions detailing how to make Ubuntu behave more like what you may be accustomed to.

Directions for reinstalling GRUB using the Ubuntu live installation disk.

Burning (writing) an Ubuntu CD using Infra Recorder under Windows.

An illustrated, step-by-step guide to installing and optimizing the latest stable release of Ubuntu Linux. Excellent for beginning users.

What is this page about?
If you have a computer with 128 MB of RAM or less, you will not be able to use the Desktop CD to install Ubuntu. For low-specification computers, the Desktop CD is too resource-intensive to be running and trying to install Ubuntu at the same time.