This week Wal-Mart started selling a $199 PC with a Linux based operating system called gOS pre-loaded. A lot of websites mistakenly reported that the “g” stands for Google, because this stripped down operating system has direct links to a bunch of Google services like YouTube, Docs & Spreadsheets, and Blogger. But gOS is actually a stripped down “green” operating system based on Ubuntu.

And you don’t need to buy a $199 PC to load it. You can download gOS right now. Unfortunately, the developer’s site seems to be down at the moment, but you can find gOS on several Torrent trackers.

The ISO weighs in at 728 MB, making it a tight fit for a CD-R, but leaving plenty of room on a DVD-R. And like almost all Ubuntu-based operating systems, gOS comes as a LiveCD, meaning you can take it for a test drive without installing anything. Just boot your PC from the DVD. When you’re done, shut down, pop the DVD out and reboot into Windows, Linux, or whatever you’ve been using up until now.

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