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Good OS, the developer of gOS, announced today that they would be expanding their consumer-friendly Linux OS to the Moblin Open Source Project. What is Moblin? According to the project’s website, Moblin is the following:

“Moblin is a Linux-based software platform for building visually rich, dynamic, and connected applications that run on devices based on Intel® Atom™ processor technology. Moblin’s common core allows application portability for running on devices such as MIDs and Netbooks.”

Moblin provides a software stack/foundation from which application developers can create usage model-independent applications executable on multiple platforms including netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). Here’s a picture of the software stack:

From the website: “Below the Moblin Foundations layer are the Linux Kernel and device drivers specific to the platform. On top of the Moblin Foundations layer are the specific applications, user interfaces, and user interaction models for the target device.”

Now why this move by gOS? According to Good OS Founder and CEO, David Liu,

“We see a significant number of NetBook opportunities today, and Moblin technologies will provide gOS a lower cost platform to develop new products. There are many new and exciting possibilities in the Moblin project, and we look forward to developing the best cloud computing interface possible on top of Moblin.”

Check out the gOS website for additional information on the consumer friendly Linux OS. Check out the Moblin website for additional info on the Mobile application framework (including how you can get an image working for yourself)

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