When I first previewed gOS (an Ubuntu based Linux distribution), it was a refreshing change from traditional Desktop Operating Systems. For one, I really liked its clean user interface and more importantly, gOS was the first operating system to blur the Desktop-Web divide. gOS was natively integrated with Google (see picture), so right in the center of the desktop, you had a search box. Similarly a user can launch her favorite Google applications such as Gmail, Gtalk plus other Web 2.0 apps such as Facebook right within the OS launch bar. Yesterday, I noticed that the new version integrates with MySpace as well. This is the kind of Web-Desktop integration that is supposedly to make a debut in Windows 7 (the next Desktop OS from Microsoft). gOS is really raising the bar with some solid innovation and in many ways 2008 promises to be the year when Linux will make its presence felt as a desktop operating system.