I have blogged about how to install Windows 7 as a virtual machine for a risk-free trial, Similarly, if you are willing to try one of the best Linux desktop distro "Ubuntu" without risking your existing Windows install here's a short, simple and easy to use GUI utility to create Ubuntu Live USB with ease.
uSbuntu Live Creator is a free software for Windows allowing users to create bootable USB key with Ubuntu 8.10 on it, and the best part is that the software also offers an exclusive option of automatic virtualization using portable VirtualBox for launching Ubuntu directly in Windows without any configuration or installation.
Windows Theme Customization packs are popular these days, few days earlier we posted Windows 7 theme pack, You must have got bored by that look now, so here we have another cool Ubuntu theme pack for windows XP, once again from the artist's at DevianArt doing a marvelous job of providing us fresh new customization packs for Windows.
gOS is a small & efficient operating system based on Ubuntu & Enlightenment window manager, the main specialization of gOS is its tight integration with Web 2.0 services specially Google Apps, the motto behind the project is to Access your work from anywhere.
gOS needs very little system resources to run since all the applications are web based using Ajax to function, gOS was recently released at Consumer Electronics Show 2008 and is now available for free download.