I agree with the rationale stated in this article:

The Google OS Is Doomed

The only reason that Google is creating the OS is to screw with Microsoft.  Now if that is the intended goal then all’s well.  But to think that the Google OS is going to garner any significant market share is just naive.

For one thing, targeting the netbook space as the niche for this OS is going to be an uphill battle.  MS just spent the last two years crushing Linux in that arena and securing over 90% of the market for its own.

Couple that with the fact that linux netbooks have a high return rate –> Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'

And couple that with the fact that the Google OS is going to be essentially a linux distro with a browser as shell and the future does not look bright.

Google will be lucky to get more than 5% of the netbook space, I’d be very surprised if it got more than 10%.  Which means a flyspeck of the market.  It will anger MS and make them work harder to get Win7 on netbooks, which is a good result in the long run, but nothing more.

I know, I know, CRAAAZY you say.  But it’s true.  There is now a port of the KDE desktop for Windows.  What was once the domain of only Linux may now be run on Windows as well.

Article:
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/01/testing-kde-42-release-candidate-on-windows.ars

How to do it:
http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Installation

This has got to be one of the coolest things I have read about in a long time. [linky]

This would be exactly something that I could devote my volunteering efforts towards. The synchronicity statement at the beginning of the video lays it out very well: "People need computers, people had too many computers, they'll come together...one problem will solve the other."

Awesomeness occurred. They do actually defray their costs a tiny bit with some small required fees and suggested donations. But if you need a computer and can't afford one...this is your way to get it. It also encourages the "teach someone to fish" philosophy. One way people earn a computer is to work in the shop putting computers together for donation. You build 6: 5 for others and the 6th you keep.

Like I already stated awesomeness.