Alright Google, what’s the deal? We know that you are using a distribution called Goobuntu in your internal labs and stuff. But are you planning to give it to us? I mean, will you make Goobuntu available to download? For those who don’t know: Google is apparently working on a Linux distribution based off the popular Ubuntu Linux, which again is based on Debian. The distribution is maintained by the company the occasional cosmonaut Mark Shuttleworth founded: Canonical. We also know that Google is supplying patches to Canonical’s operating system that’s free of charge.
The issue really is, which is burning in our heads, if Google indeed plans to come to the desktop? If so, how will Microsoft react? We don’t know anything about that.
The only thing I have to proof the existence of Goobuntu, is the actual log in screen of one of the machines in Google Labs:
Goobuntu: is Google attacking Microsoft?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Goobuntu is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that Google uses internally. Some have suggested that Google might plan to market the distribution more widely. While both Google and Ubuntu’s creator Mark Shuttleworth have confirmed that Goobuntu exists and is used internally, both have strongly refuted suggestions that Google has any plans to market the operating system.
Mark Shuttleworth has confirmed that Google contributes patches to Ubuntu but noted that while some Google employees use this modified version of Ubuntu, others use modified versions of other Linux distributions. Google has supported Ubuntu through the Ubucon conferences and in other ways. Although Shuttleworth and Google representatives have denied any plans to release Goobuntu outside the company, it has nonetheless inspired ongoing speculation about Google entering the operating system business.
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