Software:Goobuntu
Goobuntu was a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS (long-term support). It was used by almost 10,000 Google employees.[1] It added a number of packages for in-house use, including security features and disabled the installation of some applications, but was otherwise similar. Thomas Bushnell, a Google technical leader for the company's Linux desktops, displayed Goobuntu at LinuxCon 2012. Bushnell explained that "Goobuntu is simply a light skin over standard Ubuntu."[2]
Some suggested Google might plan to market the distribution more widely, but Goobuntu was never officially released.[3][4][5] While both Google and Mark Shuttleworth, who spearheaded the development of Ubuntu, confirmed the existence of Goobuntu,[6] both denied that Google had any plans to market the operating system.[7]
Mark Shuttleworth confirmed that Google has contributed patches to Ubuntu.[6]
Google used Puppet to manage its installed base of Goobuntu machines.[2]
In 2018, Google replaced Goobuntu with gLinux, a Linux distribution based on Debian Testing.[8]
See also
- ChromeOS
- List of Linux distributions
- List of Ubuntu-based distributions
References
- ↑ Vance, Ashlee (2009-01-11). "A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html?_r=2&th&emc=th.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (2012-08-29). "The truth about Goobuntu: Google's in-house desktop Ubuntu Linux". ZDNet. http://www.zdnet.com/the-truth-about-goobuntu-googles-in-house-desktop-ubuntu-linux-7000003462/.
- ↑ King, Ben (2006-01-31). "Google at work on Linux". The Register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/31/google_goes_desktop_linux/.
- ↑ "GoogleOS Scenarios". 2006-11-22. http://slashdot.org/story/06/11/22/1415221/googleos-scenarios.
- ↑ "Google Working on Desktop Linux". 2006-01-31. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/31/1519224.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Shuttleworth, Mark (2006-02-13). "Absolutely no truth to the rumour". http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/20.
- ↑ Bylund, Anders (31 January 2006). "Google denies plans to distribute OS based on Ubuntu". Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/old/content/2006/01/6087.ars.
- ↑ Prakash, Abhishek (17 January 2018). "No More Ubuntu! Debian is the New Choice For Google's In-house Linux Distribution". it's FOSS. https://itsfoss.com/goobuntu-glinux-google/.
External links
- A screenshot of the login screen in Goobuntu, snapped at an officewarming party held for Google's newly inaugurated Tel Aviv offices (Yaron Orenstein).
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