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 said 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
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References
[edit ]- ^ Vance, Ashlee (2009年01月11日). "A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009年02月22日.
- ^ a b Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (2012年08月29日). "The truth about Goobuntu: Google's in-house desktop Ubuntu Linux". ZDNet. Retrieved 2012年09月04日.
- ^ King, Ben (2006年01月31日). "Google at work on Linux". The Register . Retrieved 2015年02月05日.
- ^ "GoogleOS Scenarios". Slashdot . 2006年11月22日. Retrieved 2015年02月05日.
- ^ "Google Working on Desktop Linux". Slashdot . 2006年01月31日. Retrieved 2015年02月05日.
- ^ a b Shuttleworth, Mark (2006年02月13日). "Absolutely no truth to the rumour". Archived from the original on 2015年12月08日. Retrieved 2015年02月05日.
- ^ Bylund, Anders (31 January 2006). "Google denies plans to distribute OS based on Ubuntu". Ars Technica.
- ^ Prakash, Abhishek (17 January 2018). "No More Ubuntu! Debian is the New Choice For Google's In-house Linux Distribution". it's FOSS.
External links
[edit ]- 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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