[Yr7-10it] Goobuntu

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Goobuntu

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goobuntu


Not to be confused with Gobuntu, an official derivative of Ubuntu, 
Goobuntu is a Linux distro based on Ubuntu that Google uses internally. 

Some have suggested that Google might plan to market the distribution 
more widely. 

While both Google and Mark Shuttleworth, creator of Ubuntu, have 
confirmed that Goobuntu exists and is used internally, both have strongly 
refuted suggestions that Google has any plans to market the operating 
system.

Almost half of the 20,000 employees of Google use Goobuntu.

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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Cheers people
Stephen Loosley
Victoria Australia