It is still not sure about the Linux Distribution used by Google. I am not sure but before sometime I had heard about the same as the rumor which came out of a newspaper. There it was referred that there is a particular project called as Goobuntu. This is a Google’s operating system based on Linux. It was also showed that Google would work on a draft operating system based on Linux (as it already does internally), specifically a distribution Ubuntu (Debian). One can wonder about the seriousness of this story. This could well be a rumor again (like last about Napster ), as is often the case now that Google News is at the heart of the Internet. It could also simply be a project engineer Googleplex , or a team (each employee has 20% of their time to complete personal projects). It is based on Ubuntu, a popular version of Linux. Ubuntu is one of the many descendants of Debian, a reference in the matter. Particularly active, the community pulls out a release every six months. Ubuntu is simple, free and can be installed in under 25 minutes.
Goobuntu combines the names of Google and Ubuntu. The latter is a free Linux distribution that has caused a stir for last. Ubuntu is designed especially for Linux newcomers and waives the typical for many a Linux distribution diversity program to help newcomers to the survey. Now circulating an online report, is to develop for the Google an operating system based on Ubuntu. Offshoot of Ubuntu are not uncommon, there is such as Kubuntu with a version that uses KDE instead of Gnome as the graphical user interface. However Goobuntu is mentioned in the article rather casually. It says simply, Google has developed its own version of Ubuntu, which goes by the name Goobuntu. It remains unclear what is supposed to be the purpose of this Goobuntu. Should it be installed on a future distributed by Google computer. Or simply as an alternative to Windows , other Linux distributions available as. Or it will come only as the basis for Google's own services and servers used.
But if this was a serious project, it would be risky from Google to get into a totally foreign to its core business, the Advertising search information. But has so far provided no details, including its objective. Is this a version for internal use 'Or will it distributed to the public, just to address the market of choice for Microsoft' Still, it seems clear that Google will approach the world of desktops, would Does its applications (Google Earth, Google Desktop , Picasa , Google Talk ), but also by the announcement of the Google Pack made at CES.
This silence from Google is far from surprising. First, the project still seems a very early stage and to hope to compete with Microsoft, Google still has to travel a long way on the path of development. Second, Google remains true to its policy of not disclosing hard to launch its products when they leave. In the meantime, although the possible marketing of a Google operating system remains very uncertain under the strategy implemented by Microsoft Windows Live and the admission of a Goobuntu that exists for staff firm, we can assume he has a chance that one day the system arrives on the market. But even this project would have the ambition to compete with Windows, there is still much work to do. This is not tomorrow that we will see boxes stamped Goobuntu.
Google remains to properly evaluate its strategy. As to compete directly with Microsoft on this domain is not an easy task. That said, if this is true, and that Google engineers are actually working on it, this is excellent news for the Ubuntu project itself. This would provide a big boost to this version of Linux is becoming a leader, including Live CD version. Ubuntu probably many Linux users say something, but that this was now getting from Google is a momentum is probably only the least-liked. If something is likely the rumor should be tuned, then be obvious which tools are packed with this operating system. An integrated search into the operating system, like Vista is also self-evident.
It is therefore possible that Google is working on a complete distribution or only on a software package for Linux. According to the register with Google Goobuntu is a logical next step in its desktop strategy. The Google Pack there is already a collection of desktop software from Google, including Google Earth, Google Desktop and Google Toolbar. And the free Firefox Web browser is part of the package that there is but only for Windows XP. For the wealthy founder of Ubuntu could be a deal with Google could make sense. Finally, Mark Shuttleworth looks obvious with new challenges. to spread his own operating system and to make Windows market share would be in dispute, such a challenge for a man who has ever purchased a private space flight. Goobuntu is a clear signal of growth in the market for Linux desktop environments. It is not the first time that Google tries to associate their name with a software, Picasa, Google Talk and Google Earth are the three projects that are already available for download. Google Pack, the newest, has instead been structured as a suite of composed of free software programs that can cover the most common functions.
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