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Goobuntu was a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS (long-term support). It was used by almost 10,000 Google employees.cite-ref-nyt10jan09-1-0[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."cite-ref-vaughan-2-0[2]

Some suggested Google might plan to market the distribution more widely, but Goobuntu was never officially released.cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-4[4]cite-ref-5[5] While both Google and Mark Shuttleworth, who spearheaded the development of Ubuntu, confirmed the existence of Goobuntu,cite-ref-markshuttleworth1-6-0[6] both denied that Google had any plans to market the operating system.cite-ref-7[7]

Mark Shuttleworth confirmed that Google has contributed patches to Ubuntu.cite-ref-markshuttleworth1-6-1[6]

Google used Puppet to manage its installed base of Goobuntu machines.cite-ref-vaughan-2-1[2]

In 2018, Google replaced Goobuntu with gLinux, a Linux distribution based on Debian Testing.cite-ref-8[8]

• See also

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• List of Linux distributions

• List of Ubuntu-based distributions

cite-note-nyt10jan09-11. ↑ citerefvance2009Vance, Ashlee (2009-01-11). "A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-22.

cite-note-vaughan-22. ↑ citerefvaughan-nichols2012Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (2012-08-29). "The truth about Goobuntu: Google's in-house desktop Ubuntu Linux". ZDNet. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefking2006King, Ben (2006-01-31). "Google at work on Linux". The Register. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

cite-note-44. ↑ "GoogleOS Scenarios". Slashdot. 2006-11-22. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

cite-note-55. ↑ "Google Working on Desktop Linux". Slashdot. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

cite-note-markshuttleworth1-66. ↑ citerefshuttleworth2006Shuttleworth, Mark (2006-02-13). "Absolutely no truth to the rumour". Retrieved 2015-02-05.

cite-note-77. ↑ citerefbylund2006Bylund, Anders (31 January 2006). "Google denies plans to distribute OS based on Ubuntu". Ars Technica.

cite-note-88. ↑ citerefprakash2018Prakash, Abhishek (17 January 2018). "No More Ubuntu! Debian is the New Choice For Google's In-house Linux Distribution". it's FOSS.

• A screenshot of the login screen in Goobuntu, snapped at an officewarming party held for Google's newly inaugurated Tel Aviv offices (Yaron Orenstein).