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GooBuntu Google Ubuntu or Google OS

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Take it with a pinch of salt! Lots of rumors

Note! its not this http://www.thinkgos.com/gos/index.html its something else

http://googling.phpmagazine.net/2006/02 ... u_lin.html
Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project called Goobuntu, but declined to supply further details, including what the project is for. [...] The Goobuntu.com domain has been registered in the past couple of days, though presumably not by Google. It now redirects to a Cuban portal. Perhaps Google will have to think of a new name for the system before they launch it to the wider public
http://google.about.com/od/g/g/goobuntudef.htm
Definition: Goobuntu is the nickname of a variation of the Ubuntu distribution of the Linux operating system. Goobuntu was developed for internal use on employee workstations.

There have been rumors that Google would distribute their own version of Ubuntu Linux, but those rumors have been denied by Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu project.
Also Known As: Google OS, Google Ubuntu
Alternate Spellings: Gubuntu
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/31/goob ... you/[quote]
Goobuntu: coming soon to a desktop near you?

by Marc Perton, posted Jan 31st 2006 at 3:44PM
The rumor mill continues to crank out stories about the Google PC and the Windows-challenging OS it will run. And now that phantom operating system actually has a name: Goobuntu. According to reports, Google has already developed the OS, based on Ubuntu Linux and the Gnome desktop, and may be close to rolling it out. Of course, Goobuntu may actually be just for internal use; Google has in the past admitted to using an internally developed OS for its servers. However, it could be the next step in Google's quest for desktop hegemony. We just hope it runs Google Earth and Picasa, or we're not interested.

Update: Another Google rumor bites the dust, since according to Ars Technica, Google spokeswoman Sonya Borälv says that "[w]e use Ubuntu internally but have no plans to distribute it outside of the company." It's almost as if they enjoy crushing our hopes and dreams.
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Meh. Honestly I don't think its going to happen...
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It's almost as if they enjoy crushing our hopes and dreams.

my stabbing impulse is having to be suppressed again...

besides which, what's android, if not google's butchered version of a linux OS?
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considering all the articles are from 2006... :roll: I do not think its going to happen anytime soon.
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#! (Crunchbang) Replaced my want for something like Goobuntu a long time ago^^
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