In the ongoing war to become the ultimate desktop OS Google is preparing its own distribution called Goobuntu. The Linux desktop based on the newly popular Linux distribution called Ubuntu which means “humanity to others” in several African languages, including Zulu and Xhosa.
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. It is possible that this is just a Googleplex specific platform for their engineers though there is a lot of speculation that Google plans to distribute it to the general public, as a free alternative to Windows.
If Google really decides to make that giant leap into the desktop market I really feel that they are going to have to come up with a better solution than a “Debian like” Linux distro running Gnome if they are going to comepete with Apple’s Mac OS X or Microsoft’s Windows XP or their upcoming Vista platform.
Whatever Google’s intentions, the input from Google engineers and developers whom are writing new features and fixing bugs, will be a huge boost to the Ubuntu project.
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