GLinux explained

GLinux should not be confused with Chrome OS.

gLinux is a Debian Testing-based Linux distribution used at Google as a workstation operating system.[1] The Google gLinux team builds the system from source code, introducing their own changes.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] gLinux replaced the previously used Ubuntu-based distribution, Goobuntu.[9] gLinux is usually installed by loading into a bootstrap environment when it is first booted up.[10] When it is started, the root files are unpacked and the Debian installer starts to perform the installation. According to a former user of the OS, it uses the Cinnamon desktop environment.[11] As of 2024, only the GNOME desktop environment is fully supported. Over the years, Google has focused on speed, scale and data, which is the thought process that allowed them to move to gLinux.[12] Google used Ubuntu before switching to gLinux; however, the two years of security updates it provided meant that planning for the next upgrade would take close to a year.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: gLinux lightning talk. YouTube. 1 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Prakash. Abhishek. 17 January 2018. No More Ubuntu! Debian is the New Choice For Google's In-house Linux Distribution. 2020-12-16. It's FOSS. en-US.
  3. Web site: Google moves to Debian for in-house Linux desktop . ZDNET.
  4. Web site: Tiwari . Aditya . 2018-01-17 . Google Ditches Goobuntu Linux For Debian-Based gLinux . Fossbytes . en-US.
  5. Web site: Merriman . Chris . Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering environment . The Inquirer . 15 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180118064608/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3024623/google-ditches-ubuntu-for-debian-from-internal-engineering-environment . 18 January 2018 . unfit . 17 January 2018.
  6. Web site: Google's Chrome OS gets new app muscle with built-in Linux. Stephen. Shankland. CNET.
  7. Web site: January 18, 2015 . Google переводит рабочие станции инженеров с Goobuntu (Ubuntu) на gLinux (Debian) . www.opennet.ru.
  8. Web site: Nestor . Marius . 2018-01-17 . Google Replaces Its Ubuntu-Based Goobuntu Linux OS with Debian-Based gLinux . softpedia . english.
  9. Web site: Davenport . Corbin . 2018-01-19 . Google's Linux workstations are switching from Ubuntu to Debian . Android Police . en.
  10. Fata . Matt . Arida . Philippe-Joseph . Hahn . Patrick . Beyer . Betsy . June 2018 . Corp to Cloud: Google's Virtual Desktops: How Google moved its virtual desktops to the cloud . Queue . en . 16 . 3 . 58–78 . 10.1145/3236386.3264508 . 51925085 . 1542-7730. free .
  11. Web site: Nullfreak . 2024-01-12 . I used gLinux for a … . 2024-06-20 . r/linuxquestions.
  12. Book: Levy, Steven . How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives . Steven Levy . 2011 . 978-1-4165-9658-5 . United States of America.
  13. Web site: How Google got to rolling Linux releases for Desktops . 2022-07-29 . Google Cloud Blog . en.

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