Goobuntu article on the Register

[Mark Shuttleworth]

Scott James Remnant wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 17:25 +0000, Sean Hammond wrote:
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>> On 1/31/06, Daniel Robitaille <robitaille at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> "Google at work on desktop Linux"
>>> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/01/31/google_goes_desktop_linux/
>>>       
>> Is this a joke?
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> It's a Register news article ... I guess it would qualify as a joke,
> yes.
>   
It's just expanded out of context. A lot of the Google developers use a
modified version of Ubuntu on their desktops, which they jokingly call
"Goobuntu". I've seen no indication that Google wants to distribute that
more widely. However, there are perennial "Google PC" rumours and this
news snippet was used to fuel the fires of those rumours.

Mark