No More Ubuntu! Debian is the New Choice For Google's In-house Linux Distribution | Linux Today

No More Ubuntu! Debian is the New Choice For Google’s In-house Linux Distribution

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Abhishek Prakash
Jan 18, 2018

After more than five years with Ubuntu, Google is replacing Goobuntu with gLinux, a Linux distribution based on Debian Testing release.

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Abhishek Prakash

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