gLinux

{{Short description|Debian-based Linux distribution which replaced Goobuntu}}

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gLinux is a Debian Testing-based Linux distribution used at Google as a workstation operating system.{{cite web|title=gLinux lightning talk|website = YouTube|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=cdSiQGnkAmg|accessdate=1 April 2018}} The Google gLinux team builds the system from source code, introducing their own changes.{{Cite web|last=Prakash|first=Abhishek|date=17 January 2018|title=No More Ubuntu! Debian is the New Choice For Google's In-house Linux Distribution|url=https://itsfoss.com/goobuntu-glinux-google/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=It's FOSS|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Google moves to Debian for in-house Linux desktop |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-moves-to-debian-for-in-house-linux-desktop/ |website=ZDNET}}{{Cite web |last=Tiwari |first=Aditya |date=2018-01-17 |title=Google Ditches Goobuntu Linux For Debian-Based gLinux |url=https://fossbytes.com/google-is-leaving-goobuntu-for-debian-based-glinux/ |website=Fossbytes |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Merriman |first1=Chris |title=Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering environment |url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3024623/google-ditches-ubuntu-for-debian-from-internal-engineering-environment |website=The Inquirer |accessdate=15 May 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118064608/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3024623/google-ditches-ubuntu-for-debian-from-internal-engineering-environment |archivedate=18 January 2018 |url-status=unfit |date=17 January 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/googles-chrome-os-and-chromebooks-get-new-app-muscle-with-built-in-linux/|title=Google's Chrome OS gets new app muscle with built-in Linux|first=Stephen|last=Shankland|website=CNET}}{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2015 |title=Google переводит рабочие станции инженеров с Goobuntu (Ubuntu) на gLinux (Debian) |url=http://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=47929 |website=www.opennet.ru}}{{Cite web |last=Nestor |first=Marius |date=2018-01-17 |title=Google Replaces Its Ubuntu-Based Goobuntu Linux OS with Debian-Based gLinux |url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/google-replaces-its-ubuntu-based-goobuntu-linux-os-with-debian-based-glinux-519426.shtml |website=softpedia |language=english}} gLinux replaced the previously used Ubuntu-based distribution, Goobuntu.{{Cite web |last=Davenport |first=Corbin |date=2018-01-19 |title=Google's Linux workstations are switching from Ubuntu to Debian |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/01/19/googles-linux-workstations-switching-ubuntu-debian/ |website=Android Police |language=en}} gLinux is usually installed by loading into a bootstrap environment when it is first booted up.{{Cite journal |last1=Fata |first1=Matt |last2=Arida |first2=Philippe-Joseph |last3=Hahn |first3=Patrick |last4=Beyer |first4=Betsy |date=June 2018 |title=Corp to Cloud: Google's Virtual Desktops: How Google moved its virtual desktops to the cloud |journal=Queue |language=en |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=58–78 |doi=10.1145/3236386.3264508 |s2cid=51925085 |issn=1542-7730|doi-access=free }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Nullfreak |date=2024-01-12 |title=I used gLinux for a … |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/7so74f/where_can_i_get_glinux/khkjnf1/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=r/linuxquestions}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Levy |first=Steven |title=How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives |publisher=Steven Levy |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-4165-9658-5 |location=United States of America}} 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.{{Cite web |title=How Google got to rolling Linux releases for Desktops |url=https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/how-google-got-to-rolling-linux-releases-for-desktops/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Google Cloud Blog |language=en}}