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Geek Culture / Google developing their own OS, a version of Ubuntu called Goobuntu

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Jeku
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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 19:07
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/31/google_goes_desktop_linux/

This sounds pretty cool. I use Ubuntu on a daily basis on my laptop, and it offers a real plethora of features that make it an easy viable option for Windows fanboys. If it weren't for my addiction of PB, DBP and Second Life, I'd be using it 100% of the time.

Anyone else think this is great news? (aside from the dumb name of course)


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Ubuntu? Stop talkin' baby talk.


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i was just reading this, and it really depends on what it's for.

Maybe they'll start trying adverts on your desktop? then I wouldn't use it if i were PAID.

But I really like what google has done with a lot of their applications, Slick GUI, easy to use. I'm really excited for this

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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 20:08
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Quote: "Ubuntu? Stop talkin' baby talk."


Riiiight, and you're still using Windows for some things, correct? I rest my case.


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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 20:13
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What's wrong with windows?

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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 20:32
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It's not uber, it's not sexy, and it has nothing to do with peanuts.

Goobuntu is uber, sexy, ubersexy, and while it still has nothing to do with peanuts you'll feel better knowing you are in command of something... sexy.





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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 21:18
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Quote: "The origin of the word 'Goobuntu' is not clear, though it does not appear in online Zulu dictionaries."


What are they, mugs?

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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 21:19
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and I hope they drop the "Buntu" anything, i personally think "Ubuntu" is a crap name, and google better stick with "Google OS" or something bland and easy to say

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I agree the name is stupid. It'll be interesting to see what they make of it though


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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 23:43
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The new name yea sounds cool

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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 23:58
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Quote: "Maybe they'll start trying adverts on your desktop? then I wouldn't use it if i were PAID."

Since it'd be GPL I think they'd have difficulty putting ads as patches will show up in a day or two for removing them.

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Posted: 1st Feb 2006 00:11
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good point fishy

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Quote: "Since it'd be GPL I think they'd have difficulty putting ads as patches will show up in a day or two for removing them."


Who says it will be GPL? Google have released plenty of closed source stuff in the past. I don't see why they would change just because it's running on linux instead of windows.

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Oh dear. I dislike Ubuntu a lot. Better off with Mandriva or SuSe. Maybe Debian? Everyone loves Debian.

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Quote: "Better off with Mandriva or SuSe. Maybe Debian? Everyone loves Debian"


You clearly don't understand, then. 80% of computer users are not slick and L337 like you and I, therefore they need an easy-to-use alternative to Windows. Right now Ubuntu is as easy and robust as there is for Linux. I'm sure Google could switch to another option in the future if a company releases a better version.

That being said, Google will most likely be fixing Ubuntu bugs themselves to make their G-OS (or whatever) more stable.

Come to think of it, G-OS is a pretty cool name


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Meh, I found it far more limiting than windows. Try knoppix for windows likeness. Some friends thought I just installed a custom windows theme

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Google is tring to take over the World, Just like Wal-Mart.


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They should stick with Goobuntu. It's cooler than Google OS something moronically obvious like that.

Quote: "The word Ubuntu means "humanity to others" in several African languages, including Zulu and Xhosa. It's one of the founding principles of post-apartheid South Africa. The origin of the word 'Goobuntu' is not clear, though it does not appear in online Zulu dictionaries"



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edit: wrong thread sorry


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Quote: "Try knoppix for windows likeness."


Knoppix is meant as a rescue system OS, not for standalone everyday use.


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Tried the install system? it makes it really nice for hard drive use! Even with not standalone use, it is a great OS. Love it all teh way.

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Posted: 1st Feb 2006 04:44
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Quote: "The origin of the word 'Goobuntu' is not clear, though it does not appear in online Zulu dictionaries."


What? They couldn't work out it's just a combination of Google and Ubuntu? Really now, I thought most people were smart enough to put 2 and 2 together.


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"Who says it will be GPL? Google have released plenty of closed source stuff in the past."

Becasue if they are using Ubuntu as a starting point they have to keep it open source under the GPL.

"They couldn't work out it's just a combination of Google and Ubuntu?"
When I read it I took that as a joke


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Googahbeebahbuntakcachu.


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awww... I think google should go for it

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lol

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WHY on earth CANT google advertise ubuntu? it shares the ideology of "free" and so on. They just make ALD ANother Linux Distro, and then advertise it like google toolbar. Thats why it goes popular and google can advertise like freaking sea monster, it is full of Ads and people think all linuxes are the same

Quote: "Oh dear. I dislike Ubuntu a lot. Better off with Mandriva or SuSe. Maybe Debian?"

I used first SuSe, I liked it so much that I made a tea shirt of that lizard with my nick on it. When gaining experience, it appereaded more slow, uncustomizable and so on...
Then I moved to mandriva, I liked it a lot also, i think it was better, It liked my radeon, it allowed to choose software at installation (like suse), but compiling from source was not nice, becouse it shipped with small ammount of libaries, and they were hard to install. Then it was starting to remind SuSE.
Then I moved to ubuntu. Oh quash it was weird, Gnome was not for me (not tuning) and well, the system was also a bit weird for me (not used to fake root). I didnt like it a lot, i thought it was just ALD
Then I saw kubuntu, it hit me like a deja vu. that was the distro which everything is perfect for me. Now Im using it as a Java for mobile learning tool, and it works great.

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rofl, how much experience do you have with linux? Mandriva isnt hard...at all. Infact it is so easy I cant believe that anyone could call it hard.

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Quote: "Oh dear. I dislike Ubuntu a lot. Better off with Mandriva or SuSe. Maybe Debian?"


The Ubuntu Core is a Deb based distro...and Suse?...

Google is obviously just trying to grasp the most popular distro at the moment...which happens to be the Ubuntu project...they can go for it...but i dont know how smart it is yet...

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I *know* but base debian is so much more leet. SuSe is a fun operating system for beginners. I would recommend it far more than ubuntu to beginners:/

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Guys Im making my OS and its gonna be better than windows cus its gonna come with a free game that I made,and its gonna come out tommorow,and im still negotiating with stores that obviously want to sell it but they dont reply to my emails written in 1337. btw its called gabuntuzulu-uzuntu-|_0|_Z-ugasaga,and its gonna be very cool cus.buy it lolz.btw its written in java
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just keep your eyes on this...
ReactOS

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Quote: "I *know* but base debian is so much more leet."


90% of computer users don't care about being "leet", because they're not 11 years old hacker-wannabes. They're average people who just want to use the computer for surfing and email.


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With this bit of news I've been thinking of using Ubuntu now on my old computer just for kicks and giggles. At least, until Google finally is able to officially announce this and then later release it.


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Are you calling me 11 years old? Besides, I was joking, I like debian for the package support, and server use

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Quote: "With this bit of news I've been thinking of using Ubuntu now on my old computer just for kicks and giggles. At least, until Google finally is able to officially announce this and then later release it."

that is, IF they are really making it, there's a Google OS rumor every other day aparently
just check Google Images

but, Google would get a LOT of attention if they DID make an OS...

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Quote: "rofl, how much experience do you have with linux? Mandriva isnt hard...at all. Infact it is so easy I cant believe that anyone could call it hard.
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I was saying that is was too easy for me. Actually it has been made too easy to be fully functional and fast. (If somrone would have came to me and say that other distros rule when I was using mandriva I would say extactuly the same ;P)

Let me quote myself: but compiling from source was not nice, becouse it shipped with small ammount of libaries, and they were hard to install.
Okay i was I bit unclear. The libaries what didnt ship with it (what you cant find with package manager) were hard to install. (TYPO)
Main reson I changed it was that It wasnt fast (I managed to get programs crash 15 times during a month). Thats more like windows-style.

I dont want to argue what distro is the best becouse people are different, aliens are different, even cows are different and they eat different grass. And green aliens like to kidnap cows while grays like to kidnap people.

BTW anyone used Google talk? I think that if they have same artist and desinger that Goobuntu will have, we will have a very different distro . White, simple, light, only do one thing. I think that one thig is going to be "google search".

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