gLinux

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 gLinux is getting started up, the root files are unpacked and the Debian installer starts to perform the installation.[10] Over the years, Google has focused on speed, scale, and data which is the thought process that allowed them to move to gLinux.[11] Google was using Ubuntu before switching to Linux; however, Ubuntu was found to have significant vulnerabilities and was a contributing factor of the move to gLinux.[12]

Not to be confused with Chrome OS.

References
  1. "gLinux lightning talk". YouTube. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. Prakash, Abhishek. "No More Ubuntu! Debian is the New Choice For Google's In-house Linux Distribution". It's FOSS. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  3. Google moves to Debian for in-house Linux desktop | ZDNet
  4. Google Ditches Goobuntu Linux For Debian-Based gLinux, FossBytes
  5. Merriman, Chris (17 January 2018). "Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering environment". The Inquirer. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Google's Chrome OS gets new app muscle with built-in Linux - CNET
  7. OpenNews: Google переводит рабочие станции инженеров с Goobuntu (Ubuntu) на gLinux (Debian), OpenNET (in Russian).
  8. Google Replaces Its Ubuntu-Based Goobuntu Linux OS with Debian-Based gLinux, Softpedia News
  9. Google's Linux workstations are switching from Ubuntu to Debian - Android Police, 19 Jan 2018
  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. 16 (3): 58–78. doi:10.1145/3236386.3264508. ISSN 1542-7730.
  11. Levy, Steven (2011). How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. United States of America: Steven Levy. ISBN 978-1-4165-9658-5.
  12. Koroniotis, Nickolaos; Moustafa, Nour; Turnbull, Benjamin; Schiliro, Francesco; Gauravaram, Praveen; Janicke, Helge (2021-09-19). "A Deep Learning-based Penetration Testing Framework for Vulnerability Identification in Internet of Things Environments". arXiv:2109.09259 [cs].


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