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By Marziah Karch, About.com

Definition: Goobuntu is the nickname of a variation of the Ubuntu distribution of the Linux operating system. Goobuntu was developed for internal use on employee workstations.

There have been rumors that Google would distribute their own version of Ubuntu Linux, but those rumors have been denied by Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu project.

Google is, however, developing an operating system based on Linux called Chrome OS.

Also Known As: Google OS, Google Ubuntu
Alternate Spellings: Gubuntu
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