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<p>gLinux is a <a href="/facts/Debian/cBd93qfJ">Debian Testing</a>-based <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> <a href="/facts/Linux_distribution/0vVl4N4f">distribution</a> used at <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a> as a <a href="/facts/Workstation/h5tK4hTt">workstation</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a>. The Google gLinux team builds the system from <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a>, introducing their own changes. gLinux replaced the previously used <a href="/facts/Ubuntu_(operating_system)/0WDd7hkb">Ubuntu</a>-based distribution, <a href="/facts/Goobuntu/REboQYW3">Goobuntu</a>. gLinux is usually installed by loading into a bootstrap environment when it is first booted up. When it is started, the root files are unpacked and the <a href="/facts/Debian/cBd93qfJ">Debian</a> installer starts to perform the installation. According to a former user of the OS, it uses the <a href="/facts/Cinnamon_(desktop_environment)/Rgl6NCMC">Cinnamon</a> desktop environment. As of 2024, only the GNOME desktop environment is fully supported. Over the years, <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a> has focused on speed, scale and data, which is the thought process that allowed them to move to gLinux. <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a> used <a href="/facts/Ubuntu/0WDd7hkb">Ubuntu</a> 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.
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