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Re: [News] Google Gets Own Linux Distro (Not Goobuntu for Desktops)

  • Subject: Re: [News] Google Gets Own Linux Distro (Not Goobuntu for Desktops)
  • From: "Mark Dodel" <madodelNOSPAM@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:36:19 -0500
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: VOICE - http://www.os2voice.org
  • References: <1435703.8eKUNgSa02@schestowitz.com> <1990dum4982j0$.dlg@funkenbusch.com> <9ggf04-ti3.ln1@clark.harry.net>
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  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1170833
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:30:53 UTC, Sinister Midget 
<phydeaux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

-> On 2006-10-17, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
-> > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:45:51 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
-> >
-> >> Google gets Slack with software updates
-> >> 
-> >> ,----[ Quote ]
-> >>| Maintaining a large number of Linux servers to power its search
-> >>| and Web application services is at the heart of Google's business
-> >>| and, until now, has remained a closely guarded secret.
-> >>| 
-> >>| [...]
-> >>| 
-> >>| Rather than relying on standard Linux operating system packages,
-> >>| Google developed its own software, dubbed "Slack", and released it
-> >>| as an open source project a year ago but Still said this is the
-> >>| first time the search giant has talked about it publicly.
-> >> `----
-> >> 
-> >> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1814790366&rid=-50
-> >
-> > Since when is Slack new?
-> 
-> Have you researched the distro? Could it possibly be the whole name is
-> "Slack" instead of "Slackware"?
-> 

Maybe they should call it "Lingle" or maybe "Loogle"? ;-)

Mark

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