The Register is running a story about Google developing their own Linux distribution. The article is filled with the usual “facts” and poorly sourced rumours.

To be honest, I think the Linux market is too fragmented as it is (although the success of newcomer Ubuntu surprised a lot of people, me included). What would Google be able to bring to the party? Their last foray into pure desktop software (the Windows-only Google Pack) was met with lukewarm reviews, so perhaps they should stick to what they’re good at. If Google do release their own Linux distribution within the next year I will certainly be very surprised…

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