Google’s Linux software repositories make it easier to download and stay up-to-date with current releases of Google Linux applications. Please choose one of the guides below to help configure your system to use these repositories.
First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
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cparker
1 year 8 weeks 14 hours 59 min ago
You're posting instructions for
You're posting instructions for installing proprietary software on Free Software Daily. Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this picture? Please limit submissions to news concerning free software.
greengrass
1 year 8 weeks 14 hours 43 min ago
Well, to be fair, it does "concern"
Well, to be fair, it does "concern" free software - Ubuntu is free software. And the information may of interest to the free software community.
dehumanizer
1 year 8 weeks 11 hours 35 min ago
It may be useful. Oh, and Google
It may be useful. Oh, and Google supports free software and does not eat babies like many proprietary... oh wait
"Please limit submissions to news concerning free software."
Due to the fact that the #2 tag here is Microsoft, I find this hilarious.
peacemaker
1 year 8 weeks 10 hours 28 min ago
@dehumaniser What Microsoft
@dehumaniser
What Microsoft does often concerns the free software community. Patents, formats, standards, legislation they lobby for, monopolization, "IP", deals (with governments, OEMs and companies like Novell), FUD against FOSS, etc. The list goes on and on regarding the areas where the FOSS community needs to be made aware of what MS is up to. Besides that, it's not the site or the community's choice but the media's choice to make so many comparisons between FOSS and MS products. I think using the "microsoft" tag when a story or article is partly about Microsoft is valid.
dehumanizer
1 year 7 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago
peacemaker: I agree, but then a
peacemaker: I agree, but then a software package that actually makes it easier and more comfortable to use a free desktop (even if that package is proprietary) should not be complained about.