I may be cynical, but I'll make a bet that there's a big Fuchsia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fuchsia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fuchsia) ann

I may be cynical, but I'll make a bet that there's a big Fuchsia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fuchsia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fuchsia) announcement on the horizon and Google wants to have some evidence to point to that shows they still care about Linux to combat the inevitable "Google is abandoning Linux" FUD/headlines.