[jarvelov]

Most likely because of this [0]

> any modifications that you made to it outside your $HOME are lost.

[0] https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs/limitations#custom_insta...

[jnbiche]

Well, that applies to the user, not to whoever spun the distro to begin with. Google could have put them wherever they wanted.

Anyway, not a huge deal, just a bit odd. And evoking my OCD: ...must...keep...clean...root.