diff --git a/osprepare/distro.go b/osprepare/distro.go
index f4f7f4d11..60b8bee2b 100644
--- a/osprepare/distro.go
+++ b/osprepare/distro.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ type distro interface {
 // getDistro will return a distro based on what
 // is read from GetOsRelease
 func getDistro() distro {
-	osRelease := GetOsRelease()
+	osRelease := getOSRelease()
 
 	if osRelease == nil {
 		return nil
diff --git a/osprepare/main.go b/osprepare/main.go
index 1e970a7aa..9047dba58 100644
--- a/osprepare/main.go
+++ b/osprepare/main.go
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ type PackageRequirement struct {
 // )
 type PackageRequirements map[string][]*PackageRequirement
 
-// Required for absolutely core functionality across all Ciao components
+// BootstrapRequirements lists required dependencies for absolutely core
+// functionality across all Ciao components
 var BootstrapRequirements = PackageRequirements{
 	"ubuntu": {
 		{"/usr/bin/cephfs", "ceph-fs-common"},
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ func PrepareOsDeps(reqs PackageRequirements) {
 
 	if distro == nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Running on an unsupported distro\n")
-		if rel := GetOsRelease(); rel != nil {
+		if rel := getOSRelease(); rel != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Unsupported distro: %s %s\n", rel.Name, rel.Version)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "No os-release found on this host")
diff --git a/osprepare/os_release.go b/osprepare/os_release.go
index b8d7d9482..04e4015ef 100644
--- a/osprepare/os_release.go
+++ b/osprepare/os_release.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-type OsRelease struct {
+type osRelease struct {
 	Name       string
 	ID         string
 	PrettyName string
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ type OsRelease struct {
 
 // Parse the given path and attempt to return a valid
 // OsRelease for it
-func ParseReleaseFile(path string) *OsRelease {
+func parseReleaseFile(path string) *osRelease {
 	fi, err := os.Open(path)
-	var os_rel OsRelease
-	os_rel.mapping = make(map[string]string)
+	var r osRelease
+	r.mapping = make(map[string]string)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
@@ -57,25 +57,25 @@ func ParseReleaseFile(path string) *OsRelease {
 		value = strings.Replace(value, "'", "", -1)
 
 		if key == "name" {
-			os_rel.Name = value
+			r.Name = value
 		} else if key == "id" {
-			os_rel.ID = value
+			r.ID = value
 		} else if key == "pretty_name" {
-			os_rel.PrettyName = value
+			r.PrettyName = value
 		} else if key == "version" {
-			os_rel.Version = value
+			r.Version = value
 		} else if key == "version_id" {
-			os_rel.VersionID = value
+			r.VersionID = value
 		}
 
 		// Store it for use by Distro
-		os_rel.mapping[key] = value
+		r.mapping[key] = value
 	}
-	return &os_rel
+	return &r
 }
 
 // Try all known paths to get the right OsRelease instance
-func GetOsRelease() *OsRelease {
+func getOSRelease() *osRelease {
 	paths := []string{
 		"/etc/os-release",
 		"/usr/lib/os-release",
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ func GetOsRelease() *OsRelease {
 	}
 
 	for _, item := range paths {
-		if os_rel := ParseReleaseFile(item); os_rel != nil {
-			return os_rel
+		if r := parseReleaseFile(item); r != nil {
+			return r
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (o *OsRelease) GetValue(key string) string {
+func (o *osRelease) GetValue(key string) string {
 	if val, succ := o.mapping[strings.ToLower(key)]; succ {
 		return val
 	}
diff --git a/osprepare/os_release_test.go b/osprepare/os_release_test.go
index 327d67311..0acc89a21 100644
--- a/osprepare/os_release_test.go
+++ b/osprepare/os_release_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	NON_EXISTENT_FILE = "/nonexistentpath/this/file/doesnt/exists"
+	nonExistentFile = "/nonexistentpath/this/file/doesnt/exists"
 )
 
 func TestGetOsRelease(t *testing.T) {
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ func TestGetOsRelease(t *testing.T) {
 	if d == nil {
 		t.Skip("Unknown distro, cannot test")
 	}
-	os_rel := GetOsRelease()
-	if os_rel == nil {
+	r := getOSRelease()
+	if r == nil {
 		t.Fatal("Could not get os-release file for known distro")
 	}
-	if d.getID() == "clearlinux" && !strings.Contains(os_rel.ID, "clear") {
+	if d.getID() == "clearlinux" && !strings.Contains(r.ID, "clear") {
 		t.Fatal("Invalid os-release for clearlinux")
-	} else if d.getID() == "ubuntu" && !strings.Contains(os_rel.ID, "ubuntu") {
+	} else if d.getID() == "ubuntu" && !strings.Contains(r.ID, "ubuntu") {
 		t.Fatal("Invalid os-release for Ubuntu")
-	} else if d.getID() == "fedora" && !strings.Contains(os_rel.ID, "fedora") {
+	} else if d.getID() == "fedora" && !strings.Contains(r.ID, "fedora") {
 		t.Fatal("Invalid os-release for Fedora")
 	}
 }
 
 func TestParseReleaseFileNonExistent(t *testing.T) {
-	if res := ParseReleaseFile(NON_EXISTENT_FILE); res != nil {
+	if res := parseReleaseFile(nonExistentFile); res != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected nil, got %v\n", res)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/osprepare/versions.go b/osprepare/versions.go
index 314a63c79..af12df2a9 100644
--- a/osprepare/versions.go
+++ b/osprepare/versions.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func get_command_output(command string) string {
+func getCommandOutput(command string) string {
 	splits := strings.Split(command, " ")
 	c := exec.Command(splits[0], splits[1:]...)
 	c.Env = os.Environ()
@@ -33,73 +33,77 @@ func get_command_output(command string) string {
 	c.Env = append(c.Env, "LANG=C")
 	c.Stderr = os.Stderr
 
-	if out, err := c.Output(); err != nil {
+	out, err := c.Output()
+	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Failed to run %s: %s\n", splits[0], err)
 		return ""
-	} else {
-		return string(out)
 	}
+
+	return string(out)
 }
 
-func GetDockerVersion() string {
-	ret := get_command_output("docker --version")
+func getDockerVersion() string {
+	ret := getCommandOutput("docker --version")
 	var version string
+
 	if n, _ := fmt.Sscanf(ret, "Docker version %s, build", &version); n != 1 {
 		return ""
-	} else {
-		if strings.HasSuffix(version, ",") {
-			return string(version[0 : len(version)-1])
-		}
-		return version
 	}
+
+	if strings.HasSuffix(version, ",") {
+		return string(version[0 : len(version)-1])
+	}
+	return version
 }
 
-func GetQemuVersion() string {
-	ret := get_command_output("qemu-system-x86_64 --version")
+func getQemuVersion() string {
+	ret := getCommandOutput("qemu-system-x86_64 --version")
 	var version string
+
 	if n, _ := fmt.Sscanf(ret, "QEMU emulator version %s, Copyright (c)", &version); n != 1 {
 		return ""
-	} else {
-		if strings.HasSuffix(version, ",") {
-			return string(version[0 : len(version)-1])
-		}
-		return version
 	}
+
+	if strings.HasSuffix(version, ",") {
+		return string(version[0 : len(version)-1])
+	}
+	return version
 }
 
 // Determine if the given current version is less than the test version
 // Note: Can only compare equal version schemas (i.e. same level of dots)
-func VersionLessThan(current_version string, test_version string) bool {
-	cur_splits := strings.Split(current_version, ".")
-	test_splits := strings.Split(test_version, ".")
+func versionLessThan(currentVer string, testVer string) bool {
+	curSplits := strings.Split(currentVer, ".")
+	testSplits := strings.Split(testVer, ".")
+
+	max := len(curSplits)
 
-	max_range := len(cur_splits)
-	if l2 := len(test_splits); l2 < max_range {
-		max_range = l2
+	if l2 := len(testSplits); l2 < max {
+		max = l2
 	}
 
-	cur_isplits := make([]int, max_range)
-	cur_tsplits := make([]int, max_range)
+	iSplits := make([]int, max)
+	tSplits := make([]int, max)
 
-	for i := 0; i < max_range; i++ {
-		cur_isplits[i], _ = strconv.Atoi(cur_splits[i])
-		cur_tsplits[i], _ = strconv.Atoi(test_splits[i])
+	for i := 0; i < max; i++ {
+		iSplits[i], _ = strconv.Atoi(curSplits[i])
+		tSplits[i], _ = strconv.Atoi(testSplits[i])
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; i < max_range; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < max; i++ {
 		if i == 0 {
-			if cur_isplits[i] < cur_tsplits[i] {
+			if iSplits[i] < tSplits[i] {
 				return true
 			}
 		} else {
 			match := true
 			for j := 0; j < i; j++ {
-				if cur_isplits[j] != cur_tsplits[j] {
+				if iSplits[j] != tSplits[j] {
 					match = false
 					break
 				}
 			}
-			if match && cur_isplits[i] < cur_tsplits[i] {
+			if match && iSplits[i] < tSplits[i] {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/osprepare/versions_test.go b/osprepare/versions_test.go
index 46bad0450..500f19cb6 100644
--- a/osprepare/versions_test.go
+++ b/osprepare/versions_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestGetDocker(t *testing.T) {
 	if pathExists("/usr/bin/docker") == false {
 		t.Skip("Docker not installed, cannot validate version get")
 	}
-	if vers := GetDockerVersion(); vers == "" {
+	if vers := getDockerVersion(); vers == "" {
 		t.Fatal("Cannot determine docker version")
 	}
 }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestGetQemu(t *testing.T) {
 	if pathExists("/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64") == false {
 		t.Skip("Qemu not installed, cannot validate version get")
 	}
-	if vers := GetQemuVersion(); vers == "" {
+	if vers := getQemuVersion(); vers == "" {
 		t.Fatal("Cannot determine qemu version")
 	}
 }
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestGetQemu(t *testing.T) {
 // false when given same version to tests. e.g: VersionLessThan("1.11.0", "1.11.0")
 // this tests is expected to pass
 func TestVersionLessThanEqualVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	if res := VersionLessThan(MinQemuVersion, MinQemuVersion); res != false {
+	if res := versionLessThan(MinQemuVersion, MinQemuVersion); res != false {
 		t.Fatalf("expected false, got %v\n", res)
 	}
 }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestVersionLessThanEqualVersion(t *testing.T) {
 // false when given greater version. e.g: VersionLessThan("1.11.0", "0.0.1")
 // this tests is expected to pass
 func TestVersionLessThanGreaterVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	if res := VersionLessThan(MinQemuVersion, "0.0.1"); res != false {
+	if res := versionLessThan(MinQemuVersion, "0.0.1"); res != false {
 		t.Fatalf("expected false, got %v\n", res)
 	}
 }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestVersionLessThanGreaterVersion(t *testing.T) {
 // true when given lower version. e.g: VersionLessThan("0.0.1", "99.9.9")
 // this tests is expected to pass
 func TestVersionLessThanLowerVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	if res := VersionLessThan("0.0.1", MinQemuVersion); res != true {
+	if res := versionLessThan("0.0.1", MinQemuVersion); res != true {
 		t.Fatalf("expected true, got %v\n", res)
 	}
 }