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'Distro' makes it sound like a linux-distribution with, in this case, Elasticsearch installed on it. From what I read on the page and on the aws blog this is no

'Distro' makes it sound like a linux-distribution with, in this case, Elasticsearch installed on it. From what I read on the page and on the aws blog this is not the case though?

alexose 8y ago
I thought the same thing. After some searching I realized that "Open Distro" isn't actually a linux distro after all. This is a non-fork release of Elasticsearch with the proprietary parts stripped out.
- sam_lowry_ 8y ago
  Thanks for figuring it out. Shame on the publishers of the OP website for making it deliberately unclear.
  - tylersmith 8y ago
    In what why did they deliberately make the meaning unclear? The middle of the page says "An Apache 2.0-licensed distribution of Elasticsearch". It's saying in black and white that it's a distribution of Elasticsearch, not of an operating system. In what way is being deliberatly unclear?
    - _msw_ 8y ago
      Hi, I work at AWS on compute services, but spent a lot of my life building Linux distros. For those of us with Linux distro building experience, this may be initially confusing. But calling a curated collection of software a "distro" has been used for decades outside of Linux distributions. For example, there are multiple distributions of TeX, like TeX Live, MacTeX, etc. http://www.tug.org/interest.html#free http://www.tug.org/interest.html#free See also the Anaconda Distribution for Python and R: https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/ https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/ (not to be confused with the Anaconda that I know and love: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_(installer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_(installer) )
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vegardx 8y ago
From how they've named things, the URIs and such, it seems like this might be more a concept, and that Elasticsearch is just the first one out. So what do we think will be next?
- kapilvt 8y ago
  I think corretto (openjdk distro) would qualify as the first one https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/ https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/
tylersmith 8y ago
"Distro" is short for distribution. Many things, not just operating systems, can have different distributions. Calling it a distro doesn't make it sound like a linux distribution at all. If it was a linux distribution it would probably talk about being an OS and not being a distribution of Elasticsearch.
- rooam-dev 8y ago
  Can you give an example of a popular software that uses term "distro"?
  - bobthecowboy 8y ago
    The term is used for different distributions of Hadoop and Kubernetes, for example.
    - rooam-dev 8y ago
      Thank you for your input. I tried to google that, but I don't see any heavy usage of "distro" along with those solutions. For example site:https://hadoop.apache.org https://hadoop.apache.org distro nothing significant. Also, googled "Kubernetes distro" same thing.
      - jsty 8y ago
        "Distribution" is definitely used w.r.t. describing different Kubernetes offerings - e.g. https://www.cncf.io/announcement/2017/11/13/cloud-native-computing-foundation-launches-certified-kubernetes-program-32-conformant-distributions-platforms/ https://www.cncf.io/announcement/2017/11/13/cloud-native-com... Likewise for the Hadoop project: https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Distributions%20and%20Commercial%20Support https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Distributions%20and%20Commerc... I guess you could argue that "distro" has a distinct meaning to "distribution" with the former specifically pertaining to linux distributions, but I think most people probably just interpret it as being shorthand for the latter
      - mugsie 8y ago

'Distro' makes it sound like a linux-distribution with, in this case, Elasticsearch installed on it. From what I read on the page and on the aws blog this is not the case though?

alexose 8y ago

I thought the same thing. After some searching I realized that "Open Distro" isn't actually a linux distro after all. This is a non-fork release of Elasticsearch with the proprietary parts stripped out.

sam_lowry_ 8y ago
Thanks for figuring it out. Shame on the publishers of the OP website for making it deliberately unclear.
- tylersmith 8y ago
  In what why did they deliberately make the meaning unclear? The middle of the page says "An Apache 2.0-licensed distribution of Elasticsearch". It's saying in black and white that it's a distribution of Elasticsearch, not of an operating system. In what way is being deliberatly unclear?
  - _msw_ 8y ago
    Hi, I work at AWS on compute services, but spent a lot of my life building Linux distros. For those of us with Linux distro building experience, this may be initially confusing. But calling a curated collection of software a "distro" has been used for decades outside of Linux distributions. For example, there are multiple distributions of TeX, like TeX Live, MacTeX, etc. http://www.tug.org/interest.html#free http://www.tug.org/interest.html#free See also the Anaconda Distribution for Python and R: https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/ https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/ (not to be confused with the Anaconda that I know and love: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_(installer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_(installer) )

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vegardx 8y ago

From how they've named things, the URIs and such, it seems like this might be more a concept, and that Elasticsearch is just the first one out. So what do we think will be next?

kapilvt 8y ago
I think corretto (openjdk distro) would qualify as the first one https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/ https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

tylersmith 8y ago

"Distro" is short for distribution. Many things, not just operating systems, can have different distributions. Calling it a distro doesn't make it sound like a linux distribution at all. If it was a linux distribution it would probably talk about being an OS and not being a distribution of Elasticsearch.

rooam-dev 8y ago
Can you give an example of a popular software that uses term "distro"?
- bobthecowboy 8y ago
  The term is used for different distributions of Hadoop and Kubernetes, for example.
  - rooam-dev 8y ago
    Thank you for your input. I tried to google that, but I don't see any heavy usage of "distro" along with those solutions. For example site:https://hadoop.apache.org https://hadoop.apache.org distro nothing significant. Also, googled "Kubernetes distro" same thing.
    - jsty 8y ago
      "Distribution" is definitely used w.r.t. describing different Kubernetes offerings - e.g. https://www.cncf.io/announcement/2017/11/13/cloud-native-computing-foundation-launches-certified-kubernetes-program-32-conformant-distributions-platforms/ https://www.cncf.io/announcement/2017/11/13/cloud-native-com... Likewise for the Hadoop project: https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Distributions%20and%20Commercial%20Support https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Distributions%20and%20Commerc... I guess you could argue that "distro" has a distinct meaning to "distribution" with the former specifically pertaining to linux distributions, but I think most people probably just interpret it as being shorthand for the latter
    - mugsie 8y ago