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Can you give an example of a popular software that uses term "distro"?

by rooam-dev 8y ago

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
    I can assure you (within the k8s dev community anyway) that "distro" is used to refer to companies productised versions. Look at any of the long term support discussions, and distros will be mentioned. Same goes for OpenStack - we refer to the different vendor products as distros (this is complicated by most of the OpenStack in a box products being produced by Linux distros, but we mean all product versions of OpenStack when we was OpenStack distro)
  - detaro 8y ago
    just googling "hadoop distro", without limiting it to the hadoop website, finds lots of references to people and media outlets using distro as a shorthand.
kapilvt 8y ago
Its pretty common for certain projects. As an example, here's a dozen Kubernetes distributions, all with some value add, https://www.infoworld.com/article/3265059/12-kubernetes-distributions-leading-the-container-revolution.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3265059/12-kubernetes-dist... At least in Kubernetes land, that lead to the foundation (CNCF) creating a certified Kubernetes conformance program, to avoid end user confusion and establish a baseline feature set. Another example from years past, would have been openstack, with many vendors shipping/selling their own branded variants.

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
  I can assure you (within the k8s dev community anyway) that "distro" is used to refer to companies productised versions. Look at any of the long term support discussions, and distros will be mentioned. Same goes for OpenStack - we refer to the different vendor products as distros (this is complicated by most of the OpenStack in a box products being produced by Linux distros, but we mean all product versions of OpenStack when we was OpenStack distro)
- detaro 8y ago
  just googling "hadoop distro", without limiting it to the hadoop website, finds lots of references to people and media outlets using distro as a shorthand.

kapilvt 8y ago

Its pretty common for certain projects. As an example, here's a dozen Kubernetes distributions, all with some value add, https://www.infoworld.com/article/3265059/12-kubernetes-distributions-leading-the-container-revolution.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3265059/12-kubernetes-dist... At least in Kubernetes land, that lead to the foundation (CNCF) creating a certified Kubernetes conformance program, to avoid end user confusion and establish a baseline feature set. Another example from years past, would have been openstack, with many vendors shipping/selling their own branded variants.