"Distribution" is definitely used w.r.t. describing different Kubernetes offerings - e.g. https://www.cncf.io/announcement/2017/11/13/cloud-native-computing-fou

"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