Hello, I was refraining to answer, but this:
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 4:29 PM George Clemmer <myg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this discussion was primarily triggered by the realization that > we can improve the top-level presentation of Guix by downplaying the > distinction between Guix and GuixSD. In fact, we could delay the > introduction of Guix/GuixSD to the download page. > > A more informative download page might look like: > > Use Guix to manage ... > > entire computers: GuixSD download options: x86_64 i686 > > VMs: download options: GuixSD x86_64-QEMU-image > > GNU/Linux user environments: Guix download options: x86_64, i686, armhf, > aarch64 > > Here we see the primary purpose of the Guix/GuixSD labels is to identify > the different download options and to enable the user to find the > correct install instructions and doc sections for whatever they > download. > > GuixSD doesn't necessarily need to be changed. But the issue has been > raised, as mentioned above, that because "SD" is not a recognized > abbreviation "GuixSD" carries no intuitive meaning. If we want an > improved label for the Guix system distribution, the best one is > probably "GuixOS" since "OS" is a widely used and recognized > abbreviation ... Is exactly my opinion also, so it gets a +1 Bye -- Vincent Legoll
