BigRed Marion Hakanson <hakan...@ohsu.edu> wrote:
>What's wrong with just "illumos"? If you need to distinguish, just use >"illumos, the kernel" or "illumos, OS/Net" vs "illumos, the distribution". >The original "OpenSolaris, the distribution" was based on "OpenSolaris, >the kernel", and other distributions based on "Opensolaris, the kernel" >did exist. > >One can even get more specific about distros, e.g. "illumos desktop", >"illumos server", or "illumos live usb", if needed. > >Sure, OI-147 and OI-148 did not come from "illumos, the kernel", but it >seems unlikely anyone is going to go back to a base of "OpenSolaris, the >kernel" for OpenIndiana, once it's completed the shift to the illumos base. > >Do we really need a different name for the "main" distribution? I personally >find it unnecessary, and it makes explaining to people what the heck OS I'm >using a lot harder. I have to give a whole family tree history instead of >just saying, "Illumos is the open source fork of Solaris 11." > >I also happen to think "illumos" is an excellent name. Use it everywhere. > >Regards, > >Marion > > > >_______________________________________________ >OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
