cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/37281970
Believe it or not, an unexpected conflict has arisen in the openSUSE community with its long-time supporter and namesake, the SUSE company.
At the heart of this tension lies a quiet request that has stirred not-so-quiet ripples across the open source landscape: SUSE has formally asked openSUSE to discontinue using its brand name.
Richard Brown, a key figure within the openSUSE project, shared insights into the discussions that have unfolded behind closed doors.
Despite SUSE’s request’s calm and respectful tone, the implications of not meeting it could be far-reaching, threatening the symbiotic relationship that has benefited both entities over the years.
I vote for the new name to be Margot Linux.
Why?
Why not?
OpenSussy
New name suggestion:
“The Distro Formerly Known As openSUSE”
same energy (and impact) as “X formerly known as Twitter”
Which is the same energy as Prince has with this, sweet summer child.
It’s a play on “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince”
openDISTROFORMALLYASKEDBYSUSETOREBRAND
Careful, Germans take it seriously.
TDFKOS
Makes sense really.
OpenSUSE is not the open version of SUSE ( SUSE Linux Enterprise - SLE ). If you compare to Red Hat, OpenSUSE is Fedora, not CentOS.
I can see how people would get the wrong idea.
It is a bit crappy that they waited so long though. On the desktop, OpenSUSE is quite an established brand.
Call it gecs os and have 100 gecs do the promotion for it.
Seems a pointless endeavour. The open and enterprise sides are so deeply linked, it makes sense that they share a brand.
Separating them only weakens the broader SUSE ecosystem.
@thehatfox @banazir
Suse and Oracle already have an enterprise-level community project, OpenELA. This image explains very well in my opinion why SUSE is asking the openSUSE community to remove the SUSE name.I’m curious as to where they’re actually going with this. They got news, they got repo, but still nothing to run even after almost a year?
LibreSUSE 😎
I’d love them to replace SUSE with SUS. Distrowatch click rate +500%
I would that too
amongSUSE
SamongUSE
Introducing openSUSA
That is the phonetic spelling of how you’re supposed to say SUSE. It’s. SUSAhhh, like appaloosa. I know this because I watch that goofy video on youtube.
Since SUSE has its roots in Germany (it stands for Software und Systementwicklung) I think the German pronunciation would be correct which is a little different. Both S are soft and the E is short. Like “Zoos” + “Eh”.
ESUS OS?
Just go the last step and call it Jesus OS
Temple OS returns!
Reboots after three days and then disappears in the cloud.
JesOS
BezOS … that’s Amazon Linux though.
OpenSUSEd.
Off the top of my head…
- Gecko or GeckOS
- LizOS
- ReptilOS
- ChamelOS
- KomodOS
openSUSE is already a brand, now the main thing is not to get lost.
When I hear openSUSE, I think of german engineering and resources from SUSE, with a history of innovating great infrastructure.
With a new name, distanced from the SUSE part, I’ll probably feel more like if this is yet another random derivative created by a small group who might soon lose interest.
Lizard Linux
Lizard Linux
Lizard LinuxOpenSawWWWwwce
call it SUES. SUSE won’t be able to complain since they are so hung up on it being pronounced SU-SAY.
