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SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand

cross-posted from: 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.

jimbolauski ,

OpenSueUs

angrymouse ,

Holy shit that was so good lol

LossLeader ,

Call it gecs os and have 100 gecs do the promotion for it.

imnapr ,
@imnapr@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

OpenSussy

Kory ,
@Kory@lemmy.ml avatar

A bad time to install Tumbleweed? I just downloaded the ISO today, not kidding.

possiblylinux127 ,

I don’t personally care for anything suse based. I find that rhel like is more stable and easier to work with

fossphi ,

It’s as a good time as any. I would just install and use it. Name change or not, it shouldn’t affect your usage. Don’t worry

JackbyDev ,

This won’t affect anything major, you’re fine.

thayer ,

Off the top of my head…

  • Gecko or GeckOS
  • LizOS
  • ReptilOS
  • ChamelOS
  • KomodOS
Suppoze ,
@Suppoze@beehaw.org avatar

Ooooh, I love GeckOS, rolls off the tongue silky smooth. Maybe this is just a great opportunity to rebrand (again)

NauticalNoodle ,

GeckOS is already taken. It’s a 6502 unix-like operating system

cerement ,
@cerement@slrpnk.net avatar

Gecko (is already an openSUSE spin)

bane_killgrind ,

Midlizard

WeAreAllOne ,

OpenSusame

cerement ,
@cerement@slrpnk.net avatar

Sosumi

JackbyDev ,

open sesame

brayd ,
@brayd@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

The request was respectful and SUSEs support on OpenSUSE is very helping the project so I’d personally be fine with fulfilling that request

narc0tic_bird ,

Doesn’t SUSE actively benefit from openSUSE development? I thought Tumbleweed and SLES had a similar relationship as Fedora and RHEL.

mogoh ,

Notice that “Fedora” does not have “Redhat” its name. Maybe the request is reasonable. I don’t know how many people think that thy don’t need SLES, because there is openSUSE.

narc0tic_bird ,

My comment was more about how SUSE benefits from openSUSE development (and vice-versa) and that Tumbleweed has a similar relationship to SLES as Fedora has to RHEL, as they are both upstream of their respective enterprise distributions.

Besides, people don’t need SLES. Enterprises do because of the support they get. And I’d assume employees responsible for that kind of thing at such enterprises would know the difference.

And the Red Hat logo is literally a fedora hat.

If it’s just a name change done well, I couldn’t care less (although openSUSE is a very recognizable name and brand recognition would have to be reestablished). I just hope that this isn’t the beginning of something worse.

pmk ,

Fedora/Redhat is a good example. It could be argued that the Linux distro scene was different 23 years ago, making it harder to be seen today.

The thing I’m pondering is what the openSUSE community actually is. Does it exist as a group, or is it separate projects, each doing their own thing… for who? What is the overlap between people in the various distros, overlap in technology used in packaging and QA etc? Is it meaningful to talk about openSUSE as a distinct community separate from SUSE?

MyNameIsRichard ,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

SUSE provide a lot of the infrastructure for openSUSE and base their enterprise Linux from factory.

halm ,
@halm@leminal.space avatar

Just rename it jeSUSE, because nobody fucks with the jeSUSE.

radivojevic ,

Fuck jususe, and fuck Jesus. Also fuck OpenJeSUSE.

datavoid ,

I also enjoy a good edge

halm ,
@halm@leminal.space avatar

There’s enough fucks to go around, for sure.

mrvictory1 ,

We already have JeOS

rotopenguin ,
@rotopenguin@infosec.pub avatar

Eight years of long term support, dude.

thehatfox ,
@thehatfox@lemmy.world avatar

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.

llionesista ,
@llionesista@fosstodon.org avatar

@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.

pastermil ,

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?

M68040 ,
@M68040@hexbear.net avatar

Rocky Linux 2

mosiacmango ,

Rocky Rocky Linux

Rocky^2 linux for short

Telorand ,

Name it UnownOS. The other variants like MicroOS and Leap all have logos that look like Unowns.

I’m sure Nintendo wouldn’t mind. Their lawyers are known to be pretty chill…

HumanPenguin ,
@HumanPenguin@feddit.uk avatar

If the just called it other.

It would gain a huge boost in desktop usage figures.

Dungrad ,
@Dungrad@feddit.org avatar

Zuse Linux

owiseedoubleyou ,
@owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml avatar

It’s SUSSY Linux time

space_comrade ,

OpenBUSSY

pbjamm ,
@pbjamm@beehaw.org avatar

or Sussie

unknowing8343 ,

ChameleonOS seems to be already taken… Maybe ReptileOS?

WeAreAllOne ,

David Icke will disagree!

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