Timeline for Why is "distro", rather than "distri", short for "distribution" in Linux world?
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| Mar 11, 2014 at 16:52 | comment | added | uliwitness | We do at work, so I suppose it could be considered technical jargon then. I never really thought about whether "normal" people would understand this word. But then, when I first heard it, it was obvious from context. | |
| Mar 11, 2014 at 1:41 | comment | added | Christian | Nope, not personally. | |
| Mar 10, 2014 at 8:35 | comment | added | uliwitness | @Christian, interesting. Just as an additional data point: Are you in any way involved in retail or creating physical goods that need a distributor? | |
| Mar 9, 2014 at 21:28 | comment | added | Christian | I'm German and I've never heard the abbreviation "Distri" for "Distributor" while I frequently encounter "Distri" as a shortening of "Distribution" in the context of Linux distributions. | |
| Mar 7, 2014 at 15:23 | comment | added | John Y | I don't believe this has any chance of being the definitive answer to the question, but to me it's yet another factor that supports the popular use of distro and works against distri as a contender. | |
| Mar 6, 2014 at 10:07 | history | answered | uliwitness | CC BY-SA 3.0 |