Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Unraid

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

What should the name of the 'new unRAID OS' be?

Featured Replies

This is software not old hardware.

Let's also consider VMware's product growth.

 

There was VMware Workstation, VMware GSX Server, Vmware ESX Server, VMware Player,  ESX Server.

Each name had a designation as to what it was intended for.

 

unRAID Server OS is pretty complete in it's description for it's intention.

  • Replies 63
  • Views 11.9k
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Author

This is software not old hardware.

Let's also consider VMware's product growth.

 

There was VMware Workstation, VMware GSX Server, Vmware ESX Server, VMware Player,  ESX Server.

Each name had a designation as to what it was intended for.

 

unRAID Server OS is pretty complete in it's description for it's intention.

 

I don't disagree on that point!

I guess it depends ultimately on what the resulting solution is...

 

If it's a package that can be installed on any (supported) distro then something like unRAID-pkg

 

If it's a distro by itself then maybe unRAID-[DistroName] e.g. unRAID-Arch or unRAID-CentOS.

 

 

look at xen as an example

 

xen is the thing itself which is packaged in a variety of ways (deb, rpm etc)

xenserver is a distro that combines xen with a bunch of other stuff and is a full server os

 

this, to my mind, exactly describes unraid *except* that the current product is referred to as unRAID Server OS. Therefore something has to give (as you can't have 2 distinct things called Server OS without it getting v confusing) but which way you go depends on the direction they want to take the product, i.e. we're into marketing territory.

Bluntly - don't care what it's called.

 

If this is genuinely a direction unraid is looking at - this is great news.

How about renaming current to

 

unRAID Server OS USB edition

 

new one becomes

 

UnRAID Server OS Distro edition

 

in short, these becomes

 

unRAID UE

unRAID DE

 

 

 

 

I think a KISS approach is needed here.

 

We have:

unRAID (package release on full OS)

and

unRAID Server

  • Author

I think a KISS approach is needed here.

 

We have:

unRAID (package release on full OS)

and

unRAID Server

 

I'm zoning in on this. I like it and is as you say, KISS.

 

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

 

unRAID Host

unRAID Host OS

 

nuRAID (someone else suggested this, and I thought it was clever)

 

unRAID (Distro) OS

If unraid becomes an installable package, then surely unraid classic becomes just another distribution with unraid installed?

 

Therefore the problem goes away and there's only one unraid? (UnoRAID)

I think a KISS approach is needed here.

 

We have:

unRAID (package release on full OS)

and

unRAID Server

 

Great suggestion.  +1

I think a KISS approach is needed here.

 

We have:

unRAID (package release on full OS)

and

unRAID Server

 

+1

 

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

 

 

I think a KISS approach is needed here.

 

We have:

unRAID (package release on full OS)

and

unRAID Server

 

I'm zoning in on this. I like it and is as you say, KISS.

 

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

Receives my KISS of approval!!!

 

 

I've modified the poll so people can re-vote and added this as an option.

I think a KISS approach is needed here.

 

We have:

unRAID (package release on full OS)

and

unRAID Server

 

I'm zoning in on this. I like it and is as you say, KISS.

 

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

Receives my KISS of approval!!!

 

 

I've modified the poll so people can re-vote and added this as an option.

 

+1

  • Author

I should add you can recast your vote if you want, I thought that would be a useful feature as the thread evolved.

"unRAID Linux Edition" sounds ambiguous - unRAID as is is a Linux edition!

 

I think having the distro as part of the name would be best in separating them out.

 

unRAID OS CE - for CentOS

unRAID OS AR - for Arch

unRAID OS OS - openSUSE. Hrm, scratch that one

  • Author

"unRAID Linux Edition" sounds ambiguous - unRAID as is is a Linux edition!

 

I think having the distro as part of the name would be best in separating them out.

 

unRAID OS CE - for CentOS

unRAID OS AR - for Arch

unRAID OS OS - openSUSE. Hrm, scratch that one

 

I think this could go on too far. There are 100s of Linux's out there. I think simply referring to it as unRAID on Cent / Arch whatever is a far better way to go...

I changed my vote to the "KISS" option.

 

Rock n' Roll all nite, and unRAID every day!

I changed my vote to the "KISS" option.

 

Rock n' Roll all nite, and unRAID every day!

thumbs-up.gif

The unRAID layer on another operating system does not necessarily make it a server.

 

Agree entirely.

 

I do like 'unRAID classic' myself though!

 

The classic seems to be only meaningful if you know the history of unRAID.

 

Would you buy a software product called Classic?

 

Linux Classic?

Windows Classic?

MAC OS Classic?

Photoshop Classic?

...

 

Sounds kinda cheesy, old, left behind.

It really depends on where the core product/bread and butter is going to be for limetech.

 

Coke Classic

 

The unRAID layer on another operating system does not necessarily make it a server.

 

Agree entirely.

 

I do like 'unRAID classic' myself though!

 

The classic seems to be only meaningful if you know the history of unRAID.

 

Would you buy a software product called Classic?

 

Linux Classic?

Windows Classic?

MAC OS Classic?

Photoshop Classic?

...

 

Sounds kinda cheesy, old, left behind.

It really depends on where the core product/bread and butter is going to be for limetech.

 

Coke Classic

 

Crystal Pepsi

unRaid Core :)

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.