From 20c4291837d574884dce354bbd3b77d18ac00fa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Himpe Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 22:17:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add question about name to FAQ --- content/docs/faqs.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/docs/faqs.md b/content/docs/faqs.md index 819e7ce1..1394b096 100644 --- a/content/docs/faqs.md +++ b/content/docs/faqs.md @@ -27,3 +27,9 @@ $ docker run --privileged --rm --it debian:jessie resize2fs /dev/xvda1 ``` `xvda1` should be the right disk for your own setup. In the future, we will be trying to create a system service that would automatically do this on boot in AWS. + +## Why the name BurmillaOS? + +The "Rancher" in BurmillaOS's predecessor RancherOS came from the [Pets vs Cattle](https://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/the-history-of-pets-vs-cattle/) analogy. +While RancherOS was founded on the "cattle" approach, actually, servers often enough end up being pets. +Thus, the name [Burmilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmilla), a breed of pet cats, was chosen.