Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Mar 2006 16:38 UTC, submitted by s_groening
The Nexenta team has released alpha 4. This is a bug fix release. Nexenta OS alpha 4 is based on Open Solaris build 36, utilizes Debian's apt-get package system, and has GNOME 2.12 as its default desktop. Both a live CD as well as an install CD are available. Visit the getting started page, check out the changelog, and download.
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RE: They are doing good things
by mario on Thu 30th Mar 2006 18:43
in reply to "They are doing good things"
Member since:2005-07-06
I agree they are doingsomething good. I am very excited about it. But whether Sun should have created a different userland, is a contentious question, one that you can easily argue both sides. I believe that, for the tasks of a Solaris admin, the Solaris OE is very well suited. The GUI is now Gnome by default and Sun is contributing to it a lot, since a couple of years. So, the GUI is usable and in line with the times.
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2005-11-15
This is awesome. I tested out the last release a bit and was very impressed. They are taking the solaris kernel and doing something sun should have done with it a while ago.