Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Sep 2007 17:20 UTC, submitted by adstro
Sun seeks to apply the lessons of Linux and turn open source Solaris into an operating system to rival Linux and to be as commonly used as Java. Sun Microsystems has ambitious plans for the commercial and open-source versions of its Solaris operating system, hoping to achieve for Solaris the kind of ubiquity already enjoyed by Java. In addition, Sun released Update 4 for Solaris 10 (also called Solaris 08/07), introducing a major enhancement in its OS virtualization technology called Solaris Containers.
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Member since:2005-07-06
The best thing to do look at is SXCE (Solaris Express Community Edition) which is a great 'preview' of whats to come.
Network Magic for example, currently Phase 0 is merged, Phase 1 will address almost all the outstanding gripes I have the current implementation.
Intel has how got a dozen programmers dedicated to Solaris driver support, so expect to see 4965 support plus improved support for their other devices by the end of this year.
The problem is that for alot of people here, just because there aren't people jumping out the isles screaming slogans, doesn't make OpenSolaris any less vibrant or exciting.
B71 of Nevada has been released, so its available for download via http://opensolaris.org/sxce_dvd
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2006-12-28
... Sun is learning from it's mistakes of the past. Sun's willingness to change it's development model has got to be one of the best ideas they have had in years.
I'm also glad they have Murdock on board. Just check out this comment.
Sounds like a good action plan for getting people on board.
When I first started administering Solaris, I was a bit put off with the unavailability of good GUI config tools. Obviously, Sun's online documentation helped in enabling me to quickly overcome that step and start editing text config files. There are good GUI config tools that come preinstalled but they are not easy to find as they are no links to them on the desktop. Hopefully, this barrier to mass adoption will be addressed in project Indiana.
I know many Solaris admins don't want the OS to turn into a Linux clone but the idea of creating multiple distributions to tailor for more tastes sounds like a bonus to me. I would never run OpenSolaris on a server, that's what the enterprise version is for, But a more bleeding edge distribution I could well see myself running on the desktop, something I am loathed to do today.
Here is to a one CD, desktop friendly Solaris distro!