Re: [wellylug] Debian: Ian Murdock’s Weblog » Joining Sun

[Jim Cheetham]

On 09/08/2007, Adam Bogacki <afb at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> For those who missed it (including myself ) - one of Debian's founders
> joining SUN.
>
> We might get a bit of convergence ..

We are ... it's called Project Indiana :-)

http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/

However, what we are NOT getting is the Debian package selection
running on a Solaris kernel - otherwise there would be very little
difference.

Last night Glynn Foster gave a status update presentation at the UP
GGG event http://up.org.nz/gadgets-games-geeks-07/. Spring 2008 is the
target date for Indiana.

<quote>
 Project Indiana is a new project to create an OpenSolaris binary
distribution. This distribution will focus on providing a single CD
install with the basic core operating system and desktop environment,
with the opportunity of installing additional software off network
repositories.

The distribution will showcase much of the work continuing in the
OpenSolaris community and the best of breed open source software
available within other open source communities. Moverover, the
distribution will include work that closes the familiarity gap with
existing GNU/Linux users eg. install and packaging.

Project Indiana will be a leading edge distribution with an expected
adoption of OpenSolaris enthusiasts and developers on single user
systems and basic server setups. It will also encourage new users
coming to the platform for the first time.

With Project Indiana, other groups will be able to create derivative
works according to their needs, for example, a special limited release
for a conference or user group event. The infrastructure to produce
these derivatives should be widely available, and it should be
possible to swap out existing branding and configuration defaults.

Project Indiana at the very core needs to be completely
re-distributable to encourage the participitary effect of community
advocacy and opportunity for strong support within the free software
communities.
Get Involved!
</quote>