[wellylug] OpenSolaris stuff

[David Harrison]

On 15/02/2007, at 9:23 AM, Rob Giltrap wrote:

> First off here is a blog entry that sort of explains OpenSolaris  
> and the variety of distros it is producing.
>
> http://whacked.net/2007/02/13/opensolarissolaris-relationships/
>
> The CDDL license ends up producing a slightly different result than  
> GPLv2 but has already produced a quite nice ecosystem and diversity  
> of distros.
>
> Secondly one of those distros is the Solaris Express Development  
> Edition, which is a slightly hardened but quite cutting edge  
> release based on OpenSolaris and a bunch of other developer  
> relevant tools.
>
> http://developers.sun.com/solaris/downloads/solexpdev/

I played around with Nexenta which is OpenSolaris blended with Debian  
and found it very good as well.
It even has support for ZFS for playing around with:
http://www.gnusolaris.org/gswiki/FAQ

Worth checking out if you want to dip your toe in Solaris whilst  
keeping nicely wrapped in a Debian comfort blanket....


David