I think Guido, our friend Jonathan means that not unlike alot of other distrobutions of UNIX-like operating systems, it might be a good idea to create a Desktop and A server version.
This is not a horrible idea, like the fedora/Redhat projects respectively. However the SXDE/Solaris model functions in that respect for the server. we'll leave it up to the IOGC, we can use this thread for suggestions and hopefully they read them. On 4 November 2010 10:33, Guido Berhoerster <g...@openindiana.org> wrote: > * Jonathan Adams <t12nsloo...@gmail.com> [2010-11-04 15:11]: > > not that my $0.02 is worth much, but Illumos and OpenIndiana, although > > connected are separate entities. > > > > If you compare this to Linux, Illumos is the kernel and OpenIndiana is > > a distribution. > > > > Additionally, OpenIndiana was set up to be a server distribution with > > emphasis on apps needed to get the server running ... that is why it > > was set up. > > > > We'd need to look into creating a Desktop/Laptop Solaris Distro to > > have all the usability tweaks and wifi/bluetooth changes where they > > belong. At that point only will it really be worthwhile having this > > conversation. > > No, OpenIndiana both targets Desktops and Server, it is just > that OpenSolaris somewhat neglected the latter and OpenIndiana > aims to correct that. > It is planned to improve the user experience and package > additional software and this might e.g. also lead to the > availability of additional desktop environments such as XFCE or > KDE. In the end OI will hoepfully be more attractive to both > Server and Desktop use that OpenSolaris ever was. > > > For the Distribution (OpenIndiana) I would suggest trying to follow > > the example of Ubuntu in having a regular build and maybe a LTS every > > 18 months to 2 years (in a similar way to Solaris10 update N) > > It is planned to both provide regular development snapshots and > to branch off free and supported stable versions in regular > intervals. > > -- > Guido Berhoerster > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
