Sunrays is the only inescapable use case, but I definitely prefer oi to any of my other available choices for anything light enough to be handled in oi.
Hans J. Albertsson From my Nexus 5 Den 29 sep. 2016 09:17 skrev "Adam Števko" <adam.ste...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > I wouldn't consider OpenIndiana beta or alpha. There are people outvthere > using it for serious stuff. Back in the days, it had a lot of users on > servers, esp. storages and servers. As things went, some people migrated to > OmniOS/SmartOS or even Linux with ZoL or FreeBSD. > > illumos has very nice technologies and the integration between them is > great experience, but not many people sre interested in. People are happy > with "good enough" as Linux (that´s the reality). Also, certain areas of > the system hasn't seen innovations since 2010. > > Rolling release model is great for developers / experienced users who are > not afraid of dealing with problems (the model works basically the same ad > on Archlinux). > > Are sunrays your only usecase for OI? > > Cheers, > Adam > > > > > On 29 Sep 2016, at 08:39, Hans J Albertsson <hans.j.alberts...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Please NO! > > Don't think I'm confused! I just want to know a couple more details about > > how to use the isos! > > > > The hipster rolling release seems a really great idea, and OpenIndiana > was > > always a beta or even alpha! > > > > Hans J. Albertsson > > From my Nexus 5 > > > > Den 28 sep. 2016 18:00 skrev "Private openbabel" <openba...@gmail.com>: > > > >> I have suspected sometime that a rolling release would confuse potential > >> users. Perhaps we should consider a named beta release soon under the > >> appropriate celestrial name? > >> > >> Robert > >> > >> > >>> On 27/09/2016 20:05, Hans J Albertsson wrote: > >>> > >>> Ok, so I install the iso, check what is missing and get the rest as you > >>> show. > >>> > >>> This machine is just a tryout for me. Wanna see if I can get SunRays, > with > >>> Firefox, thunderbird and libreoffice going and then a serviio dlna > server > >>> using ffmpeg for transcoding. > >>> Most other server bits here are on FreeNAS boxes. > >>> > >>> I'm not seriously expecting hipster to be super stable, but I can't > >>> imagine > >>> you folks putting all this effort in unless your experience > occasionally > >>> includes reasonable usefulness. > >>> > >>> Hans J. Albertsson > >>> From my Nexus 5 > >>> > >>> Den 27 sep. 2016 7:40 em skrev "cpforum" <cpfo...@orange.fr>: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Message du 27/09/16 09:02 > >>>>> De : "Hans J. Albertsson" > >>>>> A : openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > >>>>> Copie à : > >>>>> Objet : [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster distro contents confusion > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm looking at Hipster 2016.04 and noticing that it supposedly > includes > >>>>> gnome and mate1.4, apart from firefox and ffmpeg and lots of nice > >>>>> things. > >>>>> > >>>>> No warnings on the Release Notes page. > >>>>> > >>>>> Then I find another download, 2016 08 16, a test iso where the > >>>>> intro/invite text talks about serious problems with having both MATE > and > >>>>> Gnome.... > >>>>> > >>>>> And I have a few other minor unclear points when trying to understand > >>>>> the ISO snapshot vs ips server stuff. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> So a few questions to clear my mind of unfounded worries: > >>>>> > >>>>> I suppose the ISOs are "hipster in a reasonably stable state, well > worth > >>>>> trying in a non-critical machine, likely to work just fine, mostly"? > >>>>> > >>>> On the desktop hipster is a "no crash stable beta". But you have to > add > >>>> some package to make it > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Here is a script for that. > >>>> > >>>> ========= > >>>> #!/bin/ksh > >>>> > >>>> # > >>>> # Compléments Gnome > >>>> # > >>>> > >>>> pkg install \ > >>>> system/install/locale \ > >>>> image/gnome-backgrounds \ > >>>> gnome/theme/background/os-backgrounds-extra \ > >>>> gnome/media/sound-recorder \ > >>>> desktop/keepassx \ > >>>> image/viewer/gthumb \ > >>>> image/editor/inkscape \ > >>>> image/webcam/cheese \ > >>>> web/editor/bluefish \ > >>>> editor/diagram/dia \ > >>>> image/scanner/xsane \ > >>>> image/editor/gimp > >>>> > >>>> # > >>>> # Multimédia > >>>> # > >>>> > >>>> pkg set-publisher \ > >>>> -g http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster-emcubered hipster-encumbered > >>>> > >>>> pkg refresh --full > >>>> pkg install \ > >>>> media/vlc \ > >>>> gstreamer/plugin/bad \ > >>>> gstreamer/plugin/ffmpeg \ > >>>> gstreamer/plugin/ugly \ > >>>> library/video/libdvdcss > >>>> > >>>> # > >>>> # Bureautique > >>>> # > >>>> > >>>> pkg set-publisher -g http://sfe.opencsw.org/localhostoih localhostoih > >>>> pkg install \ > >>>> pkg://localhostoih/library/g++/icu \ > >>>> pkg://localhostoih/system/library/g++/boost \ > >>>> desktop/application/libreoffice4-desktop-int \ > >>>> desktop/application/libreoffice4 > >>>> > >>>> =========== > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Are the live graphical ISOs reasonably complete, including most > standard > >>>>> toppings for the Hipster ice cream? Or should I expect to add further > >>>>> packages after the ISO is installed, in order to have a nice basic > >>>>> desktop or media server experience?? > >>>>> > >>>>> Is the Gnome vs Mate issue from the 2016-08-16 test ISO a problem in > the > >>>>> 2016.04 ISO as well??? > >>>>> > >>>>> In the future, how do I upgrade from my then current Hipster ISO > distro > >>>>> to the next Hipster ISO distro? > >>>>> Will the ISOs contain an upgrade option?? Or is there some > consolidation > >>>>> package magic to use the IPS server for that?? > >>>>> > >>>>> I intend to run Hipster in a new machine, no old data to backup. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >>>>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > >>>>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > >>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > openindiana-discuss mailing list > > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
