Hi, are you interested in contributing in any way (testing, writing docs, code review, q&a..)?
Cheers, Adam > On 29 Sep 2016, at 10:56, Hans J Albertsson <hans.j.alberts...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
