On 2/2/2011 3:40 AM, Malayo wrote:
Hi,
I'm a linux+system implementer user for about 3 years. I'm trying to learn
using Solaris and I had downloaded opensolaris iso osol-0906-x86.iso.
Is this the latest version of opensolaris? If not which version should i use?
OpenSolaris is dead. Long Live OpenSolaris!
This is going to be a bit confusing, but here are things you need to know:
(1) the distribution known as "OpenSolaris" is no more. The 0906 version
you have is the latest available, and, while there are updates available
to that distribution, they quit being refreshed as of about a year ago.
Not further work on OpenSolaris (the distribution) will happen.
(2) There are several other distributions available *based* on the
last-available OpenSolaris *source code*.
http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/downloads has a list of
those other distributions.
(3) Oracle has made a new distro, Solaris 11 Express, available in
binary form. It is based on further development of the original
OpenSolaris codebase. Read here for term, conditions, and more
information about S11X:
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris/solaris-11-express-185123.html
(4) A fork of the OpenSolaris codebase (using the
last-publicly-available development code) is the IllumOS project, which
other distributions are using as their future codebase. See below for
more information about the IllumOS project:
http://www.illumos.org/
Note that I do not speak for Oracle in any capacity, public, private,
official, or unofficial.
--
Erik Trimble
Java System Support
Mailstop: usca22-123
Phone: x17195
Santa Clara, CA
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