OpenSolaris News
Tue Jun 30 2009
Thur Jun 25 2009
Mon Jun 22 2009
Wed Jun 3 2009 Alexander Eremin, has released updated ISO and USB versions of Milax. Checkout version 0.4 in the Milax download area.
Mon June 01 2009
Tue May 26 2009
Andre Lue has released
Mon May 11 2009
Thur Apr 23 2009 OpenSolaris preview 2009.06, based on build 111a, is available!
Tue Apr 14 2009 Hiroshi Chonan has created a slick utility that allows creation of an OpenSolaris Live USB image on a Windows platform. This is a great way for a Windows user to try OpenSolaris by being able to conveniently create a live bootable image on a USB key on their windows desktop. Genunix is pleased to provide downloads of OsolLiveUSB002.zip and OsolLiveUSB002-src.zip. For details, go directly to Hiroshi Chonans Live USB project site. Tue Apr 07 2009 OpenSolaris preview 2009.06, based on build 111, is available!
Mon Mar 30 2009
Andre Lue has released 4
Thur Mar 26 2009 OpenSolaris preview 2009.06, based on build 110, is available!
Thur Mar 12 2009 OpenSolaris preview 2009.06, based on build 109, is available! Question: Why are there 2 fewer ISO images in b109? Answer: [courtesy of Dave Miner] "Improvements in lofi have allowed us to drop the primary language CD and go with only the global images". Question: Is this the future of OpenSolaris? Answer: You decide! Please checkout this release and provide feedback to the OpenSolaris development team.
Wed Feb 25 2009 OpenSolaris preview 2009.06, based on build 108, is available! - including an updated SPARC platform Automated Installer!
Wed Feb 18 2009
Andre Lue, creator of the Embedded ON NAS image, has released two
64-bit EON flavours as follows:
Wed Feb 18 2009 OpenSolaris preview 2009.06, based on build 107, is available! - including an updated SPARC platform Automated Installer!
Tue Feb 3 2009
The first release of what will become the OpenSolaris 2009.06 later this year, is now available. Based on build 106a, the big news is that this release makes OpenSolaris technology available for the SPARC platform!
Mon Feb 2 2009 Alexander Eremin, has released updated ISO and USB versions of Milax. Checkout version 0.3.3 in the Milax download area.
Thur Jan 22 2009
Andre Lue, creator of the Embedded ON NAS image, has released two new EON flavours as follows:
Thur Dec 18 2008 Many apologies for the recent performance issues at genunix.org and for the patience the user community displayed while waiting for the site to be restored to it usual level of (high) performance. We had an issue with the original Apache server where the server slowed down dramatically as the number of active connections exceeded around 450. The exact cause remains a mystery - but it is simply not worth the time/energy to root-cause this issue - since the software is old and the OS release is way behind where it should be. But we chose to keep the site up and running for as long as possible before making the disruptive changes necessary to restore performance. Currently there is an intermediate solution in place: the genunix.org server (www.genunix.org), which serves mostly static content, has been moved to another server running the latest version of the Cool Stack Apache server, while the wiki, which is far more difficult to move/upgrade, has been left on the original server now at the (DNS name has changed) http://wiki.genunix.org. So - very important - the wiki is now at wiki.genunix.org and the other content is at www.genunix.org. However, today we finally figured out the voodoo science of mod_rewrite - so that wiki links that begin with www.genunix.org/wiki will be dynamically remapped to wiki.genunix.org/wiki. Thus - existing links that reference Genunix wiki content should render correctly. Again - thanks for your patience and please report any bugs you find to the webmaster.
Mon Dec 1 2008
OpenSolaris 2008.11 final is now available!
Fri Nov 21 2008 Here you go: OpenSolaris 2008.11 Release Candidate 2 (rc2). Notice anything new? Yes - there are now 5 downloadables. The new ISO image, osol-0811-rc2-ai.iso, is used to set up the automated installer service. Details to follow on the OpenSolaris.Org announce list (soon). Please help make the final OpenSolaris release, 2008.11, the best possible, by checking these out and providing detailed feedback to the project team! osol-0811-rc2-global.iso, osol-0811-rc2-global.usb, osol-0811-rc2.iso. osol-0811-rc2.usb. After downloading, please verify the checksums. Fri Nov 7 2008 Today we are pleased to present the initial Release Candidate 1B for OpenSolaris 2008.11 Please check it out and provide detailed feedback to the project team!! os200811-global.iso, os200811.iso, os200811-global.usb, os200811.usb. After downloading, please verify the checksums. Tue Nov 4 2008 The Genunix site statistics, available by clicking on "Stats" on the top menu, have been updated to include data for October 2008. Or you can simply click here. Thur Oct 30 2008 osol-0811-100a ISOs, the pre-release version of OpenSolaris 2008.11, based on Nevada build 100a, are now available in two flavors: osol-0811-100a.iso (supports primary languages and uses gzip compression) and osol-0811-100a-global.iso (supports all languages and uses LZMA compression). Please verify the checksums. Tue Oct 14 2008 osol-0811-99 ISOs, the pre-release version of OpenSolaris 2008.11, based on Nevada build 99, are now available in two flavors: osol-0811-99.iso (supports primary languages and uses gzip compression) and osol-0811-99-global.iso (supports all languages and uses LZMA compression). Please verify the checksums.
Tue Oct 14 2008
OpenOffice 3.0.0 is generating a lot of interest - but technical issues with the the CollabNet site have made downloads challenging.
So, here are the (Open)Solaris files for your downloading convenience: Sun Oct 12 2008 The Genunix site statistics, available by clicking on "Stats" on the top menu, have been updated to include data for September 2008. Or you can simply click here. Fri Oct 3 2008 Milax developer, Alexander Eremin, has released an updated SPARC version of MilaX 0.3.2. Checkout the Milax download area. Thur Sep 18 2008 osol-0811-98 ISOs, the pre-release version of OpenSolaris 2008.11, based on Nevada build 98, are now available in two flavors: osol-0811-98.iso (supports primary languages and uses gzip compression) and osol-0811-98-global.iso (supports all languages and uses LZMA compression). Please verify the checksums. Thur Sep 11 2008 osol-0811-97 ISOs, the pre-release version of OpenSolaris 2008.11, based on Nevada build 97, are now available in two flavors: osol-0811-97.iso (supports primary languages and uses gzip compression) and osol-0811-97-global.iso (supports all languages and uses LZMA compression). Please verify the checksums. Tue Sep 9 2008 OpenSolaris 2008.05 is now available in a dash one update in two flavors: os200805-1.iso (supports primary languages and uses gzip compression) and os200805g-1.iso (supports all languages and uses LZMA compression). Please verify the checksums. These updated ISOs correspond with the images released on the back-to-school kit and include updated IPS binaries so that the upgrades will go much more smoothly. Check it out!! Wed Sep 10 2008 Milax developer, Alexander Eremin, has released updated x86 versions of MilaX 0.3.2. Checkout the Milax download area. Thur Sep 4 2008 osol-0811-96 ISOs, the pre-release version of OpenSolaris 2008.11, based on Nevada build 96, are now available in two flavors: osol-0811-96.iso (supports primary languages and uses gzip compression) and osol-0811-96-global.iso (supports all languages and uses LZMA compression). Please verify the checksums.
Mon Sep 1 2008
Checkout the Genunix site statistics. Note that BeleniX accounts for > 80% of all Genunix traffic now via their own
BeleniX branded site.
Bottom line for August: 18.3 terabytes, daily average of 605 gigabytes, and.... 23,485
ISO downloads of BeleniX 0.7.1. The "big problem" Sat Aug 16 2008 Question: "Where can I get the VirtualBox Guest Additions?" Answer: here. Followup: "Where did Genunix get the VirtualBox Guest Additions from?" Answer: here.
Thur Aug 14 2008
The
OpenSolaris development package repository
was updated to reflect the changes in snv_95,
including major fixes to the Caiman Slim Install and
the Image Packaging System.
Please read the
announcement here.
osol-0811-95.iso supports primary languages and gzip compression.
osol-0811-95-global.iso supports all languages and LZMA compression. Please verify the checksums:
Sun August 10 2008
The Genunix site statistics
have been updated to include data for July 2008.
As usual, BeleniX accounts for > 90% of all Genunix traffic! The stats for BeleniX 0.7.1 are awesome: 25,894 downloaded ISOs and
17.595Tb (terabytes) for the month of July 2008. Go Team BeleniX!!
Wed July 16 2008
On Sunday Jul 13, 2008 the
OpenSolaris development package repository
was updated to reflect the changes in snv_92 and snv_93 including
an update to GNOME 2.22.2 and fixes to the Caiman Slim Install and
the Image Packaging System.
Please read the
announcement here.
ISO images are available from Genunix. Tue July 15 2008 Milax developer, Alexander Eremin, has released a SPARC version of MilaX 0.3.1. Quoted directly from Alex: [the SPARC version is] "Based on Nevada 91. This server (non-GUI) version include Apache, PHP, FTP, Samba and NFS servers, Midnight Commander, Cdpr, Elinks, Fping, Ifstat, Iftop, Irssi, Sysstat and other utilities. Also included IPS (experimental) support. The main goal of this version to become a RescueCD for SPARCs." Checkout the Milax download area.
Fri July 4 2008
The Genunix site statistics have been updated to include data for June 2008.
Note that only partial data is available for Janurary and Feburary 2008 (the button background color is changed as a visual indication) - due to the fact that some logging data was lost when the access logfile exceeded 2G bytes in size. Whoops! Tue June 10 2008 Milax developer, Alexander Eremin, has released updated versions of MilaX - now at revision 0.3.1. In addition to the usual desktop editions, todays releases include the Server Edition of Milax; no desktop GUI - but server packages like Apache, PHP, Samba etc. See the Announcement here. Checkout the Milax download area.
Mon May 5 2008
Today is a huge milestone in the ongoing progress of the
OpenSolaris project.
Today we have a distribution, formerly known as Project Indiana, being
released as the first distribution called OpenSolaris.
I know you just want the download links - you can read all the details elsewhere....
There are 2 versions of the OpenSolaris ISOs:
os200805.iso
is a bit larger, uses
gzip for compression, has fewer supported languages, and installs
reasonably quickly.
os200805g.iso
(g for global) is a bit
smaller, uses lzma for compression, has 11 supported languages,
and takes twice as long to install. Recommendation: If you want to download only
one image, use os200805.iso.
Remember to verify your md5 checksums as follows: Wed Apr 23 2008 Milax developer Alexander Eremin has released updated versions of MilaX - now at revision 0.3. Checkout the Milax download area. Sat Apr 19 2008 13:00 hours PDT. BeleniX 0.7. has reached the 1.5 terabyte milestone only 85 hours after being released! Yes - that's right - 1,525,931,449,176 bytes downloaded, which represents approximately 2,139 downloads of the 680Mb iso image in only 85 hours. Congratulations Team BeleniX - you *rock*! Tues Apr 15 2008 Hot news BeleniX 0.7 has been released and is immediately available on genunix. Checkout the release announcement. But we know what you want - the download link!. Congrats to Moinak and Team BeleniX. If you only have a little time available - do yourself a big favor and checkout BeleniX 0.7. It rocks!. Thur Apr 3 2008 Milax developer Alexander Eremin has released two hard disk installation utilities including one which creates and installs to a ZFS based filesystem. Checkout the Milax download area. Wed Mar 12 2008 From Russia with Love we have an OpenSolaris based release which mimics Damn Small Linux, called MilaX - now at version 0.2. Download the MilaX ISO and USB images here
Fri Feb 15 2008
The Documentation Team never sleeps.... Or at least that is how
it appears from the outside!
Tue Feb 12 2008 Here it is, the latest/greatest Project Indiana Preview 2
Fri Feb 1 2008 The folks at Nexenta.Org continue to demonstrate ingenuity and innovation with their latest OpenSolaris based distribution called NexentaCP (Core Platform). NexentaCP combines the power of OpenSolaris with the usability of Linux! The install image is compact (around 320Mb) and quickly downloaded from here. The clever part of this work is the associated APT package repository (updated automagically every hour) - from which the Core Platform can be configured for the task at hand. Many congrats to Team Nexenta! |
Current releases
Distributions
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Bernd Schemmer, has contributed a Qemu image of Milax 0.4. Look for milax040_qemu_harddisk_img.7z in the 
Description
versions of the EON (Embedded ON) NAS (Network Attached Storage) code that turns commodity hardware running EON into a NAS appliance. It's based on OpenSolaris build 114.
For details, go directly to 
