While going through the backlog of blogs and news clambering around my newsfeed (I'm really worried how fast I became a workaholic, not having enough time to check the news, in just a few days time) I stumbled upon this post to the opensolaris-discuss mailing list two days ago: NexentaCore 2.0 Alpha1 "Hardy" Released.
Nexenta: Power of OpenSolaris with usability of Linux
Sun, Dell: Hot Partnership
http://techiqmag.com –
At first glance, The VAR Guy was underwhelmed by Dell’s decision to offer Sun Solaris on selected servers. But after an hour of digesting the news — and his lunch — The VAR Guy thinks this deal is a rare triple play for Dell, Sun and customers.
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NexentaOS: Gnu OpenSolaris
http://geek00l.blogspot.com –
Surprisingly it is pretty easy to get NexentaOS desktop installed, gnome appears to be the default desktop of choice. Interestingly NexentaOS is not using the standard Sun Solaris package management tools but Debian apt style for software management
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Morton: no merging of OpenSolaris with Linux
http://blogs.zdnet.com –
At his LinuxWorld opening keynote, Andrew Morton made it very clear that the appointment of former OSDL CTO and Debian co-founder Ian Murdock to Sun’s OS platforms organization will not translate into a merging between the open source version of Solaris Unix with Linux.
Read more »Sun's 'Project Copy Linux' not a Linux copy
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We went to OSCON, hoping to uncover some fresh details on Sun Microsystems' "Project Indiana." We mostly failed in this endeavor.
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OpenSolaris users group to Ian Murdock, Sun: You’re missing the point
http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com –
Some background: In March 2007, Sun announced Project Indiana, whose goal is to create an OpenSolaris binary distribution. The long-term objective is to increase the technology’s user base and cultivate mind share.
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Sun OpenSolaris to become more 'Linux-like'
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com –
Analysts familiar with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Project Indiana say that as early as this week the company could reveal plans to revamp the OpenSolaris operating system by incorporating key pieces of Linux software.
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Sun keeps OpenSoalris CDDL, not GPLv3 (for now)
http://blogs.zdnet.com –
Sun has so far elected not to use the GPLv3 for OpenSolaris, despite hinting previously that this was under consideration. They argue that CDDL is a polished version of a pouplar license family, and thus needs no replacement.
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