[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0.1 available
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0.1. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadStable Over the NCP 3.0, this release includes * Fixes to nexenta-zones * Additional backports from ON to b134. You can also upgrade from NCP3 using #apt-clone dist-upgrade File any bugs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues Regards -- The Nexenta Team ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Opensolaris kernel based desktop - StormOS
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:48 PM, William Bauer bqba...@gmail.com wrote: OK, someone 'splain me somethin' I get how Solaris and OpenSolaris work, what packages are, IPS, how to install stuff, and all that. Been doing it for a couple decades. And by the way, I'm still holding out hope for the Solaris 11 developer release to effectively replace OpenSolaris. But I digress. I don't understand much about Linux, so I'm very confused at how Nexenta and StormOS are based on Ubuntu, as the Nexenta web site says. It seems to me it's based on (Open)Solaris. What exactly is the tie-in with Ubuntu and/or Linux? I find this very confusing. Nexenta uses apt/dpkg pacjaging system, and it provides a repository with about 13000 Ubuntu packages ported to OpenSolaris. So it's the Ubuntu userland on top of OpenSolaris. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadStable This is the same iso as the RC3 release. --- The near future: NCP 3.9 The move to NCP 4.0 will be in 2 phases. The first immediate change would be to move from OpenSolaris b134 to a recent Illumos build. With this the Nexenta project will change it's base from OpenSolaris to Illumos. If you're unaware of Illumos, it is a branch of OpenSolaris ON gate, with closed bits replaced with open code. More information at http://www.illumos.org --- The mid-term future: NCP 4.0 Once we've moved to Illumos as the base, the second phase is the move from Ubuntu Hardy as our userland base to either newer Debian or Ubuntu release. This is still being discussed, and we're currently addressing some of the legal challenges with the effort. There will shortly be some discussion on the NCP mailing lists about this, and we welcome the community's participation. --- Note, you can use the SUN_PERSONALITY variable to get the original OpenSolaris userland rather than GNU, if you so prefer. With that, enjoy the NCP3 release! Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 RC3 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 RC3. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadUnstable The main changes over the RC2 release include: * ON fixes backported to b134 --- Nexenta ON gate repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 stable repository (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 RC2 repository (if you want to stay with RC1 bits) http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp3r2/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- Mirroring With the NCP3 GA release imminent, we can use your help mirroring the release directory and repository. If you would like to help mirror, please follow the instructions below, and send me a mail offline. http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/Mirror --- Unless major issues are reported, this release will become the final NCP3 release. Please file bug reports/RFEs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Quick question about the future
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Orvar Korvar knatte_fnatte_tja...@yahoo.com wrote: We all see that the development pace on OpenSolaris is high, even today: http://static.opensolaris.org/on/flagdays/141-145.html http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/year/2010.html As I have understood it, the source code is available to check out, yes? So, what hinders that the community just checks it out and releases a build or an ISO file? Is this exactly what Nexenta is doing, so Nexenta is keeping their builds updated? Essentially yes. We are currently back porting many patches back to base build of 134. We are also working on the recent builds.. but they dont fully work for Nexenta because recent releases have stopped providing SVR4 definition files (these are what Nexenta used to parse to build debian packages). We are now working on parsing the IPS manifest files instead. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Community distro
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Richard L. Hamilton rlha...@smart.net wrote: Ok, fine. But what do the internal developers use to build on? How well will a community distro be able to do that? Not too hard. Nexenta was until the recent builds self-hosting. It will soon be again. (And Nexenta strays away from most Opensolaris distributions, as it uses a different packaging system). ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 RC2 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 RC2. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadUnstable The main changes over the RC1 release include: * Dozens of ON fixes backported to b134 * Bug fix list: http://www.nexenta.org/versions/show/14 --- Nexenta ON gate repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 stable repository (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 RC1 repository (if you want to stay with RC1 bits) http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp3r1/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- Unless major issues are reported, this release will become the final NCP3 release. Please file bug reports/RFEs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] NexentaStor Community edition 3.0.3 released
Hi All, On behalf of NexentaStor team, I'm happy to announce the release of NexentaStor Community Edition 3.0.3. This release is the result of the community efforts of Nexenta Partners and users. Changes over 3.0.2 include * Many fixes to ON/ZFS backported to b134. * Multiple bug fixes in the appliance. With the addition of many new features, NexentaStor CE is the *most complete*, and feature-rich gratis unified storage solution today. Quick Summary of Features - * ZFS additions: Deduplication (based on OpenSolaris b134). * Free for upto 12 TB of *used* storage * Community edition supports easy upgrades * Many new features in the easy to use management interface. * Integrated search Grab the iso from http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/site/wiki/CommunityEdition If you are a storage solution provider, we invite you to join our growing social network at http://people.nexenta.com. -- Thanks Anil Gulecha Community Leader http://www.nexentastor.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 RC1 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 RC1. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadUnstable The main changes over the Beta3 release include: * Dozens of ON fixes backported to b134 - List: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * Bug fix list: http://www.nexenta.org/versions/show/4 --- Nexenta ON gate repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 stable repository (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 Beta3 repository (if you still want to stay with beta3) http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp3b3/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- This is now quite a stable release, and forms the base for NCP3. Please file bug reports/RFEs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Garrett D'Amore joins Nexenta. if needed, can nexenta become the fork?
aggg, I don't like the thought of Garrett D'Amore and ZFS co- creator Bill Moore deflecting to Nexenta,other opensoalris originators may follow. IMO nexenta by hiring some former opensolaris devs. is preparing themselves to continue developing the opensolaris kernel on their own for their OS, just in case the development at the opensolaris project comes to a stall. well, by this actions, that is the way i'm taking it. Nexenta is not mulling a fork. The OpenSolaris community is still a long way from considering that. Oracle has been on the silent side, but comments from the earlier IRC meetings were clear.. ON will continue to be developed as it was under Sun. Nexenta has a active and growing community, and is thankful to Sun/Oracle for OpenSolaris. Our contributions to OpenSolaris will continue to grow. Anil (For Nexenta) PS: I'm with many others on this thread: Speculation lends nothing of value to the discussion. What's the point of indulging in it? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] NexentaStor Community edition 3.0.2 released
Hi All, On behalf of NexentaStor team, I'm happy to announce the release of NexentaStor Community Edition 3.0.2. This release is the result of the community efforts of Nexenta Partners and users. Changes over 3.0 include * Many fixes to ON/ZFS backported to b134. * CIFS/DFS support backported. * Multiple bug fixes in the appliance. With the addition of many new features, NexentaStor CE is the *most complete*, and feature-rich gratis unified storage solution today. Quick Summary of Features - * ZFS additions: Deduplication (based on OpenSolaris b134). * Free for upto 12 TB of *used* storage * Community edition supports easy upgrades * Many new features in the easy to use management interface. * Integrated search Grab the iso from http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/site/wiki/CommunityEdition If you are a storage solution provider, we invite you to join our growing social network at http://people.nexenta.com. -- Thanks Anil Gulecha Community Leader http://www.nexentastor.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Beta3 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Beta3, the final beta release in the NCP3 cycle. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadUnstable The main changes over the Beta2 release include: * Dozens of ON fixes backported to b134 - List: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * Bug fix list: http://www.nexenta.org/versions/show/6 --- Nexenta ON gate repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 stable repository (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 Beta2 repository (if you still want to stay with beta2) http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp3b2/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- This is a beta release, and a (slow) moving target until we reach the final release. It is in a good shape for developers to tinker with.. and we welcome your efforts to improve NCP3. Please file bug reports/RFEs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Distributions
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:33 PM, john kroll jek0...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Could you better explain the tie-ends of nexenta OS to open-solaris kernel ?? I get that the OS turns into ubuntu and for a client gui service its hard to beat. Also with apt-get servers it can immediately acquire kde software. Not sure if or how blastwave might figure into this ?? -- Nexenta Core Platform (http://www.nexenta.org) is targeted at servers. It combines OpenSolaris kernel with Ubuntu (or GNU) userland. It also uses apt/dpkg as the packaging system. A Ubuntu/debian user will feel at home with NCP, and will be able to use all of the advanced capabilities of OpenSolaris. Some KDE packages are present in the repository, but not yet in a state that can be deployed as a desktop. You can however setup XFCE, or minimal GNOME on NCP. More information on the website. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Beta2 Released
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Alexander a...@rsu.ru wrote: Fee Structure - Starting with this release of NCP3, there will be a small charge for all users of NCP. This is required for security upgrades, and usage of apt-clone functionality. Cool. It seems that FreeBSD is going to be the only free and secure OS for ZFS-based storage ;) The fee structure isn't that bad you know.. http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/Pricing ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Beta2 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Beta2, the final beta release in the NCP3 cycle. Starting with this release we will begin charging users of NCP a modest fee. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadUnstable Fee Structure - Starting with this release of NCP3, there will be a small charge for all users of NCP. This is required for security upgrades, and usage of apt-clone functionality. Developing and maintaining a distribution the size of NCP takes a lot of resources, and we need your help to sponsor continued development of your favourite OpenSolaris distribution. To learn more about the upcoming pricing policy, visit, http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/Pricing - The main changes over the Beta1 release include: * Fixes to OpenSolaris b134 * nexenta-on-source changes * Bug fix list: http://www.nexenta.org/versions/show/3 --- Nexenta ON gate repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 stable repository (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 Alpha5 repository (if you still want to stay with b133 bits) http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp3b1/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- This is an beta release, and a (slow) moving target until we reach the final release. It is in a good shape for developers to tinker with.. and we welcome your efforts to improve NCP3. Please file bug reports/RFEs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues --- Related News: NexentaStor CE 3.0, a free storage appliance based on NCP has been released. More details at http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/site/wiki/CommunityEdition Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] NexentaStor Community edition 3.0 released
Hi All, On behalf of NexentaStor team, I'm happy to announce the release of NexentaStor Community Edition 3.0. This release is the result of the community efforts of Nexenta Partners and users. With the addition of many new features, NexentaStor CE is the *most complete*, and feature-rich gratis unified storage solution today. This is a major NexentaStor release, with many new features, improved hardware support, and many bug fixes. Quick Summary of Features - * ZFS additions: Deduplication (based on OpenSolaris b134). * Free for upto 12 TB of *used* storage * Community edition supports easy upgrades * Many new features in the easy to use management interface. * Integrated search Grab the iso and the VMware releases from http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/site/wiki/CommunityEdition (Note: With this release the older Developer Edition has been obsoleted.) If you are a storage solution provider, we invite you to join our growing social network at http://people.nexenta.com. -- Thanks Anil Gulecha Community Leader http://www.nexentastor.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Beta1 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Beta1, the sixth release in the NCP3 cycle. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadUnstable The main changes over the Alpha5 release include: * move from OpenSolaris b133 to b134 * nexenta-on-source changes * Bug fix list: http://www.nexenta.org/versions/show/2 * COMSTAR Vtape package in repository --- Nexenta ON gate repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 stable repository (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 Alpha5 repository (if you still want to stay with b133 bits) http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp3a5/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- This is an beta release, and a (slow) moving target until we reach the final release. It is in a good shape for developers to tinker with.. and we welcome your efforts to improve NCP3. Please file bug reports/RFEs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha5 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha5, the fifth release in the NCP3 cycle. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadUnstable The main changes over the Alpha4 release include: * move from Opensolaris b131 to b133 * nexenta-on-source changes * Bug fix list: http://www.nexenta.org/versions/show/1 --- COMSTAR Vtape driver We've been working on a COMSTAR VTape driver to virtualize SCSI tapes over for ZFS Zvols. The code is now beta quality, and available under the CDDL license. Find this project at http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/vtape --- Nexenta ON gate repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 stable repository (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 Alpha4 repository (if you still want to stay with b131 bits) http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp3a4/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- This is an alpha release, and a moving target until we reach the final release. It is in a good shape for developers to tinker with.. and we welcome your efforts to improve NCP3. Please file bug reports/RFEs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha4 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha4, the fourth release in the NCP3 cycle. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadUnstable The main changes over the Alpha3 release include: * move from Opensolaris b130 to b131. * nexenta-on-source changes * Fixes to various packages (ssl-cert, vsftpd, etc) --- Nexenta ON gate repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 stable repository (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 Alpha2 repository (if you still want to stay with b130 bits) http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp3a3/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- This is an alpha release, and a moving target until we reach the final release. It is in a good shape for developers to tinker with.. and we welcome your efforts to improve NCP3. Please file bug reports/RFEs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] NexentaStor 2.2.1 Developer Edition Released
Hi All, I'd like to announce the immediate availability of NexentaStor Developer Edition v2.2.1. Changes since v2.2 include many bug fixes. More information: * This is a major stable release. * Storage limit increased to 4TB. * Built-in antivirus capability. * Consistent snapshots Oracle and MySQL databases. * A Citrix StorageLink adapter * Asynchronous reverse replication support * Per-snapshot probabilistic search engine * Remote-access support were added. * Japanese language support for interface You can download CD image at http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/site/wiki/DeveloperEdition Summary of recent changes is on freshmeat at http://freshmeat.net/projects/nexentastor/ A complete list of projects (14 and growing) is at http://www.nexentastor.org/projects Nightly images are available at http://ftp.nexentastor.org/nightly/ Regards -- Anil Gulecha Community Lead, NexentaStor.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha3 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 alpha3 (and belatedly wish you a great new year!). This is the third release in NCP3 cycle. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/DownloadUnstable The main changes over the Alpha2 release include: * move from Opensolaris b129 to b130. * Many additional network drivers. * nexenta-on-source changes From the release of NCP3, all sunw* packages are natively built on Nexenta. The complete sources are available in the repository, along with Sun Studio 12 and other tools to roll your own kernel. The nexenta-on-source package makes it very easy to build the opensolaris ON gate on NCP3 apt-get install nexenta-on-source cd /usr/src/nexenta-on-source apt-satisfydepends dpkg-buildpackage -sa Complete Instructions at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/BuildingOpensolaris Nexenta ON gate repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 reposiotry (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 Alpha2 repository (if you still want to stay with b129 bits) http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp3a2/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- This is an alpha release, and a moving target until we reach the final release. It is in a good shape for developers to tinker with.. and we welcome your efforts to improve NCP3. Please file bug reports /RFEs at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha2 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 alpha2. This is the second release in NCP3. The main changes over the Alpha1 release include: * move from Opensolaris b124 to b124. This brings the long awaited ZFS deduplication support to the distribution. * Many additional network drivers. * nexenta-on-source changes From the release of NCP3, all sunw* packages are natively built on Nexenta. The complete sources are available in the repository, along with Sun Studio 12 and other tools to roll your own kernel. The nexenta-on-source package makes it very easy to build the opensolaris ON gate on NCP3 apt-get install nexenta-on-source cd /usr/src/nexenta-on-source apt-satisfydepends dpkg-buildpackage -sa Complete Instructions at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/wiki/BuildingOpensolaris Package repository: http://www.nexenta.org/projects/nexenta-gate/repository * NCP2 reposiotry (with b104 packages) is now moved to http://apt.nexenta.org/ncp2/ hardy-unstable * NCP3 Alpha2 uses http://apt.nexenta.org/ hardy-unstable Please set your sources.list accordingly. --- This is an alpha release, and a moving target until we reach the final release. It is in a good shape for developers to tinker with.. and we welcome community efforts to improve NCP3. Please file bug reports at http://www.nexenta.org/projects/site/issues You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/os/Download Regards -- The Nexenta Team. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha2 Released
* move from Opensolaris b124 to b124. This brings the long awaited ZFS deduplication support to the distribution. A correction.. this was meant to read move from Opensolaris b124 to b129 Thanks Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] NexentaStor 2.2.0 Developer Edition Released
Hi All, I'd like to announce the immediate availability of NexentaStor Developer Edition v2.2.0. Since the previous announcement, many exciting additions have gone into NexentaStor Developer edition. * This is a major stable release. * Storage limit increased to 4TB. * Built-in antivirus capability. * Consistent snapshots Oracle and MySQL databases. * A Citrix StorageLink adapter * Asynchronous reverse replication support * Per-snapshot probabilistic search engine * Remote-access support were added. * Japanese language support for interface You can download CD image or preinstalled VMware/Xen images at http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/site/wiki/DeveloperEdition Summary of recent changes is on freshmeat at http://freshmeat.net/projects/nexentastor/ We've opened up the source for a few additional projects at our community portal [2]: * RsyncShare server (http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/rsyncshare) * Clamav Antivirus (http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/clamav-antivirus) * Oracle Backup Client (http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/oracle-backup) * A base NexentaStor theme (to build upon) (http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/theme-nexentaplain) A complete list of projects (14 and growing) is at http://www.nexentastor.org/projects As always, developers are welcome to use and build upon these projects, or setup new ones. We've planned for exciting new features in the upcoming NexentaStor v3.0 releases, including hot-off-the-presses deduplication support. Stay tuned! Regards -- Anil Gulecha Community Lead, NexentaStor.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 3 Alpha1 Released
Hi All, On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 alpha1. This is the first release towards NCP3.0. The main changes over NCP2 include: Move from Opensolaris build 104 to 124. From this release of NCP, all sunw* packages are natively built on Nexenta. The complete sources are available in the repository, along with Sun Studio 12 and other tools to roll your own kernel. Moving to the latest bits provides Nexenta users with the latest opensolaris features, including better storage and networking functionality with ZFS enhancements and the integration of Crossbow. Many network and audio drivers have also been added in mainline opensolaris. [1] The nexenta-on-source package --- This release makes Nexenta's development more open. We have released our opensolaris gate, with patches and debian metadata at nexentastor.org [2] [3]. The nexenta-on-source package makes it very easy to build the opensolaris ON gate on NCP3 apt-get install nexenta-on-source cd /usr/src/nexenta-on-source apt-satisfydepends dpkg-buildpackage -sa The above should build ON, create and populate a local repository with the newly built packages, allowing you to upgrade your machine. Upgrades are performed via apt-clone, so any b0rked upgrades can be rolled back from. We're writing up complete documentation. Please report any issues with building [4]. This is an alpha release, and a moving target until we reach the final release. It is in a good shape for developers to tinker with.. and we welcome community efforts to improve NCP3. You can download the latest iso image from http://www.nexenta.org/os/Download Regards -- The Nexenta Team. [1] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/ [2] http://www.nexentastor.org [3] http://hg.nexentastor.org [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/nexenta/+filebug ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] NexentaStor.org and Open Source components
Hi All, NexentaStor is an industry leading Storage appliance, based on Opensolaris and Ubuntu LTS. On behalf of Nexenta Systems, I'd like to announce the setup of NexentaStor.org, where we've open-sourced internal kernel gate and plugins that extend the appliance. NexentaStor.org is a complete forge environment with mercurial repositories, bug tracking, wiki, file hosting and other features. We welcome developers and the user community to participate and extend the storage appliance via our open Storage Appliance API (SA_API) and plugin API. Website: www.nexentastor.org Thanks -- Anil Gulecha Community Lead, www.nexentastor.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 2 Released
Hi, The Nexenta team would like to announce the immediate availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 2 release. Go on to http://www.nexenta.org, and let Nexentaman walk you through what Nexenta provides. -- Release Highlights: -- * OpenSolaris build 104+ based with critical patches. * Over 13000 packages in the repository, thanks to the autobuilder. * Smooth upgrade path from NCP1. * Community driven efforts bringing xorg, xfce4 and gnome-core into the repository * Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) repository * This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils, perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, etc * SMF support added for server applications like apache, mysql, postgresql, exim4, etc. * 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use. * Includes Vim and screen by default. * Addition of latest devzone version to the CD. * Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get. Acknowledgement NCP2 would not be possible without the tireless and dedicated efforts of it's community members. The Nexenta project would like to thank: The Folks on IRC: who've made #nexenta the helpful and supportive channel it is. Tim Spriggs, author of the autobuilder and devzone, leader of the NCP project, who maintained and ported hundreds of packages and help provided to users, new and old, on IRC. The 13000 packages in our repository were made possible by the Autobuilder. Anil Gulecha, leader of NCP project and IRC lurker, who maintained dozens of packages, the website, and helps collaboration on the distribution. Erast Benson, maintainer of the opensolaris packages, and various server packages, who ensured NCP has a stable foundation to build on. David Bartley , who ported dozens of packages, and many of the desktop ones, and for his help on IRC. Jason Upton, who provided resources and maintained autobuilder nodes, and ported dozens of packages, especially the Xfce ones. Andy Stormont, who is the developer of StormOS, and Xfce derivative of NCP2. Also Alastair McKinstry, Andy Armstrong, Anibal Monsalve Salazar, David Goodlad, David Hoeppner, Jeremy Berge, Justin T, Ken Mays, Mac, Mario Lorenz, Masahiro Kitagawa,Matthias Klose, Michael Dodwell, Per Lundberg, Phillip Steinbachs, Ronald Kasl, Shivakumar GN, Stephan Seitz, Vladimir V. Ostapenko , for porting and maintaining various packages, large and small, and fixing issues when they popped up. Last, but not the least, the bloggers, twieeters, and general well wishers, who helped spread the word of Nexenta. So, what are you waiting for? Head over to the site, and test drive NCP2. Homepage: http://www.nexenta.org Download: http://www.nexenta.org/Download Cheers, The Nexenta Team ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 2 RC3 released
Hi Stephen, On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Stephan Ferraro step...@ferraro.net wrote: I would like to test it. Is it possible to install it on an existing zpool? I don't want to delete my existing OpenSolaris installation. No, you cannot install to an existing zpool not.. the current installer only supports full disk installation. More finegrained installation support is planned on for releases after NCP2 Thanks Anil I downloaded a release on nexenta.org and then started the installation. There was written in the setup that it would erase my full harddisk. Why is it not possible to simply add nexenta on an existing zpool? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 2 RC3 released
Hi All, This is to announce availability of NexentaCore Platform 2.0 RC3. The changes since RC2 include: - Man-db fix - Opensolaris kernel fixes Release Highlights: -- * OpenSolaris build 104+ based with critical patches. * Over 13000 packages in the repository, thanks to the autobuilder. * Smooth upgrade path from NCP1. * Community driver efforts bringing xorg, xfce4 and gnome-core into the repository * Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) repository * This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils, perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, etc * SMF support added for server applications like apache, mysql, postgresql, exim4, etc. * 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use. * Includes Vim and screen by default. * Addition of latest devzone version to the CD. * Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get. Links -- * Download : http://www.nexenta.org/os/Download * StormOS : http://www.stormos.org * IRC : #nexenta @ freenode * Package listing: http://builder.tajinc.org/?f=repository_status Enjoy! The Nexenta Team ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] NexentaCore Platform 2.0 RC2 released
Hi All, This is to announce availability of NexentaCore Platform 2.0 RC2. The release has stabilized. This release will become the final release if no major bugs are reported. Release Highlights: -- * OpenSolaris build 104+ based with critical patches. * Over 13000 packages in the repository, thanks to the autobuilder. * Smooth upgrade path from NCP1. * Community driver efforts bringing xorg, xfce4 and gnome-core into the repository * Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) repository * This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils, perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, etc * SMF support added for server applications like apache, mysql, postgresql, exim4, etc. * 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use. * Includes Vim and screen by default. * Addition of latest devzone version to the CD. * Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get. Related News: - * NexentaStor 1.1.7, a distribution based on NCP1.0 stable has been released : http://www.nexenta.com * StormOS: An XFCE based derivative of NCP2 is in the works. For those looking for a desktop variation of NCP2, keep a lookout on the StormOS website. The beta release of StormOS Hail is in the offing. Links -- * Download : http://www.nexenta.org/os/Download * StormOS : http://www.stormos.org * IRC : #nexenta @ freenode * Package listing: http://builder.tajinc.org/?f=repository_status Enjoy! The Nexenta Team ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Alexander Eremin ere...@milax.org wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 18:19 +0530, Manish Chakravarty wrote: http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/ ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Congrats. I think Oracle is more better for OpenSolaris than IBM... I'd agree.. with the intersection of the two being largely the database, the other pieces of software should remain open, and have continued development. Java and opensolaris will only complement Oracle's offering. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] NexentaCore Platform 2.0 RC1 released
Hi All, This is to announce availability of NexentaCore Platform 2.0 RC1. The interesting feature addition in this release is experimental 128-bit processor support. Further information at http://www.nexenta.org/os/x86_128_support We've also fixed many bug and resolved issues since the last beta release. Release Highlights: -- * OpenSolaris build 104+ based with critical patches. * Over 13000 packages in the repository, thanks to the autobuilder. * Smooth upgrade path from NCP1. * Community driver efforts bringing xorg, xfce4 and gnome-core into the repository * Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) repository * This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils, perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, etc * SMF support added for server applications like apache, mysql, postgresql, exim4, etc. * 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use. * Includes Vim and screen by default. * Addition of latest devzone version to the CD. * Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get. Links -- http://www.nexenta.org/os/Download [Direct iso: http://www.nexenta.org/releases/nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b104-rc1_x86.iso.zip] IRC #nexenta @ freenode Package listing: http://builder.tajinc.org/?f=repository_status (Autobuilder) Related News: - * NexentaStor 1.1.6, a distribution based on NCP1.0 stable has been released : http://www.nexenta.com Enjoy! The Nexenta Team ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris-based CD/DVD Distributions as of March 26, 2009
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Ken Mays maybird1...@yahoo.com wrote: I posted a wiki over at Blastwave.org so that we can track and update things easier as well. I've added all of the updates I've received today: OpenSolaris Distribution stats http://wiki.blastwave.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21t=280start=0 Some of the updates added were about other IPS servers like Belenix and Sunfreeware, as well as the newer distros. FYI.. The original stats about Nexenta were correct (currently 13,380 packages). However, the wiki mentions only 2,934. Thanks Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] COMSTAR/zfs integration for faster SCSI
Hi, Nexenta CP and NexentaStor has integrated COMSTAR with ZFS, which provides 2-3x performance gain over userland SCSI target daemon. I;ve blogged in more detail at http://www.gulecha.org/2009/03/03/nexenta-iscsi-with-comstarzfs-integration/ Cheers, Anil http://www.gulecha.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Nexenta's CEO blogging about 2009, OpenStorage, GPL, CDDL, etc
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Joerg Schilling joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote: Greg Palmer gregorylpal...@netscape.net wrote: http://www.nexenta.com/blog The quote below is rather interesting, though it would have been nice if he included the specifics of his charge rather than just indulging in a bit of drive by corporate character assassination. in early 2009 we were led to understand that Sun Microsystems and other OpenSolaris developers do not interpret the CDDL quite as we do. It appears that Sun has elected to make modifications to CDDL licensed code for their commercial use which they then contribute back only sporadically, if at all. We hope we are wrong because this could harm the OpenSolaris community and could result in a sort of tragedy of the commons. If Sun does this with source code that has no contributions from non-Sun people, Sun may do this altough you may dislike it. If Sun would do is with source code that includes modifications from non-Sun people and if these modifications from non-Sun people would exceed a certain limit that makes them Copyrightable, then Sun would need to make the source code of any modification available, given that binaries from the code have been published. Could you explain where you believe to see a problem? Hi Joerg, You may be technically/legally correct.. but this is more about how the Sun wants to participate and build a community around opensolaris. If it's mission is complete open-ness, and a linux like community forming around opensolaris, this policy of holding back certain changes only hurts the mission. I daresay it turns away other ventures/projects around opensolaris. Greg: have you seen the response at http://www.nexenta.com/corp/index.php?option=com_mojoItemid=153p=7 -- Anil http://www.gulecha.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Upcoming NexentaCore 2.0 Hackathon and Bounties
Hi All, The NexentaCore platform 2.0 (NCP2) has has grown leaps and bound since the last round of hackathon in October. Our repository has size increased by over 200%, thanks to the Autobuilder. So the repository now has over 13000 binary packages (and growing) from the Ubuntu 8.04 repository. We're in beta stage and are working on the final changes before NCP2 is announced. There are many tasks left to be done; we invite you to join in and help us build the next release of one of the more popular Opensolaris distribution. Tasks --- *Package porting: Most of the packages in the repository are now automatically built. There are a few crucial packages that need to be built manually, and allow the builder to pick up on the rest. *Documentaiton: Not everyone knows how easy some tasks are on Nexenta. Help us write documentation, so new users find migrating much easier. *Distributions: NCP has now evolved to a tested core platform. Use the existing packages and window managers in the repository to build your own distribution using our distribution builder; tune Nexenta for a particular appliance and help us enhance our installer. Significant contributions will be featured on our homepage. And its not just fame that comes your way.. we also have few small bounties to give away. That hackathon starts on the 23rd of this month. Join us on #nexenta to get started. Further Information: http://www.nexenta.org/os/Hackathon IRC web interface: http://www.nexenta.org/chat Autobuilder: http://builder.tajinc.org/?f=repository_status Thanks, The Nexenta team ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Devzones
[posting from zones-discuss as it could be of interest here too] Hi, A quick google revealed that devzones never came up on this list, so I thought I'd do an introductions. Devzone is built on Zones, and allows one to define a base_zone and then easily make copies of it as and when required via simple commands. Users do not need to have superuser priviledges, and their interface is a very simple set of commands (devzone_create, devzone_enter and devzone_free) I published an article on OSnews going into more detail.. http://osnews.com/story/20653/Devzones_Simple_Use-and-throw_Developer_Environments Devzones has been built and used on Nexenta, but is written in a opensolaris-distro-agnostic manner. More information on the sourceforge page http;//devzone.sf.net Its primarily been developed by rootard with a few contributions by myself.. the project isn't big enough to warrant it's own chatroom/mailing list yet, so if you have any questions, pop over at #nexenta (http://www.nexenta.org/chat) and look for rootard/anilg Cheers, Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 2 Beta1 Released
Hi All, This is to announce availability of NexentaCore 2.0 beta - Debian/OpenSolaris native environment (unstable Hardy branch). The packages are relatively stable, and we've thus moved NCP to beta, and aim for a stable release early next year. Release Highlights: -- * OpenSolaris build 104+ based with critical patches. * Over 6000 packages in the repository, and autobuilder. * Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) repository * This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils, perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, etc * SMF support added for server applications like apache, mysql, postgresql, exim4, etc. * 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use * Includes Vim and screen by default * Addition of latest devzone version to the CD. * Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get. Links -- http://www.nexenta.org/os/Download http://blogs.nexenta.org http://www.nexenta.org/chat http://devzone.sf.net [Direct iso: http://www.nexenta.org/releases/nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b104-beta1_x86.iso.zip] Related News: - * The autobuilder tool for Nexenta is in the final stages, and can distribute package builds to build nodes (http://builder.tajinc.org/?f=repository_status) * Devzone administration made easy with devzone_adm * NexentaStor 1.1.2, a distribution based on NCP1.0 stable has been released (http://www.nexenta.com) Enjoy! The Nexenta Team ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] [on-discuss] New community based development list
Trying to keep everything under opensolaris.org umbrella won't work in the long run, simply because you cannot force people do it one blessed way. A +1 to this sentiment. Hosting space, and webpage URL shouldn't really matter. -- Anil http://www.gulecha.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 2 Alpha2 released
Hi All, This is to announce availability of NexentaCore 2.0 Alpha2 - Debian Native OpenSolaris environment and platform. (unstable Hardy branch). [1] Release Highlights: -- * Over 4500 packages in the repository. * This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils, perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, KDElibs, Fluxbox, etc * Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) * 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use * OpenSolaris b85+ based (x86 32-bit and 64-bit, non-debug), with critical patches from b87,b88 and b90 [2] * Includes Vim by default * Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get. Related News: - * The autobuilder tool for Nexenta has a working web interface at http://builder.tajinc.org It currently supports viewing of package and repository status (including details like package dependencies, package availability by repository, etc) Links --- [1] http://www.nexenta.org/os/DownloadMirrors Direct : http://www.nexenta.org/releases/nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b85-alpha1_x86.iso.zip [2] http://www.nexenta.org/os/PatchSet_b85 [3] IRC : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or http://www.nexenta.org/chat Enjoy! The Nexenta Team ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Nexenta Core Platform 2 Alpha2 released
Correction: The alpha 2 link is http://www.nexenta.org/releases/nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b85-alpha2_x86.iso.zip Thanks to perlun for the heads-up. Regards Anil On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Anil Gulecha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, This is to announce availability of NexentaCore 2.0 Alpha2 - Debian Native OpenSolaris environment and platform. (unstable Hardy branch). [1] Release Highlights: -- * Over 4500 packages in the repository. * This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils, perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, KDElibs, Fluxbox, etc * Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) * 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use * OpenSolaris b85+ based (x86 32-bit and 64-bit, non-debug), with critical patches from b87,b88 and b90 [2] * Includes Vim by default * Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get. Related News: - * The autobuilder tool for Nexenta has a working web interface at http://builder.tajinc.org It currently supports viewing of package and repository status (including details like package dependencies, package availability by repository, etc) Links --- [1] http://www.nexenta.org/os/DownloadMirrors Direct : http://www.nexenta.org/releases/nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b85-alpha1_x86.iso.zip [2] http://www.nexenta.org/os/PatchSet_b85 [3] IRC : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or http://www.nexenta.org/chat Enjoy! The Nexenta Team ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] September edition of Nexenta Hackathon
Hi, A quick update on the hackathon. We've advanced the event by a couple of days to start from the 29th of August to allow for participation during the weekend. The hackathon will officially commence on 29th August Midnight (PST) .. feel free to join in earlier to setup your account and keys[1]. Theres a getting started guide and screencast at [2] and [3] along with the hackathon documentation at [4] for your perusal. Regards Anil [1] #nexenta @ irc.freenode.net ot http://www.nexenta.org/chat [2] http://www.gulecha.org/2008/08/18/getting-started-with-nexenta-development-part-1/ [3] http://www.gulecha.org/2008/08/22/getting-started-with-nexenta-development-part-2/ [4] http://www.nexenta.org/os/Hackathon On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Anil Gulecha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, The next Nexenta hackathon session is scheduled for Aug 31st Midnight (US/Pacific) The work will be coordinated on #nexenta IRC at freenode.net. You can also join us via the web interface at http://www.nexenta.org/chat. It's about time to merge with the Ubuntu LTS and migrate the bits to Ubuntu/Hardy userland. Our previous hackathon session was a success and produced the Alpha 1 ISO. The goals for the upcoming session are: * Fix unmet dependencies and packages in Nexenta's hardy repository * Produce the NCP2-Alpha2 iso For those who participating - make sure you subscribed to nexenta-changes mailing list to get notifications of accepted packages! Further details at: http://www.nexenta.org/os/Hackathon -- Regards Anil Gulecha http://www.gulecha.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] September edition of Nexenta Hackathon
Greetings, The next Nexenta hackathon session is scheduled for Aug 31st Midnight (US/Pacific) The work will be coordinated on #nexenta IRC at freenode.net. You can also join us via the web interface at http://www.nexenta.org/chat. It's about time to merge with the Ubuntu LTS and migrate the bits to Ubuntu/Hardy userland. Our previous hackathon session was a success and produced the Alpha 1 ISO. The goals for the upcoming session are: * Fix unmet dependencies and packages in Nexenta's hardy repository * Produce the NCP2-Alpha2 iso For those who participating - make sure you subscribed to nexenta-changes mailing list to get notifications of accepted packages! Further details at: http://www.nexenta.org/os/Hackathon -- Regards Anil Gulecha http://www.gulecha.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Update on the NexentaCore project
Hi All, We've setup a blogging infrastructure at http://blogs.nexenta.org. If you have a Nexenta blog, or want one let us know, and we'll set you up at blogs.nexenta.org/username. We're also working towards NexentaCore Platform Alpha2, which will be released in the near future. Contributions from this community are welcome. NCP2 will serve as a stable platform for future NexentaCore development. Goals for NCP2-Alpha2: * Fix unmet dependencies all over (we might schedule August's Hackathon) * Polish Debian development tools to work with NCP Hardy environment (*) * Updates for Installer * Migrate to latest ON/NWS build - targeting b98 for now (*) The long term goal for NexentaCore project is to provide 100% compatible Debian environment on top of OpenSolaris kernel and near-userland. Any Debian package (out of 25,000) should be possible to compile a package on the fly out of remote Ubuntu repository just by issuing command: apt-get -b source If you'd like to contribute by porting packages from Ubuntu's repository to Nexenta's, please find the details at http://www.nexenta.org/os/Hackathon . Nexenta Homepage: http://www.nexenta.org Nexenta Planet : http://blogs.nexenta.org Regards Anil Gulecha ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] DESKTOP BACKGROUND - View from the moon
Hi Kevin, Everyone has it. This background is included by default on current SX releases.. just rightclick Desktop background.. ~Anil On 2/17/08, Kevin Mitnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WOW!! The response is underwhelming. Anyone care to answer this one? I can't imagine that out of the world population that is online and able to view this thread, NOBODY has that background? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Where is the magic ?
On 1/7/08, Akhilesh Mritunjai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, As an opening remark, let me say that I have been dealing with systems for sometime and have been monitoring OpenSolaris since its inception. Although there are many nice things, I have been both puzzled and awed by one particular thing I have observed - the problem resolution process. I have observed again and again[1], that whenever somebody posts a problem, it is invariably replied with one or more of the following- 1. Bug number, explanation and possible course of action 2. Not a bug, link to document/explanation and correct way to accomplish what the user wants. 3. Explanation of ways to further nail down the root cause of bug (crash dump/kmdb etc), leading to either a bug filing or a straight one line bug number!! Now, OpenSolaris/Solaris/SunOS is a consolidation of pretty big chunks of code. There are numerous interactions within and outside the system. This is aside from the fact that Solaris is pretty old and still evolving by the day! There are bound to be rough edges and cruft lying around. I am mystified as how it is possible that so *many* people are working on this, and almost everybody has a firm grasp of the whole system!!! It is as if the *complete* system is a glassbox and everybody can see it through and through and identify where and how the system is acting up. Now if it were just the work of one person, I could understand, but it is as if the whole work is hand-sculpted by whole team and even then everybody knows the whole picture! I have never seen anything like this, and frankly find it hard to believe. So, thanks folks, you rock! But - goddamit - how do you do it ??? Is is a bug database with magical search capabilities ? Is it some piece of magical process ? Or is it that Sun somehow found the receipe to problem of scaling the competence ? Fanmail need to be like this :) ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Is there support for Google Talk (open protocol) or Skype (propietry)?
On 12/13/07, Dr. David Kirkby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last time I looked there was no Skype for Solaris. I just looked for a Google Talk client, but there is not one for Solaris either http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html Google talk uses the jabber protocol It is available via Pidgin on solaris. Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Finding external USB disks
On 12/13/07, David Dyer-Bennet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the approaches to finding what external USB disks are currently connected? I'm starting on backup scripts, and I need to check which volumes are present before I figure out what to back up to them. I suppose I could just try all the ones that I know about and see which are there (the list is small enough this is actually feasible), but it's inelegant. (On Solaris Nevada, currently build 76 I think). The external USB backup disks in question have ZFS filesystems on them, which may make a difference in finding them perhaps? I've glanced at Tim Foster's autobackup and related scripts, and they're all about being triggered by the plug connection being made; which is not what I need. I don't actually want to start the big backup when I plug in (or power on) the drive in the evening, it's supposed to wait until late (to avoid competition with users). (His autosnapshot script may be just what I need for that part, though.) You can try 'rmformat' to see all removable media connected. Also try 'dmesg' after connecting the device. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Fwd: The Belenix 5 day challenge (Dec 4-8)
FYI, -- Forwarded message -- From: Anil Gulecha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Dec 4, 2007 7:44 AM Subject: The Belenix 5 day challenge (Dec 4-8) To: Belenix Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, The belenix team has launched a 5 day challenge consisting of short term projects ranging from artwork to web development for the Belenix project. This contest runs parallelly to the FOSS.in conference in India from Dec 4-8. More details at http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=5DayChallenge Foss.in 07: http://foss.in On behalf of the belenix team, Anil PS : Forward this to lists you think are relevant. Online participation is allowed and encouraged. We're figuring out how to send you the prizes overseas! ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Graphic Software Installation Utility in Solaris Indiana?
On 11/21/07, Karina Astudillo B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I was wondering if you're considering to include a Graphic Utility to Add Software in Solaris Indiana. I don't have problems with using pkgadd or pkg-get or any other commands, but I believe that if we really want that the regular end-users adopt Solaris, then a usual task as adding software should be really easy. Hi Karina, IIRC, a GUI for the IPS package management is planned for the March Release. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana - first glance
On 11/1/07, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well golly gee .. that was fast. I am still playing and I just wanted to get this out there so the world can see it. I get about 44K unique users looking at Blastwave and so I wanted to stick this on the homepage : http://www.blastwave.org/articles/BLS-0061/index.html Greta article and shots.. that will be added to my blog. (BTW, how did you get the screenshots of Grub, and the console bootup?!) I am still playing and you can expect to see a whack of packages in a repo soonish from the Blastwave general direction. So that would mean we would have a pkg server at blastwave, linking directly to the libraries in /usr of Indiana? (If yes, this is time to rejoice) Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana milestone reached!
On 11/1/07, Dick Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 01/11/2007, Glynn Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: o ZFS as the default filesystem Is that as in 'ZFS root'? Yup. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana milestone reached!
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[osol-discuss] Solaris on Dell XPS 1330?
Hi all, I'm planning on getting a laptop and like the Dell XPS 1330. I found XPS 1210 on the HCL but not 1330. Has anyone on this these lists runs (seen running) Solaris on 1330? Cheers Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Install from USB Flash?
On 10/20/07, Gregory McPherran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can OpenSolaris be installed from a USB flash drive? It should be soon enough, with Project Indiana. You can also do it right now wiht Belenix LiveUSB ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Reflections from the GSoC Mentor's summit
On 10/9/07, Jim Grisanzio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Darren Reed wrote: While I'm not sure what will be happening next year, it is likely to run again. This year I believe there were 6 to 8 submissions for GSoC projects on OpenSolaris, of which 4 were accepted. Next year we, opensolaris, should be thinking about how we can drive greater interest through GSoC, get more submissions and hopefully increase the number of acceptances to 6-8. Glynn did a great job this year getting more involvement than I did the previous year. In our first year, I only got 2 projects accepted out of 10 submissions, and Glynn bumped that up to 4 this year from a similar number of submissions (I think). So, I think 6-8 is reasonable for next year. Hi All, Should the (aimed for) increase be linear? Opensolaris' popularity and usage, if all goes well, is set to increase tenfold in the coming year. Opensolaris seems to be (slowly) coming out of the firewall. Opportunities for community participation, from students as well as other independent developers, are increasing. Why not aim for 25? Thats the number of slots FreeBSD got this year. And my statistics may be off, but I'm thinking Opensolaris has a potentially bigger community. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Lines of Code
On 9/29/07, Scott Rotondo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Grisanzio wrote: hey ... anyone have an updated count of the number of lines of code in the OpenSolaris source? Jim (Ada) 33 files,18944 lines (Tcl) 6 files, 1028 lines (make) 5016 files, 101157 lines (other) 2520 files, 805011 lines (Pascal) 1 files, 27 lines (Lisp) 24 files, 6793 lines (Java)714 files, 102802 lines (Perl) 2440 files, 368705 lines (shell) 6197 files, 822722 lines (C++)902 files, 353252 lines (Awk) 18 files, 1374 lines (Assembly)686 files, 133825 lines (C) 21455 files, 6077726 lines Total 40012 files, 8793366 lines Thats funny, I remember seeing '11m' mentioned in some opensolaris slides. Marketing to blame? Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] xorg.conf ?
Hmm.. I overlooked the earlier details. Yes you should be able to run the 3d stuff. looks like you need an xorg file. Have you tried the BeleniX method I mentioned? Regards Anil On 9/26/07, Rishabh Nagendra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I DO have an nVidia card! And how would I upgrade to b70? Thanks! This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris thinks that my standalone desktop is a huge network....
We never compared Solaris with MacOS/ Windows from the desktop user point of view, To the powers that be, Why not? I assume it is the lack of resources, but then isnt this market worth the investment? Anil PS : Mac OSX, now offcially a Unix, has shown that one can be adapted for the avg Joe User. we always compare with Linux, HP-Unix, IBM AIX . Thanks, Gangadhar ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Install opensolaris onto a 2G disk
On 8/2/07, Lu, Baolu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I decide to intall the opensolaris onto a classmate PC, which has the memory size of 256M and 2G NAND flash storage space. The aim is to have the system run some kind of desktop system, like Gnome, and a browser, like firefox. I have installed the core system which occupied about 500-600M space. Next, I'd like to install the gnome desktop system. I want to try 2 ways: 1. Use the open source software from blastwave.org. 2. Try to install the gnome related packages from the installation DVD. Has anybody any suggestion? For 2, I don't know which packages should be installed and will that break the disk size limit? You can try Belenix on it. It has all of the browsing+chat+etc and comes with KDE and xfce. the latter would be better for 256m RAM. It could possible be installed on the flash disk as a LiveUSB, but that might take some hacking. that would take up only 700mb. Or it could be installed as a hard disk install and that would take around 1.6-1.7 gb. pkg-get is on the latest version so you can use blastwave to get software. There is work underway to allow saving back of data to the USB, you might have to wait for a month or so. Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] An Open Letter to the Solaris Community.
On 8/2/07, Glenn Lagasse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Playback is free on Windows and Mac OS because Microsoft and Apple licensed the codecs from their respective owners. Playback is free on Linux only because the Linux movement doesn't care much about the IP Laws in the US (understandably) and thus leaves the decision of can I use these codecs legally up to the user (which most users, even in the US just don't bother with and go on using things that are against US law). You won't see Sun including code that it doesn't have a legal right to include. Hi, I'd just like to point out that we get out of the box support to play mp3 on solaris express.. real player included has no problems. Noting that sun somehow obtained permission to of redistributing real player, could this also be included in Indiana? Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Oh dear operating systems help me please
Hey, On 8/2/07, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i previously had a machine running windows vista and ubuntu 7.04 on one GRUB boot loader. Now when i installed solaris 10, it has a new grub boot loader and vista and ubuntu aren't there! i cant even acess the other partitions!!! omg please say it can be helped?? Hmm.. if you installed solaris on a new partition, then all the old data is safe. you will only have to modify menu.lst (in solaris). To make sure all your data is safe, boot up belenix from a live CD. Belenix can mount ntfs and ext3 (theres a utility on the desktop).. just browse through and see if all the info is safe. Tehn open the menu.lst found in the ubuntu partition and copy all the lines starting from the first 'title' entry, and append into the menu.lst that is found in /mnt/solaris0/boot/grub/menu.lst That should get the ubuntu and vista entries into the startup boot menu. You may still not be able to boot into vista as it check a signature in grub, but perhaps this has been taken care of in the recent builds. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] An Open Letter to the Solaris Community.
Hi Korey, On 7/30/07, Korey Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The frustrating part is that it doesn't need to be this way. We now have the technology to make the command line obsolete. Combo boxes and check marks and tool tips could open up a world of features to the general user. Simple, intuitive interfaces would also allow the best tool for the job to be chosen, instead of the most familiar. Making it simple enough for the non-Technical Elite makes it simple enough for all. FWIW, I agree with you, but this is where I would expect a lot in this community to disagree with you.. Cheers Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Windows switcher: Wine for Solaris ( DC++ )?
Hi, I also remmeber one of the members from BOSUG having compiled wine without issues using pkgbuild : pkgbuild.sourceforge.net You could try that.. ~Anil On 7/26/07, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shit Im frustrated right now. Anybody knows how to get Wine on this ##% Solaris With language like that I have no idea why I bother to respond. I will pretend that you wrote : Dear OpenSolaris community : I am trying in vain to get wine to flow on Solaris and am really not doing well. I may even be at the eend of my rope. Does anyone have any suggestions ? signed : Drinking bitter whine I would respond with : Dear whiner : I don't really know all the tricks to make fine wine on Solaris but you may find the grapes to be sweet at : http://www.blastwave.org/wine So just sober up a bit and then try those software packages once the headache clears. Remember, don't mix beer and wine. Dennis ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Mounting NTFS troublesome?
On 7/14/07, Orvar Korvar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im migrating from Windows XP to Solaris. Therefore I bought 4 hard discs and set up ZFS raid. Now I am copying all my stuff to ZFS (at last no worries any more! :o) mount ntfs via Belenix FSWfsmisc/FSWfspart as described in: http://www.sun.drydog.com/faq/s86faq.html However, it gets troublesome. Sometimes when I mount, I can not see the complete directory. When I try to copy another directory, and then go back - I can see the whole directory again. Some of the files/directories just disappears from time to time, and I have to wait. This is very annoying. Have I copied the entire directory, or have I missed some? I have to go there and manually check. Ah, I face this issue fairly regularly. Its not much of a problmr as it is just to access music files from the ntfs partition. Its hard to pin down the problem, but I notice that once I browse a lot so stuff on the net and then try to look through the directories, the disappearance stuff occurs. The ntfs mount is done over nfs on localhost.. Whats funnier is the files are actually there even if unlisted, and if you can remember it's exact name you can use it with any application.(I know because, though my songs arent listed, they play fine on xmms which remembers what the files in the playlist were when you last quit.) If somebody wants to go into the details of this, you can let me know the debug info you require, and I can provide it. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] About CDE removing (In which Build?)
On 7/10/07, Alan Coopersmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from dtlogin to gdm, waiting for the new installer to remove the dependency of the current installer on dtwm dtterm, etc.). Are we talking Caiman here? :) regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Do we even need a reference OpenSolaris binary distro
On 6/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the goals of Indiana is also to be able to boot and install from a mini cd rom image, that pulls things from the network. I have been thinking that the best option would be to include templates in the installation procedure that could pull down different packages sets depending on what kind of distro you want. e.g - Indiana, minimum, Reference. Excellent model; who will host the packaging database? Or would you be able to build a subset? We really need the indiana-discuss list. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: BeleniX 0.6 Released
On 5/27/07, Al Hopper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 26 May 2007, ken mays wrote: I've been testing Belenix 0.6 for almost a week and I only a few things (right now) I'd like to see fixed: 1. Evince 0.4.0 - update to Evince 0.9.0 2. GIMP 2.2.10 - update to GIMP 2.3.16 3. KDE 3.5.1 - update to KDE 3.5.7 4. ksh93 features comparable to other ports The move to GIMP 2.3.16, KDE 3.5.7, and Evince 0.9.0 will be a MAJOR benefit to Belenix 0.6.1. The educational and scientific apps that come with KDE 3.5.7 will spearhead the UNIX desktop capabilities on Solaris. Reference: http://www.softpanorama.org/Articles/Linux_vs_Solaris/summing_up.shtml Thanks Ken for your time and constructive comments. Much appreciated. For anyone who has not tried Belenix ... 0.6 is *the* version to try. Its incredibly useful. Moinak - many congrats on your latest BeleniX release. You should be very proud of what you have achieved. BTW: the 0.6 iso has been an incredibly popular download on genunix.org. We were pushing 10Mb+/Sec for about 48 hours straight. And 99% of it was Belenix 0.6. I'll put up a download stats page at the end of this month. Expect to see big numbers Now to get the site better equipped to handle the 0.6.1 release... :-) Regards, Hi, Ho about providing a torrent to reduce the load on the genunix servers? Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] backspace key not working on Java environment
On 5/24/07, Anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All When I start Xwindows from my workstation and connect to my Solaris 10 boxes, and I choose the Sun Java Desktop (not the classic CDE), I can't use the backup space key in the terminal windows. It's terribly annoying and in fact, I have to run CDE from now on because of it. I've tried changing the profile on it to allow the CTRL+H to be mapped to the backspace key, but doesn't work. Any ideas out there? Thank you!! Anne ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Dualboot Solaris and slackware using grub
On 5/23/07, Boris Derzhavets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do I have to install grub (from linux) on the MBR, or can I still use the Solaris Grub that is installed on the MBR? As soon as you place linux GRUB into MBR your Solaris instance will be lost for ever. Reinstall slackware as was suggested (i.e follow first feedback) I'm not sure if that is correct. The solaris instance is not lost, only the MBR is. You can boot off a BeleniX liveCD and do an installgrub and restore the MBR. Then you have to find the exact kernal and initrd lines for slackware and paste then into the menu.lst of your solairs grub. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: BeleniX 0.6 Released
On 5/23/07, MC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curious: What is the motivation behind supporting both Xfce and KDE? For the user booting the DVD, is one recommended over the other? In terms of loading, KDE is present in the innermost sectors (near the center), so loads quicker (Come to think of it, XFCE may load fast too as i's smaller) Moinak: When are you planning to release the 0.6 LiveDVD? ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Open Solaris Distributions
On 5/16/07, Erast Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Humans are wired creatures, keep asking themself the same question over and over again... what's the meaning of life? :-) Easy. 42 :) ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Bittorrent client for Solaris
On 5/7/07, MC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could always ask BitTorrent about their plans for uTorrent ports. It's probably the best torrent client anywhere. A pretty simple app written in C or C++ I believe. With some cooperation it might see a Solaris port. IIRC, the author once mentioned that the code is tightly bound to win32 API. porting would be possible, but a lot would have to be changed. He had not ruled out a *nix port, but not really aking one either. Now that Bitorrent has bought it, perhaps they would make the effort. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] What is the proper forum to discuss alternate filesystems?
Hi Brian, Replies inline. On 4/24/07, Brian Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Understanding that ZFS is the world's most advanced filesystem, there are times when other filesystem types are needed. unsure - FAT16/FAT32 These are supported. - NTFS - ext3 The above are not supported by default.. but oyu can get packages from http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/binfiles/FSWfsmisc.tar.gz http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/binfiles/FSWpart.tar.gz - HFS+ - XFS - JFS Unsure. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: CD burning in Solaris
On 4/24/07, UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: brbr@all: Yes, I know that wrappers exist, and have used xcdroast previously. The last gcombust release was in 2003. Lets just say I like my GUIs pretty and intuitive. The graveman screenshots look promising. The point is there are no production quality ones, that could be included in SX by default. Surprising that JDS/Gnome havent come out with a k3b equivalent. For the purpose of this argument, let me agree with you. Now the key question is, what good does a *Linux* port of Nero do... for Solaris? I'm not specifically asking for a Solaris port of linux Nero. I'm asking for a well designed GUI for burning CD/DVDs.. if Nero *were* to be ported, it would be a great choice. I'm a Campus ambassador for SUN, and spread awareness about Solaris and other SUN technologies on campus. It is _essential_ that there are good replacements to everyday tools that students use on Windows. As a desktop, I'd give solaris a 6/10. There are replacement tools for most.. music playing, movie player, etc. However the burning department is sourly lacking. (I cant even multisession a CDRW using the nautilus in the vanilla install). Now linux has evolved a lot on the desktop, and as we all know, packaging is one of the few places where SX lacks. pkg-get/Blastwave is a make-do option for now, but something more concrete has to come. The point is it is easier for a potential Solaris user to get things working on a Linux box than on a Solaris. If we take steps to bridge this gap on the desktop, I can assure you lots more participation from the student community. Things like tools to play music (all codecs) , burn music/video discs, easy installation/maintaining of software, etc. Regards Anil PS : with regard to the doomsday like scenario you've outlined when all of today's engineers fade away.. well it is dramatic and all, but not really how I'd expect things to turn up. The command line tools will certainly remain, and will be used by those with who want the specific uses, but the use of these tools is to get work done, and if GUIs can do that, why not? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: CD burning in Solaris
On 4/23/07, UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nero is a child's plaything compared to cdrtools from Joerg Schilling, that BTW come built into Solaris: cdrecord -scanbus cdrecord -v -data -sao dev=c,t,l /var/tmp/MyImage.ISO where c,t,l are the numbers you'd get from `cdrecord -scanbus`, and that's it. It doesn't get any simpler than that. For burning files, one can use `mkisofs` and there are even advanced UDF image creation techniques involving the lofi(7D) driver and lofiadm(1M) command. Nero can't touch any of that stuff; it's cumbersome and dumbed down to the extreme. If we are talking ease of use, the Nero suite wins hands down. Avg Joe user wont have the time to build ISOs or look through the man pages for the right options and utilize the very powerful features that may be present in cdrecord. Calling Nero cumbersome and dumbed down is simply wrong. It is one of the easiest to learn burning tools, and if there were a Solaris version, I'd much rather use it over terminal cdrecord, or the nautilus CD/DVD burner(which currently makes up for the lack of a dedicated GUI). There is a need for GUI, and Nero can well fill the gap. ~Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: CD burning in Solaris
On 4/23/07, a b [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just wonder how useful a GUI is going to be when you're going over ttya. I find Nero nearly useless. It's a *consumer grade* toy for plants. Be that as it may, we will just have to agree to disagree. There is a need for GUI, and Nero can well fill the gap. Nero does not need to fill the gap, because there is no gap. This kind of an outlook does not help in driving Solaris. There _is_ a gap. Perhaps well-seasoned users wont require GUIs to get the work done, but newcomers find it very convenient (say if they want to burn an mp3 disc using files lying all over the filesystem). @all: Yes, I know that wrappers exist, and have used xcdroast previously. The last gcombust release was in 2003. Lets just say I like my GUIs pretty and intuitive. The graveman screenshots look promising. The point is there are no production quality ones, that could be included in SX by default. Surprising that JDS/Gnome havent come out with a k3b equivalent. Regards Anil You have Xcdroast which is a GUI front end for cdrtools (which I also find cumbersome and counter-intuitive, but it's no worse than Nero). If you don't like that, there's also `gcombust` GUI front end for cdrecord, and it strikes a pretty good balance between being useful enough and making `cdrecord` and `mkisofs` easy to use. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: How to get disk parameters?
On 4/19/07, UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to get various disk parameters including disk serial umbers (or disk IDs). How do I do that on thumper with OpenSoalris? Is there any equivalent command for hdparm on Solaris? `format`. And once you become an expert with Solaris disks, slices and VTOC, `format -e`. Does format also give out the HD serial no?? I doubt this.. or perhaps have not looked closely enough. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] How to initiate a distro ?
On 4/14/07, Eko Budhi Suprasetiawan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, i am new to Open Solaris, but have a demand to have my own OpenSolaris installer, which basically a simple design like this : Add a software (e.g Moodle learning management software) as pre-installed so that, if i distribute my distro, then somebody will have installed OpenSolaris plus that software Is there arcticle to do so ? My background for such initiative is using Knoppix. Is there a such simple ways with OpenSolaris already ? Hi Eko, If you can hack around with the scripts, you can add this to BeleniX, the opensolaris LiveCD. If your application isnt very big (under 1 mb).. you can easily add that to the miniroot of BeleniX, so the distributed version (On USB or CD) will contian your applications. The upcoming release of BeleniX would make addition of utilities much simpler.. but you'll have to wait for a couple of weeks. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] solaris 9 with xp
On 4/16/07, david [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I wan to installa a solaris 9 and a xp. I thint that I have to begin to install the xp and then de solaris 9, but ...how I must create the partitions? 2 primary? one NTFS and the other linux ex3 or swap? Thanks a lot and sorry for my english. Hi, You will need minimum of 2 partitions.. Solaris requires a primary partition for installation. Windows should be ntfs.. and solaris is installed on a ufs partition(You can leave one primary partition unformatted, the Solaris installer will take care of the formatting) Solaris will allow you to further partition (called slices) the primary partition that you've given to Solaris.. here you can layout your filesystem as well as swap. However, why are oyu planning on Solaris 9? You can try the latest Solaris 10.. or the bleeding edge Solaris Express or Developer editions. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Noob with a couple questions
Hi, Replies inline On 4/11/07, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, how is OpenSolaris different to Solaris? OpenSolaris is the core (kernal+networking+commands) .. Solaris is a distribution (opensolaris + Gnome+ applications) BeleniX looks like the ideal way for me to begin and with any luck they'll have the hard disk version out by the time I've spent enough time with the LiveCD. BeleniX can currently be installed on the hard disk (run 'hdinstaller'), although it is primarily a LiveCD. By the way what's 'Looking Glass'? Is it available on KDE or Xfce? Or can it run on any environment? Looking glass is a desktop env like GNOME/KDE/Xfce .. make sure you have LOTS of ram and a good supported graphics card before you try it out. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 10: The Complete Reference
On 4/7/07, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering how compatible this would be with somelike belenix or another distro built on Solaris. As far as the commands are concerned, and the underlying technologies like Zones, Dtrace, ZFS, etc.. it would be completely compatible. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Free S10 CDs?
The page and link was posted on slashdot. Enough said. Regards Anil On 2/23/07, James C. McPherson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Enright wrote: Hi all, Several weeks (months?) ago Sun had some sort of online deal where they would ship free S10 and Sun Studio 11 CDs out for free. A few weeks ago a friend of mine was complaining about not receiving them, and just now another friend of mine is mentioning not receiving them. Is there any known reason for this? From my second friend's confirmation email: - We have received your request for a free Solaris 10 and Sun Studio 11 DVD Media kit. Assuming that the mailing address you've provided is valid and resides in a country in which it is legal for Sun to ship media, you should expect for your kit to arrive within 10 business days. - His shipping address was in the same email, and is in the USA and correct. This order was placed, roughly, in mid-January. I'm all for this sort of marketing to help garner interest in OpenSolaris. One of the aforementioned friends was reluctant to spend his time downloading SXCR (which I pushed) but this got him going. His not having it by now has all but killed his interest. Whats going on? Sadly, the second friend was also involved with Windows Vista, which also promised to send him CDs. They were late due to supply reasons, but they did at least email him every few weeks to tell him so. I have several friends who are in the same position wrt Solaris 10 media. One of them ordered well before Christmas, too. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer Sun Microsystems ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Getting rid of CD images for future SX:CE deliveries
On 2/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are the engineering benefits got out of abandoning CD-ROMS greater than the loss of a few (?) developers, students and users ? This is something we need to discuss; and what alternatives there might be. Driving upward the installer footprint, requiring live upgrade and other current plans run, I think, contrary to the goal of increasing the developer base. Question we can ask ourselves as community are: - Can OpenSolaris distributions fill the low-end void? - Would a single CD installer image which can point to an (Internet) based server fill the need of the DVD have-nots? To this I can hold up the example of Ubuntu. The installer is minimalistic, fits in a cd and get packages from repos. A similar strategy currently would be having a minimal installer (OS/gnome) on a 1 CD install and other packages from a blastwave like repository. The repository itself can be put up as a local network server and all the PCs can leech from it. This scenario works if you can get hold of 1 pc with a DVD rom.. (or allow for d/l of repository in many CDs). I'm planning on using this technique in college. Regards Anil SUN Campus Ambassador, JSSATE ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] 2007 Prediction : OpenSolaris community will be widely recognised as larger and more active than the Linux community
From : http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=763 Cheers Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Syncmaster 793s monitor xorg.conf
Hi list, Does anybody here have a syncmaster 793s monitor, and are you able to get something more than 1024x768? If yes, could you mail me your /etc/X11/xorg.conf .. I'm trying to figure out why the higher resolution isn't recognized. Regards Anil ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
