>"You can use either Solaris 10 update 5 (S10U5) or Solaris Express >(Nevada build 70b or 83 -- these two versions run on our build machine >and on at least one developer's desktop). Other versions of the >operating system might work, but there are no guarantees and probably >not much sympathy either; OpenSolaris 2008.5 is downright broken as a >development platform".
OpenSolaris 2008.05 fits the need of most Solaris developers and students. The issue is that the current ISVs have not moved forward with the reference model and have spun of their own versions. Nothing wrong with that, depending on the vantage point, as you can get Belenix with KDE/KOffice. Three main points are in having Office suites, compilers, or multimedia apps on Live CD/DVD distros. OpenSolaris 2008.05 was initially a reference Live CD x86 distro. ISVs build from the 'reference standard' to make fancier distribution versions. What people may expect is a OpenSolaris 2008.11 (Live/Install) DVD distribution which contains a recent snapshot of the IPS packages. That is the 'everything + the kitchen sink' edition most people are looking for. Then, you have the SPARC edition of OpenSolaris 2008.11 to look forward too. Many students in India have worked with OpenSolaris 2008.05 for development and basic student needs. Some of us pushed GNOME 2.22.2 and OpenGL 2.1 graphics support. You can look at it more as to bring a 'solid' desktop environment will provided compilers,multimedia, and office suites as the 'value add' components. People can make a 'Ubuntu' clone if they want to.... So anyhow, I'd like to see an updated Live CD snapshot for Aug 2008 of OpenSolaris 2008.x with the newer GNOME 2.22.x release and latest ON build 93/94. Blastwave.org/Sunfreeware.com can fill in other areas as well as Sun's IPS and other IPS providers... ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
