Just a small update: After updating the Compaq Presario S5000V test machine to 512MB of RAM, this instantly fixed my loading problems with the latest Nexenta OS with zero major issues. The entire OS loaded from start to 'finish' within 10-15 minutes.
A quick note on things I've noticed: GNOME 'about' reports version 2.12.0, distributor: GNU_Solaris, and a build date of 09/20/05. Yet, the release notes mention GNOME 2.12.1 is included. Several major GNOME desktop apps are still at 2.12.0 and only a few are at 2.12.1. So, a quick review of GNOME apps reveal: Gedit 2.12.0 File-roller 2.12.0 Evolution 2.3.7 Eog 2.12.1 GGV 2.12.0 Totem 1.2.0 Dict 2.12.0 Nautilus 2.12.0 gcalctool 5.6.31 Firefox 1.0.6 gnome-games 2.12.0 gstreamer 0.8.11 gucharmap 1.4.4 This can all be done with the simple: 'dpkg -l |more' or visual confirmation. I was a bit suprised that the bug reporting tool brought up Firefox instead of the reporting tool. This might have needed a last minute tweak. Now that the Nexenta OS loaded well on a 512MB RAM configuration, I can say that Nexenta is an excellent OpenSolaris distro with the GNOME 2.12.x based desktop environment. The whole system is very fast for each application loading from the CD and working from command line (i.e. terminal mode) is a breeze. The Compaq Presario S5000V seems to have no video problems with the basic setup. I did notice I didn't have sound working on the default setup in which I'll review later. A few things like Mesa-DRI (better hardware OpenGL accelerated drivers), includion of the Nvidia Solaris video driver, better sound device driver support, and a full refresh of GNOME 2.12.1/.2 as a default desktop will make this a stellar OpenSolaris distribution for professional game development, educational, and corporate environments. ~Ken Mays --- Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good review. Thanks ken! > > One little thing, Nexenta Alpha 1 comes with > non-debug kernel which > makes Nexenta perfect platform for performance > investigations. > > Erast > > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 09:06 -0800, ken mays wrote: > > ref: > http://www.gnusolaris.org/gswiki/Getting_Started > > > > > > Nexenta OS (elatte) Alpha 1 released > > > > I just spent a day reviewing a few trial loads of > the > > latest release of Nexenta OS (elatte) Alpha 1 > LIVE-CD. > > > > Oddly, it has taken up to an hour for the LIVE CD > to > > get most of the desktop loaded on my two test > machines > > (Compaq Presario S5000V and a custom Intel P4 > 2.5GHZ, > > 256MB RAM). I noticed that Nexenta doesn't provide > the > > MGA_HAL driver for Matrox video card users. > > > > Now, the Knoppix 4.0.2 and older Gnoppix Live CD > > worked fine on both of my test machines and > several > > older distros of Knoppix and other LIVE CDs/DVDs. > > Maybe some clues to 'streamline' Nexenta loading > of > > the GNOME desktop, necessary apps, and better > RAMDISK > > usage may help Nexenta on systems with less than > 512 > > MB of RAM. > > > > The nice point about this release of Nexenta is > the > > improvements to X and the additional network > drivers. > > Also, over 90 bug fixes and several other issues > were > > resolved. > > > > As far as languages and the sessions, I was only > able > > to pick POSIX-C English and various GNOME sessions > > from the GDM. > > > > One of the best features is that you can load up > > Nexenta in Single user CLI mode and begin doing > > programming work immediately. This may be > something > > worth reviewing for educational Unix programming > and > > beginner classes. > > > > I'll try to review more of the Nexenta OS system > > inthe upcoming days as I upgrade the RAM in my > test > > systems. > > > > > > ~Ken Mays > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in > one click. > > http://farechase.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
