Re: [osol-discuss] Two noob questions (kernel/filesystem)
I even once read that if a situation occurs where Linux is faster than Solaris, Solaris engineers treat that as a bug in Solaris and assign it high priority to fix. Guess you are talking about this: http://blogs.sun.com/pgdh/entry/if_linux_is_faster_it Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] List of OpenSolaris variant ... Re: Menhir a distro for OpenSolaris plus Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD
Do you MEAN that OpenSolaris distro only thats short list ? Yes - those are the known distributions. Not so bad for a 2-year old project, IMO. I guess you are comparing the number of distributions to what's available on Linux. But the explosion of distros is a reasonably new phenomenon even there. When Distrowatch was launched in 2001, it listed only 10 Linux distributions that had global reach. On a lighter note: Number of Linux Distributions Surpasses Number of Users http://bbspot.com/News/2000/4/linux_distros.html Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Announcing the belenix-discuss mailing list
Please can we have a web-based interface under opensolaris.org? Google groups is blocked at my work :-( That's unfortunate! Am not sure exactly what the plans are for a Jive-replacement. The website-discuss forum should be the place to discuss this. For now, the mailman archives are available here: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/belenix-discuss/ It offers threaded views and is actually reasonably functional. Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Announcing the belenix-discuss mailing list
But I have a question: Why is the ML not listet in the OpenSolaris forums page? http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/index.jspa?categoryID=1 The Jive gateway is slated to be removed. It will probably be replaced by something similar eventually. Most of the new mailing don't have Jive forums anymore, as far as I know. That is one reason why I set up the remote Google group for belenix-discuss. Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Announcing the belenix-discuss mailing list
The belenix-discuss mailing list is now open and accepting subscriptions! The BeleniX project needs no introductions. Most of the discussions regarding this project have, until now, been happening on the mailing list of the Bangalore OpenSolaris User Group. Moving them to a separate list will make them more transparent and easier to participate in. Instructions on how to subscribe to the list or access the archives can be found here: http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/belenix-discuss For people who prefer an easier to use interface for the archives, there is a remote Google group hosted here: http://groups.google.com/group/belenix-discuss Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] BeleniX meets Indiana (Was: About Project Indiana)
I realize the Indiana Project is in the early requirements stage, nevertheless I think it would be _very_ useful to note the alignment between where the Indiana project appears to be headed and the design goals of the BeleniX OpenSolaris developer community. Why should a project like Indiana support a Sun internal project? Please explain. That seems like a very inaccurate label. Well, Belenix is a project run by a Sun employee. Do you believe it is not a Sun project? Actually, no - it is not. I have been part of the initial discussions when the project was being conceived, and so has Eric. We could vouch for the fact that it was never a *Sun* project. Even now, Moinak and the rest of the BeleniX team work on this in their spare time. Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Paying Open Source Developers
There was one bit of news from CommunityOne (i.e. the JavaOne pre-show) that I thought might have interesting consequences for the OpenSolaris community. That was the proposal to pay open source developers for their work. That doesn't seem like a bad idea and I am wondering how such a thing would affect the community here. This might be a good idea, but previous experiments in the Linux community have not been universally successful. Disgruntled Debian developers delay Etch: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3128387759.html The bounty system, on the other hand, has a track record of working much better than hand-picked developers getting paid for their work. Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] joining Sun
The ONLY Linux distribution where you can do a live upgrade is Debian. You missed Gentoo! Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: [ug-bosug] Getting Opensolaris build notification
Looks like I'm a little out of date! The changelogs are now over here: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/ Venky. On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 07:54:55PM +0530, Venky wrote: Don't know of an email notification setup, but you could have a look at the ON community page for details of the builds and changelogs: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/onnv_putback_logs/ Venky. On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 07:33:16PM +0530, Atul Vidwansa wrote: HI, How can I get an email notification about new opensolaris build being available? Also I would like to get a ChangeLog notification for build/putbacks as well. Regards, -Atul ___ ug-bosug mailing list List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Re: [ug-bosug] Getting Opensolaris build notification
Don't know of an email notification setup, but you could have a look at the ON community page for details of the builds and changelogs: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/onnv_putback_logs/ Venky. On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 07:33:16PM +0530, Atul Vidwansa wrote: HI, How can I get an email notification about new opensolaris build being available? Also I would like to get a ChangeLog notification for build/putbacks as well. Regards, -Atul ___ ug-bosug mailing list List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris for Sony Playstation 3
That was fast! :) +1 Venky. On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 06:09:24AM -0800, ken mays wrote: OpenSolaris for Sony Playstation 3 This makes for an interesting OpenSolaris project for several reasons: 1. Stable hardware platform 2. Simplied device driver support 3. Modern features (Blu-Ray, Cell processor, Nvidia GPU, HDMI/HDTV, Bluetooth, 20GB HD, Networking) 4. Global distribution 5. Very Large developer community 6. Large financial backing An OpenSolaris project built around Sony Playstation 3 allows use of the advanced sound and powerful graphics capabilties - and well as a portable multi-purpose platform. Something to think about, Ken Mays Earthlink, Inc. Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $310k for $999/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal: Country/Language Portals for opensolaris.org
can we do this as a wiki? that should lower the entry barrier for contributors A huge +1 to that! :) Sorry, I don't have wiki to offer. But I hope you get involved anyway. Having the site in multiple language could change the dynamic of the community significantly as we engage more people. Sure. The wiki was a long shot anyway! :) Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal: Country/Language Portals for opensolaris.org
+1 can we do this as a wiki? that should lower the entry barrier for contributors A huge +1 to that! :) Venky. On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 10:43:37AM -0300, Ignacio Marambio Cat?n wrote: On 10/30/06, Jim Grisanzio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Project Proposal: Country/Language Portals for opensolaris.org I propose a project on opensolaris.org for the creation of country/language portals for the website. Having opensolaris.org talk in a variety of languages is critical for engaging developers in non English-speaking regions of the world. I will help lead the effort initially, but I'm very much seeking additional leaders who have more expertise than I have. Which shouldn't be difficult, actually. We've been having some initial conversations for a couple of weeks internally and on the Internationalization Localization Community discuss list: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=15327tstart=0 In short, the OpenSolaris website team will provide infrastructure access to top level domains (jp.opensolaris.org, cn.opensolaris.org, etc) for the purpose of translating the site, and the Country/Language Portal Project will create and manage the process of who translates and maintains the site via the various portals. There is already significant interest from Japan, Korea, and India, so if you'd like to get involved please stay tuned for our project opening. For more background, see the thread above. The conversation there is ongoing, and your participation is most welcome. I'm seeking seconds for the proposal, community participation in the project, and an endorsement from the leaders of the Internationalization Localization Community. I'd like to tie the project as closely to that community as possible and use their lists as well. This only makes sense since the community members on those lists have the most expertise and interest in this area. So, for now, all we need is a project space. We'll have conversations on i18n-discuss to get going, and when individual portals are ready they can split off into existing lists within that community. If we have to create new lists, we can certainly do so when the need arises. That's it. Jim -- +1 can we do this as a wiki? that should lower the entry barrier for contributors nacho ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Mercurial HOWTO
There seem to be a lot of Mercurial guides floating around recently. Figured I'd create a page for this in the OpenSolaris wiki and have people contribute: http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Mercurial The information here is culled from different sources - the OpenSolaris SCM page[1], Martin Englund's blog[2] as well as the Mercurial wiki[3] at selenic.com. Please feel free to contribute. Cheers, Venky. References: [1] http://opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/scm/ [2] http://blogs.sun.com/martin/entry/mercurial_for_teamware_users [3] http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Re: [osol-mktg] Re: [website-discuss] Home page graphic redesign proposal
Or, a tagcloud. That would be visually appealing, educational, community driven. Okay, okay! +1 for the tagcloud! :) Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Interesting blog entry on Solaris 10
I had this blog forwarded to me: http://nb.inode.co.nz/articles/Solaris10_Evaluation.html Hidden among the rants are some interesting points about Solaris 10. Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: BeleniX 0.4.2 Released
I am also attaching a screenshot showing how KWord is behaviing strangely, ie, fonts are shown with a red-colored vertical bar at the beginning position of each character. (OOps, for some reason I am not allowed to attach a file.) Assuming that the screenshot is not too large, you could upload it to the BeleniX discussion page here: http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:Belenix (Free) Registration required! :) Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Image uploading on the genunix wiki
Would it be possible to allow image uploading on the genunix wiki? Enabling image uploads is normally just a simple matter of setting the wgDisableUploads variable to false in the mediawiki LocalSettings.php file and making sure that the images directory is writable by the webserver. Thanks, Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Should I install OpenSolaris?
Have added this to the FAQ at the opensolaris wiki: http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OpenSolaris_FAQ Venky. On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 04:22:22PM +, John Levon wrote: This FAQ comes up roughly six squillion times a day. Could the FAQ link to stevel's blog entry: http://www.whacked.net/2005/06/21/confused-so-was-i/ Which makes things a lot clearer to people. Currently the General FAQ doesn't even mention Solaris Express! john ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] NetBSD's pkgsrc on Solaris
Neat! Why don't you add the article to the OpenSolaris wiki? http://www.genunix.org/wiki Venky. On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 11:55:37PM -0800, Roman wrote: Hi, if anybody is using NetBSD's pkgsrc framework for building third party software from source, then you might want to have a look at my guide on how to get started with pkgsrc on Solaris: http://www.netctl.net/pkgsrc_solaris.html There is a link, where you can download my scripts and config files in order to setup a chroot jail and start building packages. Cheers. 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] CDE Vs JDS
Oh great. One button that says XTerm (77) and a vertical list that I need to go to the top of and scroll. 77 XTerms?! How do you manage without screen? http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/screen Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] CDE Vs JDS
The problem I have with screen - and tabs in gnome-terminal - is that I often end up needing to view windows simultaneously side-by-side. It would be nice (RFE time...) if gnome-terminal allowed you to promote a tab to a separate window. Then I could start out with tabs and only make a window later if I needed to. You could do this with screen. You can attach the same screen session to multiple windows using the screen -x (multi-display) mode and then switch to the screen you want in each display. Another problem here is finding the right terminal. If I have multiple sessions in a single window, how can I easily find which window they're in? Yeah.. that's always a little painful. You can name screen sessions using screen -S, so I normally tend to group related windows into the same session and name the session (and the xterm window) appropriately. Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Time to start consolidating? (Was: genunix wiki online)
Have started migrating the content from wikicities to the genunix wiki. Anybody who's interested in helping out, please pitch right in. You just need to edit the page in the wikicities wiki, copy the content and paste it into a page in the genunix wiki! As low tech as it gets! :) Venky. On Yesterday, Eric wrote: Venky wrote: Okay, now we have two OpenSolaris wikis! http://opensolaris.wikicities.com Time to start consolidating? +1 (In fact I can't think of a single reason not to.) Eric Venky. On Friday, Al wrote: Thanks to the hard work of our own Ben Rockwood, the wiki for OpenSolaris related activity is available at: www.genunix.org/wiki/ One of the items slated for development on the wiki is the OpenSolaris Governance document now known as the OpenSolaris Constitution. Leading this effort will be the CAB/OGB along with our special appointees: Ben Rockwood and Keith Wesolowski. Now jump in and participate :) Happy Friday! Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris.Org Community Advisory Board (CAB) Member - Apr 2005 ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] genunix wiki online
Okay, now we have two OpenSolaris wikis! http://opensolaris.wikicities.com Time to start consolidating? Venky. On Friday, Al wrote: Thanks to the hard work of our own Ben Rockwood, the wiki for OpenSolaris related activity is available at: www.genunix.org/wiki/ One of the items slated for development on the wiki is the OpenSolaris Governance document now known as the OpenSolaris Constitution. Leading this effort will be the CAB/OGB along with our special appointees: Ben Rockwood and Keith Wesolowski. Now jump in and participate :) Happy Friday! Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris.Org Community Advisory Board (CAB) Member - Apr 2005 ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal: OpenSolaris Articles Project
That's really neat! We could develop all kinds of community-wide content, including feature articles, community profiles, technical articles, commentaries, and QAs. Over time, the project could expand the Articles page to include more multi-media content such as artwork, podcasts, screencasts, and videos. I suppose we'd need a list. How about [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes as well as an index to the content. May I suggest a format that is dirt simple to begin with and then migrate to some sort of content management system? I totally agree. How about a simple Mediawiki installation with global edit privileges? Something like this: http://opensolaris.wikicities.com/ This proposed Articles Project would develop the necessary processes for article generation and solicit contributors. We'd have to decide what content is needed, who'd write/edit/produce that content, how it would be reviewed for accuracy, in what form it would be published, and where it would be published. I'd think the best way would be to throw it open to everybody without trying to setup a complex process on who'd be allowed to write or edit the content. Wikipedia works on that principle and it seems to work just fine. I think that the first thing to get onto the site, somewhere, is really simple HOWTO type docs for new users and new people in general. +1 Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Wiki
Sounds like the right time to introduce the OpenSolaris wiki! :) There is a brand new wikicity for OpenSolaris over here: http://opensolaris.wikicities.com/ I figure this would be a good place for members of the community to collaborate, contribute articles, etc... at least until we have an official wiki at opensolaris.org. Please feel free to participate. Regards, Venky. On 11:18 AM, Bill wrote: Are we at the point yet where members of the community can submit articles to the OpenSolaris site? Awhile back I built a VMware image that would give people a head start on OpenSolaris. Legally I can't distribute it and I am still trying to convince some people at Sun to distribute it. I thought in the meantime I could put a short article together to give someone a head start with OpenSolaris on VMware. Bill Rushmore rushmores.net ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Second Bangalore OpenSolaris User Group Meeting
Hi, The second BOSUG meeting will be held this Friday, This time, we'll have presentations on DTrace and Zones. Details: When: Friday, November 25, 2005, 6:30pm - 8pm Where: Himalay Conference Room (Ground Floor) Sun Microsystems, Divyashree Chambers, Off Langford Road, (Near Richmond Circle) Bangalore - 25 Agenda: * Pramod Batni - DTrace - Dynamic Tracing framework in OpenSolaris * Sriram Popuri - Zones - A virtualized OS environment in OpenSolaris If you haven't already, you can subscribe to the group's mailing list by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/bosug/ For non-Sun attendees, please send me a note with your first name, last name and company name so that we can have your visitor badge ready by the time you show up. Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: SchilliX-0.2 ready, but SchilliX (the project) needs help
The biggest compatibility problem of OpenSolaris (compared to Sun Solaris) is the fact that libm is not part of OpenSolaris. I agree. And now, there are (at least) two separate attempts to develop a replacement: one by you and one by Moinak for BeleniX. Do you think it makes sense to start a project for this and pool efforts? We could host the development repository on sourceforge. It'd have potential to become the de-facto libm for any OpenSolaris distribution and cut down some of the potential incompatibilities we'll eventually have to grapple with. Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: SchilliX-0.2 ready, but SchilliX (the project) needs help
Source is targeted for January, and in the interim, we hope to get binaries posted this week or next. Great! Now that's one less issue to fight about! :) Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Bangalore OpenSolaris User Group
Hi, We have just launched an OpenSolaris User Group in Bangalore, India. If you are interested in joining the group, please subscribe to the Google Group here: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/bosug/ Venky. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
