Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Font rendering

2016-11-08 Thread Dmitry Kozhinov
If anybody interested, I have found that in FreeType (including the latest v2.7), sub-pixel font smoothing is turned off by default - due to possible patent issues - see https://www.freetype.org/patents.html - scroll down to the last section of this page, and see: "... By default, FreeType's

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Not proposing a flame war ...What are the pros in favor of hipster

2016-11-08 Thread Alexander Pyhalov
On 11/ 9/16 03:04 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: I am so far from knowledgable about the differences between the various Solaris branches is the only reason for asking this question. I'd like to hear a bit about the pro's of hipster as compared to Solaris 11.3. Maybe a few pointer showing where the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Not proposing a flame war ...What are the pros in favor of hipster

2016-11-08 Thread Dmitry Kozhinov
I am so far from knowledgable about the differences between the various Solaris branches is the only reason for asking this question. I'd like to hear a bit about the pro's of hipster as compared to Solaris 11.3. Maybe a few pointer showing where the real differences are and what they mean.

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Not proposing a flame war ...What are the pros in favor of hipster

2016-11-08 Thread Harry Putnam
I am so far from knowledgable about the differences between the various Solaris branches is the only reason for asking this question. I'd like to hear a bit about the pro's of hipster as compared to Solaris 11.3. Maybe a few pointer showing where the real differences are and what they mean.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] to update oi to hipster or install hipster ...

2016-11-08 Thread Harry Putnam
"Hetrick, Joseph P" writes: > Hi, > > I would be very aware of the issues with zfs send/recv I have posted > here and to illumos discuss before performing either activity. If you > have an OI 151aN series install I would be cautious thinking you can > zfs

[OpenIndiana-discuss] migrating from grub to loader on 2016.10

2016-11-08 Thread Tim Mooney
All- One of the things that didn't happen when I updated my hipster install to 2016.10 is that my machine didn't get converted from grub to loader. Presumably, it's because of the last section here: https://www.openindiana.org/2016/09/28/loader-integration/ I have mirrored ZFS root,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] to update oi to hipster or install hipster ...

2016-11-08 Thread Hetrick, Joseph P
Hi, I would be very aware of the issues with zfs send/recv I have posted here and to illumos discuss before performing either activity. If you have an OI 151aN series install I would be cautious thinking you can zfs send/receive data between them. We have found that newer hipster/Omni

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Sun Ray server, OS and VDI patches were released by Oracle last week.

2016-11-08 Thread Hans J Albertsson
I'm also planning to do this on Hipster. Please lete know when you're starting that trial. I'm a bit unsure about what must be hacked in SRSS to make it work in Hipster. Hans J. Albertsson >From my Nexus 5 Den 8 nov. 2016 00:22 skrev "Ivar Janmaat" : > No, I favor the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] to update oi to hipster or install hipster ...

2016-11-08 Thread Adam Števko
Hi guys, I can conclude that updating from OI /dev was tested in july/august and it worked. HOWEVER, those systems had these specifics: - no zones installed. /dev ipkg vs /hipster ipkg are completely different types, so upgrading if you have zones is _DANGEROUS_. - were mostly only base