Deirdre did a rocking job at recording the intros at the summit. I totally recommend anyone who couldn’t attend the summit to check them out and match faces with names. Thanks Deirdre!
As Stephen posted, we have OpenSolaris 2008.05 mirrors available, along with a torrent. If you’re experiencing problems trying to get the image from dlc.sun.com (and a number of people are – apologies, we’re trying to fix as soon as possible), try one of the other mirrors instead.
OpenSolaris 2008.05 is here, and with the focus on simplicity, this blog post really shouldn’t go much further than 3 simple words –
To those that contributed, thank you! You rock my world, and I’m incredibly thankful for having the opportunity of working with you.
OpenSolaris 2008.05 is the first official release in a new binary distribution based on the OpenSolaris operating system. The single Live CD install image allows you to boot up to a desktop environment in seconds, and enjoy it before needing installing it onto a system. The introduction of a new package management system, IPS, allows users to install additional packages from network-based software repositories. The benefits of ZFS as the default root file-sysem provide the best environment to snapshot and rollback your system at any stage, with a best-of-both-worlds inclusion of the GNU utilities like bash(1). In many ways, hell has frozen over, and we’ve fundamentally changed how software is delivered to our users. For the better.
As Stephen mentioned there’s many more ways to get the install image, with both the Live CD and package repository being freely re-distributable, allowing those in network restricted countries to mirror locally and share.
To top if off, we even pulled off a new website, for those consuming our technology rather than producing it. It seemed the right fit at the time, rather than trying to shoe horn a significant area of growth for us into a set of heavily technical discussions.
Free CDs are also available – normally we ship one per person, but if you intend on organizing an event and you want more, let us know. Share the bubble love. Hubba Bubba.
