Thursday, October 19, 2006

NexentaOS GNU/OpenSolaris

From the official homepage:

NexentaOS is a complete GNU-based open source operating system built on top of the OpenSolaris kernel and runtime. It is a result of our inspiration and desire to build a great system based on the best existing software: SunOS kernel and GNU software. We use Debian/Ubuntu - one of the best existing software distribution/packaging mechanisms - to glue the numerous pieces together.

NexentaOS is completely open source and free of any charge. It contains Apache, MySQL, Perl/Python/PHP, Firefox, Evolution, software update manager, Synaptic package manager, Gaim Instant Messenger, abiword, administration & development utilities, editors, graphics, GNOME, interpreters, libraries and many others. All of this is running on the state-of-the-art SunOS kernel.
For more info you can check out distrowatch.

I'm very interested in this OS. Very strong combo. I'll wait, though, for at least Beta release to install it on my greatest super-computer. Or a LiveCD of the latest Alpha 6 version. Also, pre-installed VMware image sounds nice.... No, no, no! LiveCD will be, nothing else.

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