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OpenSolaris Code Released
njcoder writes "C|net's news.com.com has reported that Sun Microsystems is releasing parts of the OpenSolaris code today licensed under the OSI-approved CDDL . The release consistes of over 5 million lines of code for the base system OS/Net (kernel and networking). OpenSolaris is based on Solaris 10, the current version of Sun's Unix Operating System. Back in January, Sun released the code for DTrace, a dynamic tracing tool for analyzing and debugging kernel and userland events. DTrace is one of the big features in Solaris 10. Some other highlights include the GRUB bootloader, SMF (Service Management Facility) which replaces init.d scripts, it starts up processes in parallel for faster boots (7 second boot on a dual opteron workstation I think that was the setup) as well as providing features for automatically restarting. OpenSolaris provides support for x86/x86-64 processors as well as Sparc. The Blastware guys are working on Polaris which is an OpenSolaris port to PowerPC. Sun has been working on opening Solaris for over a year now. The OpenSolaris project started with a pilot group of Sun and non-Sun users. During the pilot program a lot of info including screenshots could be found on various OpenSolaris member blogs. (My favorite is Ben Rockwood's blog). Teamware is the source code management system Sun uses for Solaris and OpenSolaris. Which was designed by Larry McVoy (now of BitKeeper) while he was at sun. No word yet on if Teamware will be available for OpenSolaris developers or not. Sun also uses CollabNet for it's Open Source project websites so that might be a possibility as well."
Well, does it?
Solaris doesn't stand a chance against *BSD or Linux... their logo sucks! Come on... seriously... what's more cuter than a Penguin or a Daemon?
Sometimes the best solution is to stop wasting time looking for an easy solution.
windows automaticay restarts for me all the time. I get a quick flash of blue and then bam! restart.
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You can search the source code online. I did a search for fuck, shit and a couple of other words. Within 5,000,000 lines of code no hits for fuck and only 1 for shit. I think I understand why it took them so long to get the code ready :)
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"Teamware is the source code management system Sun uses for Solaris and OpenSolaris. Which was designed by Larry McVoy (now of BitKeeper) while he was at sun. No word yet on if Teamware will be available for OpenSolaris developers or not."
Remember folks. You hate Larry.
Perfect. An open source OS backed by a well known name. The perfect stepping stone to get hesitant PHBs to accept an open source OS without a big company behind it into their shops.
Spokeman from SCO annonced today that they are currently closely examining Solaris source code for any "infringing" SCO's Linux code.
When asked about the legitmacy of the action, however- "This IS the property of SCO, that's final...no we don't have proof for that, but we are working on that."
I agree. I think this is pretty good proof of Sun's good intentions. Hopefully Groklaw's PJ can stop with the Sun conspiracy theories now.
Will.
Proper CD recording support because the makers understand the need for backwards compatibility, and don't go around breaking APIs just because they feel like it.
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Are there parallel boot scripts made for other distro's? Fedora or Red Hat or Slackware etc...
I don't know.
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what are the main advantages it has over Linux, BSD and Windows?
Well Solaris is +3 vs. undead, while Linux, BSD and Windows are: +1 icy blast, +2 flaming and -4 cursed respectively.
> specifically, I wanted to know if the GNU folks had to have GNU in the license name. You can guess what the response was...
Flames like "the G stands for General" followed by colorful aspersions on your intelligence?
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I feel so sig.
Now for the bad news. Sun has taken the tack of encouraging users to build their own system.
Countdown to Debian GNU/Solaris in T minus 10... 9...
- Kevin B. McCarty