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OpenSolaris Indiana Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the strangers-tempting-you-with-candy dept.

Lally Singh writes "The Linux-friendly OpenSolaris Indiana has been released! A new, modern package manager and all the goodies of Solaris: ZFS, DTrace, SMF, and Xen on a LiveCD that was designed for Linux users. 'Why use the OpenSolaris OS you ask? It's pretty simple, you'll find it full of unique features like the new Image Packaging System (IPS), ZFS as the default filesystem, DTrace enabled packages for extreme observability and performance tuning, and many many more. We think you'll be quite happy to came by to take a look!'"

3 of 359 comments (clear)

  1. Hey! It's Debian! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without all that free crap.

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  2. But will it ship with.... by greenguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a hat and bullwhip?

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  3. Re:Still not sold by zsau · · Score: 4, Funny

    You misuse the semicolon. A semicolon is not used in the same contexts as a colon. Instead, it is used to join two sentences (which would otherwise be complete), or to separate items in a list when the use of a comma would be ambiguous. Therefore:

    "John was ready already; Anna made him wait."

    "They offered lasagne; hamburgers, chips and salad; tacos, enchilladas and burritos; or fried frogs legs."

    In no circumstance can you write "As a proud LDD touting, LWN gazing, MSc wielding geek; the Solaris kernel is a heck of a lot better coded..." without looking like a semiliterate try-hard. In general, the best advice for using a semicolon is "don't, unless you know you're sure".

    As a self-confessed geek, you should know the importance of correct punctuation. It's not just helpful to compilers.

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