I'm pleased to announce that OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2 is now available for your download pleasure -
http://dlc.sun.com/osol/indiana/downloads/current/in-preview2.iso This is an x86-based LiveCD install image, containing some new and emerging OpenSolaris technologies and should be considered a developer preview only. Among the spiffy features contained in this release are o Based on Nevada build 79b o pkg(1) improvements, including progress reporting, verification support and incremental catalog update o ksh93 is the default *system* shell (bash remains the default user shell) o Introduction of /usr/has/bin (experimental!), with /usr/bin/vi now linking to vim by default o Addition of several new packages on http://pkg.opensolaris.org, including OpenOffice v2.3.1 o JRE included by default on the LiveCD o The following set of drivers have been included in the LiveCD NVIDIA Graphics System Software (nvidia) ADMtek Ethernet Driver (afe) AMD8111 Fast Ethernet Driver (amd8111s) Davicom 9102 Fast Ethernet Driver (dmfe) Macronix Fast Ethernet Driver (mxfe) Nvidia ck804 pro / mcp55 pro combo SATA driver (nvsata) Sun NIU leaf driver (nxge) Ralink RT2500 802.11b/g Wireless Driver (ralink) realtek 8180L 802.11b driver (rtw) USB Keyspan serial driver (usbsksp) o Many bug fixes! For a complete (unchecked) list, see http://tinyurl.com/2a4pzw For more details about the system requirements along with some basic user documentation, see - http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/getit/ and the release notes http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/rn2/ This preview would not be possible without the hard work of the people who have contributed to its success, including the Caiman, IPS, Modernization, Desktop, FOX and project management teams, along with the many people who have provided feedback on their experiences with the first developer preview. Thank you all! Report Bugs =========== We are very interested in hearing feedback about your experiences with this release. In particular, if you have issues installing on your hardware we would love to know. If you would like to provide feedback, see our bug reporting page for details on how to do that - http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/reporting_bugs/ About Project Indiana ===================== Project Indiana is working towards creating a binary distribution of an operating system built out of the OpenSolaris source code. The distribution is a point of integration for several current projects on OpenSolaris.org, including those to make the installation experience easier, to modernize the look and feel of OpenSolaris on the desktop, and to introduce a network-based package management system into Solaris. http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/ Glynn
