For closest match to what you have, OpenIndiana. But if you can sacrifice the desktop and just need server bits without a gui I would recommend OmniOS as it is maintained a bit more with commercial backing.
SmartOS is compelling but probably will require you to change quite a bit. It is quite different from traditional Solaris in administrative approach. You're probably going to have to reinstall whatever you choose. We haven't really done a good job keeping upgrade from OpenSolaris maintained. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Rich Teer via illumos-discuss > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Season's Greetings! > > I have an Ultra 20 M2 that I'm using as a home server, and it is > running an ancient build of (pre Oracle) Open Solaris: build 130 > of Nevada! I'm hoping to find some time in the next week or two > to upgrade to somehting less ancient. ZFS is a must, Dtrace and > Zones are very desirable. > > With that in mind, what $0 distro would be best for light server > uses? I'm even open to using Linux if ZFS on Linux is stable > enough (and I surprise even myself by writing those words; my how > times have changed!)... > > Any advice greatfully received! > > Merry Xmas, > > -- > Rich Teer, Publisher > Vinylphile Magazine > . * * . * .* . > . * . .* > * . . /\ ( . . * > . . / .\ . * . > .*. / * \ . . > . /* o \ . > * '''||''' . > www.vinylphilemag.com ****************** > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/22003744-9012f59c > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
