[oi-dev] State of development
Presently my commercial websites and mail servers run on OpenBSD, but I am in the process of moving them to either OpenIndiana, FreeBSD, or NetBSD. I have more than a decade using Solaris in the enterprise for some very large companies, so my knowledge of Solaris gives OI a step ahead of the competition. FreeBSD does have DTrace and ZFS, but ZFS is installed by default by OI (of course). But OI also gives me the opportunity to run Solaris binaries such as ooRexx and DB2 that the others cannot run. FreeBSD does have ooRexx 3.0 available, but only for the i386 architecture, and I need amd64. The OI website seems to not be mostly unmaintained and although the openindiana.org site is available, the few mirrors that did or do exist seem to be shutting down. I would certainly like to use OI, but I'm concerned about the state. OI's last release was Oct 2012, so my question is when is the next release (151a8) scheduled to be released? ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
Re: [oi-dev] State of development
On Apr 14, 2013, at 10:51 AM, G B wrote: > OI's last release was Oct 2012, so my question is when is the next release > (151a8) scheduled to be released? If you're coming from OpenBSD, this shouldn't be at all alarming. ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
Re: [oi-dev] State of development
Hi GB, If you're looking to move to a new OpenSolaris derived distro (i.e. based on illumos, which is where all the kernel/core userland development takes place across all distros) then there are many choices besides OpenIndiana. I'd strongly recommend looking at SmartOS or OmniOS. SmartOS is developed commercially by Joyent, a large cloud computing provider in the US. OmniOS is also developed commercially by OmniTI, a fairly large IT services company. SmartOS may make a good choice as you're from a BSD background, it uses pkgsrc for packages. OpenIndiana was started as an open source community developed distro similar to Debian, but due to a lack of interest there are only a few developers working on it part time, so updates are slow, and limited in scope due to the size of the project. Regards, Alasdair On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Magnus wrote: > > On Apr 14, 2013, at 10:51 AM, G B wrote: > > > OI's last release was Oct 2012, so my question is when is the next > release (151a8) scheduled to be released? > > If you're coming from OpenBSD, this shouldn't be at all alarming. > ___ > oi-dev mailing list > oi-dev@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev > -- Alasdair Lumsden http://www.everycity.co.uk EveryCity Managed Hosting Studio 18 Bluelion Place 237 Long Lane, London, SE1 4PU general: 020 7183 2800 support: 020 7183 2801 email: a...@everycity.co.uk Every City Limited Registered in England and Wales, No. 5689474 Registered Office: Roper Yard, Roper Road, Canterbury, CT2 7EX ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
Re: [oi-dev] State of development
At Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:16:48 -0400, Magnus wrote: > > > On Apr 14, 2013, at 10:51 AM, G B wrote: > > > OI's last release was Oct 2012, so my question is when is the next release > > (151a8) scheduled to be released? > > If you're coming from OpenBSD, this shouldn't be at all alarming. This is a pretty lame statement: OpenBSD releases like clockwork every six months. My $0.02 Peace-- Ken ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
Re: [oi-dev] State of development
At Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:51:37 -0700 (PDT), G B wrote: > > [1 ] > [1.1 ] > > [1.2 ] > Presently my commercial websites and mail servers run on OpenBSD, but I am in > the > process of moving them to either OpenIndiana, FreeBSD, or NetBSD. I have > more than > a decade using Solaris in the enterprise for some very large companies, so my > knowledge of Solaris gives OI a step ahead of the competition. > > FreeBSD does have DTrace and ZFS, but ZFS is installed by default by OI (of > course). But OI also gives me the opportunity to run Solaris binaries such as > ooRexx and DB2 that the others cannot run. FreeBSD does have ooRexx 3.0 > available, > but only for the i386 architecture, and I need amd64. > > The OI website seems to not be mostly unmaintained and although the > openindiana.org > site is available, the few mirrors that did or do exist seem to be shutting > down. > > I would certainly like to use OI, but I'm concerned about the state. > > OI's last release was Oct 2012, so my question is when is the next release > (151a8) > scheduled to be released? > Consider using SmartOS to host vm's of FreeBSD for your bread and butter apps. Then you still have Solaris goodness for e.g. ooRexx and DB2. Note, however, that I have no clue as to current status of either on SmartOS. Good luck-- Ken ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
Re: [oi-dev] State of development
On 4/14/2013 9:11 PM, Ken Gunderson wrote: At Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:51:37 -0700 (PDT), G B wrote: [1 ] [1.1 ] [1.2 ] Presently my commercial websites and mail servers run on OpenBSD, but I am in the process of moving them to either OpenIndiana, FreeBSD, or NetBSD. I have more than a decade using Solaris in the enterprise for some very large companies, so my knowledge of Solaris gives OI a step ahead of the competition. FreeBSD does have DTrace and ZFS, but ZFS is installed by default by OI (of course). But OI also gives me the opportunity to run Solaris binaries such as ooRexx and DB2 that the others cannot run. FreeBSD does have ooRexx 3.0 available, but only for the i386 architecture, and I need amd64. The OI website seems to not be mostly unmaintained and although the openindiana.org site is available, the few mirrors that did or do exist seem to be shutting down. I would certainly like to use OI, but I'm concerned about the state. OI's last release was Oct 2012, so my question is when is the next release (151a8) scheduled to be released? Consider using SmartOS to host vm's of FreeBSD for your bread and butter apps. Then you still have Solaris goodness for e.g. ooRexx and DB2. Note, however, that I have no clue as to current status of either on SmartOS. Good luck-- Ken There is also Omni-OS, which if the original poster's experience is in Solaris will work well for him. It's a lot more Solaris like than SmartOS, IMHO. -brian ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
Re: [oi-dev] State of development
You could also have a look at Tribblix: http://www.tribblix.org/ -- Dave Koelmeyer http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
Re: [oi-dev] State of development
October 2012 was six months ago. Complaining that this was how long we've had to wait since the last oi release is directly relevant to OP's familiarity with OpenBSD. Please try to gain deeper understanding of what you're criticizing before telling someone their opinion is lame, Ken. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 14, 2013, at 9:09 PM, Ken Gunderson wrote: > At Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:16:48 -0400, > Magnus wrote: >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2013, at 10:51 AM, G B wrote: >> >>> OI's last release was Oct 2012, so my question is when is the next release >>> (151a8) scheduled to be released? >> >> If you're coming from OpenBSD, this shouldn't be at all alarming. > > This is a pretty lame statement: OpenBSD releases like clockwork every > six months. > > My $0.02 > > Peace-- Ken > > ___ > oi-dev mailing list > oi-dev@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
