The new version of opensolaris is out, with exciting new features: - A new bluish (and might I add sexy) look for desktop users: http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/features/whats-new/200906/images/opensolaris-desktop-large.png - Project Crossbow (network virtualization) - Have you missed Windows XP's system restore utility? There's a time slider for quick and painless backups: "Quickly back up your user home directories with a new snapshot management feature in Time Slider" http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/features/whats-new/200906/images/time-slider-management-large.png - Codeina for adding support of various media formats. - Time tracking panel application! Think of it something like tomboy (or gnote) + calendar + how much time you have left: http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/features/whats-new/200906/ - New graphics cards are now supported out of the box
Full list here: http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/features/whats-new/200906/ Check it out, they even ship free CDs: http://opensolaris.org/os/TryOpenSolaris/ Forwarding announcement message. ---------------------- Mon Jun 1 06:51:51 PDT 2009 Today marks the release of OpenSolaris 2009.06, the third release of the OpenSolaris Operating System. We've shifted gear, bringing you a new set of features right to your door, from the desktop to the data center. For a complete list of what's new with this release, check out the OpenSolaris 2009.06 What's New Guide http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/features/whats-new/200906 OpenSolaris for SPARC is now available as part of this release, and will work on systems with an OBP level of 4.17 or greater. You can check out the required specifications at http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/specifications/ along with the hardware compatibility list http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/ Download Links: ============= http://dlc.sun.com/osol/opensolaris/2009/06/osol-0906-x86.iso LiveCD x86/x64 http://dlc.sun.com/osol/opensolaris/2009/06/osol-0906-x86.usb LiveUSB x86/x64 http://dlc.sun.com/osol/opensolaris/2009/06/osol-0906-ai-sparc.iso Automated Install SPARC http://dlc.sun.com/osol/opensolaris/2009/06/osol-0906-ai-x86.iso Automated Install x86/x64 http://dlc.sun.com/osol/opensolaris/2009/06/osol-0906-hashes.txt MD5 sum hashes Release notes: ============ As always when installing the latest images, check out the release notes for both x86 and SPARC for any known issues http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200906/x86/ http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200906/sparc/ How to update: ============ Upgrading from OpenSolaris 2008.11 (or any previous releases) is easy using the Package Manager or pkg(1) command line. Check out a screencast of how to upgrade http://webcast-west.sun.com/interactive/09D02123/index.html Thanks are due to a large number of people who've helped contribute different projects to this release, both within the OpenSolaris community itself and the wider free and open source world. We'll be celebrating at CommunityOne with a great line up of OpenSolaris content - if you happen to be in the area, please join us and help us celebrate this release! http://www.opensolaris.com/communityone/ Enjoy! Glynn on behalf of the OpenSolaris Team
