There is this brand new Linux from Oracle http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux it is for free so try it out!
There are my tests comparing Opensolaris with Solaris 10 using ZFS as Storage. Solaris 10 is mutch faster than Opensolaris! There are very popular OpenSource Software like Asteriks now in the oldpending (formerly pending) repository. This repository should no longer be used! http://pkg.opensolaris.org/pending/en/index.shtml There is this broken IPS Server from Blastwave http://blastwave.network.com:10000/ ... OK we have : http://pkg.sunfreeware.com:9000/ (very old Software) http://ips.homeunix.com:10906/ (400kbit upload) http://pkg.bionicmutton.org:10000/en/catalog.shtml (KDE only) http://ips.couchpotatofries.org/en/catalog.shtml (Test only) And we have this great feature to install Software with "one-Click" like the VLC-Player: http://ips.couchpotatofries.org/p5i/0/SFEvlc.p5i (only possible with Build 122) So if there are not soon more "Independent/Offshore/Community" Repositories coming Opensolaris will die. Robert
