For those interested in playing with OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2...
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Subject: [advocacy-discuss] OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2 Available
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
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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/
