OpenIndiana and others (i.e. Benunix) are distributions that actively support full desktop workstations based on the Illumos base.
It is true, that the storage server application is a popular one and so has supporters both commercially and others. ZFS is amazing and quite rightly it stands out, it works even better when used with zones, crossbow, dtrace, etc. and so its obvious to see what it's a focus and often seems the only priority. However is isn't the only interest, by a long shot. The SFE package repositories has many packages available to install for when the binary packaging aren't up to date. OpenIndiana is hard at work trying to build bigger binary repositories with more apps and newer versions. A simple "pkg install APPLICATION" is the aim for the majority of main applications. Is it not moving fast enough, or missing the packages you need? Well that's the beauty of Open Source, we welcome and have systems to help newcomers add and update the packages and applications they want, so we all benefit. Ultimately I'd (and I'm sure many would) like to have a level of binary repositories similar to Debian, with stable and faster changing place repos and support for many different applications, however that requires a lot of work and manpower. Bye, Deano -----Original Message----- From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Fajar A. Nugraha Sent: 23 March 2011 01:09 To: Jeff Bacon Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] best migration path from Solaris 10 On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Jeff Bacon <ba...@walleyesoftware.com> wrote: >> I've also started conversations with Pogo about offering an > OpenIndiana >> based workstation, which might be another option if you prefer more of > Sometimes I'm left wondering if anyone uses the non-Oracle versions for > anything but file storage... ? Seeing that userland programs for *Solaris and derivatives (GUI, daemons, tools, etc) is usually late compared to bleeding-edge Linux distros (e.g. Ubuntu), with no particular dedicated team working on improvement there, I'm guessing the answer will be "highly unlikely". -- Fajar _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
