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eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: OpenSolaris-Based Distros

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: OpenSolaris-Based Distros
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May 28, 2012
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eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: OpenSolaris-Based Distros

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: OpenSolaris-Based Distros

The Belenix LiveCD distribution offers a friendly portal to the latest in OpenSolaris.


eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: OpenSolaris-Based Distros – Schillix

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When we checked out Schillix 0.1 a year ago, the pioneering OpenSolaris distribution lacked a GUI. The latest release does sport a GUI, but it hasnt progressed much further.


eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: OpenSolaris-Based Distros – Nexenta

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Were big fans of the software management framework from Debian and Ubuntu, so we felt relatively at home in Nexenta.


eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: OpenSolaris-Based Distros – Nexenta Integration

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Considering the differences between Linux and Solaris, Nextena has made impressive progress toward integrating the Solaris kernel with Ubuntu userland, but much more work remains.

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