In no uncertain terms, the Director of Solaris product management at Oracle, Dan Roberts, says OpenSolaris will continue as an open source entity and Oracle will actively support and participate in the community. There are some questions regarding which direction Oracle will take in open sourcing some of OpenSolaris' technologies and the level of support that will be offered, but generally speaking, all is well, affirms Roberts.
An OpenSolaris Information Resources article describes what its author determined were the most important differences between OpenSolaris and Linux to assist new users interested in transitioning to OpenSolaris. The article covers the user interface, sudo command, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), top command, prstat command, and file systems. This article offers a brief overview of differences and does contain resource links on the topic for more indepth information.
Oracle says it has not issued an end of life for OpenSolaris, writes eWeek's Chris Preimesberger. Speculation began when a Feb. 24 posting on the Oracle Website entitled "End of Service Life Status for OpenSolaris Operating System" appeared, which addressed general policies involving the service life of a product.
Seven tips for OpenSolaris ZFS home server users are offered to readers by Constantin Gonzalez, one of Sun Germany's principal field technologists. These are tips, he writes, that he found useful in performing his own home server planning, building and installing.
India's largest IT magazine Digit published a special 96 page mini book entitled "Fast Track to OpenSolaris" that covers Install, ZFS, DTrace, Source Juicer, and more. Kumar Abhishek, leader of the Mumbai OpenSolaris User Group, authored the piece, described as a "quick and dirty guide to OpenSolaris". The mini book is now available for download.
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