OpenIndiana is a Unix-like operating system, which has its roots in Solaris and SunOS from Oracle and, as the successor to OpenSolaris in the latest version 2022.10 (“Hipster”), which has now been released, is now also available on Linux extremely successful MATE Desktop Environment in the current version 1.26.
An operating system with deep UNIX roots
OpenIndiana is particularly aimed at those end users who would like to try out and gain initial experience with an operating system based on Solaris with UNIX and BSD origins.
The development of OpenIndiana is under the patronage of the Illumos Foundation, in which many volunteer developers as well as companies are involved.
The desktop MATE 1.26.0, which is familiar from Linux, ensures ease of use that does not require any major adjustments, while the graphical installation routine writes the operating system to the storage medium quickly and easily.
Like Dyson, NexentaStor, OpenSXCE, SmartOS, Tribblix and XStreamOS, OpenIndiana uses the Solaris fork illumos as its foundation and supports the OpenSolaris technologies ZFS, Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) as well as zones and KVM. With the current release, NFS is also added.
The lineage and the specifications of OpenIndiana are finally as follows:
- UNIX
- → System V
- < li>→ Solaris 10
- → OpenSolaris
- → illumos
- → OpenIndiana
- → illumos
- → OpenSolaris
- → System V
- IBM-PC-compatible-x86-architectures
- x86 (32-bit)
- x86-64 (64-bit)
- SPARC microprocessor architecture
Known software packages for everyday use
The most important updates include Firefox and Thunderbird, each based on the latest Extended Support Release have been updated so that both are now available in version 102.5 ESR.
On board are now the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), which are in both the Version 10 and 11 is available, as well as the free office suite LibreOffice in version 7.2.7.
An interesting view of the bigger picture
OpenIndiana is open source and licensed under GPL and CDDL. The free operating system is certainly not designed for the general public, but it does provide an interesting perspective beyond the open source box. Thanks to the corresponding office applications, the browser and e-mail clients as well as multimedia apps, everyday use is definitely possible.
Skilled users who have tried OpenIndiana once If you want to take a closer look, you can download the 2GB OpenIndiana 2022.10 (ISO) system image directly from the OpenIndiana official community.
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