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Have you tried SmartOS as a desktop by chance? I’d love to use SmartOS for my workstation but am currently using Ubuntu with ZoL because I doubted the level of
by elcritch 9y ago
Have you tried SmartOS as a desktop by chance? I’d love to use SmartOS for my workstation but am currently using Ubuntu with ZoL because I doubted the level of GPU support on SmartOS.
- foxhop 9y agoSmartOS isn't really for workstations, unless your workstation doesn't need a GUI (mine does). That said, I'm about to create a blog post and youtube video on how to run SmartOS at home for real cheap (as in cheap hardware and electricity)
- ianai 9y agoI’ll be interested in that article.
- Timothycquinn 9y agoI have not tried it yet but the OpenIndiana project is designated as a desktop distribution of Illumos. SmartOS is based on Illumos as well. OpenIndiana seems promising but I would not set my expectations too high for the desktop experience. However, if you virtualize Ubuntu or another *Nix distribution under OpenIndiana, it may fill some needed gaps.
- elcritch 9y agoThanks, may try OpenIndiana at some point. It’s fairly low on the priority list... but running an Ubuntu/Debian container might be a good approach. Though containers and sharing GPU resources could be tricky.