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Illumos is the kernel, and SmartOS and OpenIndiana are both Illumos distributions. The OS is packaged the same way Linux is, with different distributions maint
by amyjess 7y ago
Illumos is the kernel, and SmartOS and OpenIndiana are both Illumos distributions.
The OS is packaged the same way Linux is, with different distributions maintained by people outside the kernel devs.
- DominoTree 7y agoI'd just like to interject for a moment...
- the_why_of_y 7y agoIllumos is not just the kernel, it's a complete operating system - as is traditional in UNIX. This idea that you get a kernel from somewhere and a libc from somewhere else and a init from a third place etc. is quite unique to GNU/Linux. I think it's not ideal to use the term "distribution" for their downstreams like SmartOS etc. because it reminds people of all these GNU/Linux distributions, but a better term doesn't immediately come to mind...