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The biggest yay for me is in the fine print: "SmartOS is comprised of the Illumos kernel (with ZFS, DTrace, OS-level virtualization and next-generation KVM) wi
by darklajid 15y ago
The biggest yay for me is in the fine print:
"SmartOS is comprised of the Illumos kernel (with ZFS, DTrace, OS-level virtualization and next-generation KVM) with __BSD package management and a GNU toolchain__."
Oh god, this makes me happy. I gave Solaris a couple of tries, but I've never felt at home there. These two facts mean that I'll try again.
- barrkel 15y agoTry out nexenta too. Debian userland.
- binarycrusader 15y agoSolaris 11 Express has the GNU toolchain and a modern package management system. For those that want something like SmartOS but free, and with a modern package management system, I would suggest OpenIndiana. OpenIndiana will be integrating many of the SmartOS changes.