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I have to say, that I really loved OpenSolaris. I really have to try OpenIndiana. Can anyone tell me about their package manager?

• hualapais 1y ago
  OI uses IPS packaging, which is the same packaging used by Solaris 11 (some find it over engineered). Tribblix, on the other hand, is also an illumos-based distro but is based on Solaris 10 (and prior’s) SVR4 packaging which is managed via a utility called “zap”. Both are good distributions, but I strongly encourage you to try Tribblix if OI is problematic; for whatever reason the latest OI installers do not seem to include the same amount of driver support as Tribblix, in my experience.
  • johnisgood 1y ago
    Thanks! Tribblix seems interesting at a quick glance. Does it have i3? Or is there a list of packages that I can see online?
    • ptribble 1y ago
      It has 30 desktop options, including i3 The repo has a list of packages http://pkgs.tribblix.org/ http://pkgs.tribblix.org/
      • johnisgood 1y ago
        I found it, thank you. :)