OpenSolaris Indiana Changelog

What's new in OpenSolaris Indiana 2009.06

Jun 1, 2009
  • Virtualize your Network with Crossbow
  • Virtualization Support
  • IP Observability
  • IP Multipathing
  • iSCSI Port Provider for COMSTAR
  • Greater Windows interoperability with OpenSolaris CIFS
  • Socket Enhancements
  • HA Clusters
  • Firefox 3.1 Beta 3
  • Time Slider Snapshot Management
  • Multimedia With Codeina And Elisa
  • Track Your Time
  • Image Packaging System
  • Improved Hardware Support
  • Graphical Boot
  • PHP and MySQL DTrace Probes
  • CPC DTrace Provider
  • JavaFX SDK
  • libc Linux/BSD Compatibility
  • Git Version Control System

New in OpenSolaris Indiana 2008.11 (Dec 3, 2008)

  • The OpenSolaris 2008.11 operating system is a point of integration for the installation, desktop, and package management system projects on OpenSolaris.org. Today, the OpenSolaris 2008.11 live CD is available with the following feature updates: ZFS Time Slider and Songbird; suspend/resume and CPU power management; Distribution Constructor and Prototype Automated Installer; WebStack with 64-bit MySQL, CherryPy, and DTrace for Ruby; GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3.0, and Firefox 3; Many F/OSS applications added, including top, sudo and Emacs; 700 additional man pages and Package Manager online help.

New in OpenSolaris Indiana 2008.11 RC2 (Nov 22, 2008)

  • The OpenSolaris development package repository has been updated to reflect the changes in snv_101b, including major fixes to the Caiman 'Slim Install' and the Image Packaging System (IPS). This build is the second release candidate build for the OpenSolaris 2008.11 release. For this build, the recommended minimum memory size is 512 MB or greater. Users who wish to update their system to the development build can do so using the 'image-update' facility provided by the pkg(1) command or by the 'Update All' facility of the Package Manager GUI. This build includes the latest NVIDIA graphics driver, version 177.80. This updated driver no longer supports a number of legacy chipsets. When updating systems with such chipsets, one can either remove the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or to continue using an accelerated driver, legacy SVR4 packages are available.

New in OpenSolaris Indiana 2008.11 RC1 (Nov 10, 2008)

  • The OpenSolaris development package repository has been updated to reflect the changes in snv_101 and snv_101a including major fixes to the Caiman 'Slim Install' and the Image Packaging System (IPS). This build is an initial release candidate build for the OpenSolaris 2008.11 release. For this build, the recommended minimum memory size is 768 MB or greater. Users who wish to update their system to the development build can do so using the 'image-update' facility provided by the pkg(1) command or by the 'Update All' facility of the Package Manager GUI. For important information about 'image-update', see the instructions. Important note: The development builds have undergone limited testing and users should expect to uncover issues as the next release is developed. Bug reports and requests for enhancement are welcome.