OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released
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The latest version of OpenIndiana, the continuation of the OpenSolaris project, has released according to Phoronix.
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Downloads available here:
http://www.openindiana.org/2016/04/21/openindiana-hipster-2016-04-snapshot-is-here/
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I plan to try this out later when I have some time.
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So what is it?
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@hobbit666 said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
So what is it?
What is OpenIndiana? It's a UNIX OS. Solaris 11 was originally open source and was worked on under the code name Indiana. It was going to be OpenSolaris. Then Oracle bought Sun and changed direction, Solaris 11 became closed again. The OpenSolaris work continued under the name OpenIndiana and has been a UNIX option every since. The OpenIndiana project is the key provider of OpenZFS and is the basis for products like Nexenta.
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@scottalanmiller said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@hobbit666 said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
So what is it?
What is OpenIndiana?
A terrible, terrible name.
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@tonyshowoff said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@scottalanmiller said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@hobbit666 said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
So what is it?
What is OpenIndiana?
A terrible, terrible name.
Indeed, why they didn't rename it heaven only knows. It's just horrible and confusing. I wonder what epic amount of market share was lost from that name choice alone!
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@scottalanmiller said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@tonyshowoff said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@scottalanmiller said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@hobbit666 said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
So what is it?
What is OpenIndiana?
A terrible, terrible name.
Indeed, why they didn't rename it heaven only knows. It's just horrible and confusing. I wonder what epic amount of market share was lost from that name choice alone!
A lot of people have wondered, but apparently the project leaders are huge fans of Muncie because they don't want to change it. Almost anything would work better, why not OpenHelios? It's a great parallel, I mean I could come up with 100 better ideas in half an hour, when it's apparent to me they put no thought into it and just ran with it, saying "yep, this is good, it's confusing and it's named after a US state."
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@tonyshowoff said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@scottalanmiller said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@tonyshowoff said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@scottalanmiller said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@hobbit666 said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
So what is it?
What is OpenIndiana?
A terrible, terrible name.
Indeed, why they didn't rename it heaven only knows. It's just horrible and confusing. I wonder what epic amount of market share was lost from that name choice alone!
A lot of people have wondered, but apparently the project leaders are huge fans of Muncie because they don't want to change it. Almost anything would work better, why not OpenHelios? It's a great parallel, I mean I could come up with 100 better ideas in half an hour, when it's apparent to me they put no thought into it and just ran with it, saying "yep, this is good, it's confusing and it's named after a US state."
Oh, the state. I thought that it was named after the dog.
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My download is finally under way. It has been a busy week.
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The original project Indiana was actually led by Ian Murdock, better known as the founder of Debian.
Ian Murdock grew up and lived in Indiana so there is no wonder why he chose this project name.
The initial Solaris Express project which stemmed from Solaris 10 and preceded Indiana was codenamed Nevada.There have been several discussions regarding a name change but I think for now and considering the recent passing of Ian Murdock the name will stick a little longer.
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Could not get it to boot on the Scale.
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@cwekurtz Nevada is not only a cooler place than Indiana, it's a cooler name too.
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@tonyshowoff said in OpenIndiana 2016.04 Has Released:
@cwekurtz Nevada is not only a cooler place than Indiana, it's a cooler name too.
Nevada just means mountain range, though. It's a silly name for a place. At least Indiana was named after the famous archaeologist’s dog.
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