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| 2006-06-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Nexenta OS Alpha 5 |
| The Nexenta project, which builds a distribution combining the OpenSolaris kernel with applications from Ubuntu, has announced a new alpha release of Nexenta OS: "This is our way to celebrate the 1 year OpenSolaris anniversary. This release provides a fully integrated Ubuntu Dapper Drake userland, OpenSolaris core (build #40), and contains overall 11,800 packages. In addition, Alpha 5 contains: Sun's Java SE 5.0 Java Development Kit (via Nexenta OS APT); Live Upgrade - supported from Alpha 5 and onwards (use Debian tools to bring your system up to the bleeding edge); OpenOffice.org 2.0, natively compiled on Nexenta OS; OpenSolaris build #40, non-DEBUG kernel." See the release highlights on the project's download page for a detailed changelog. Get the installation or live CD from here (MD5): elatte_installcd_alpha5_i386.zip (587MB) or elatte_livecd_alpha5_i386.zip (242MB). |
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| About Nexenta |
| Nexenta OS is a free and open source operating system combining the OpenSolaris kernel with GNU application userland. Nexenta OS runs on Intel/AMD 32-/64-bit hardware and is distributed as a single installable CD. Upgrades and binary packages not included on the CD can be installed from Nexenta OS repository using Advanced Packaging Tool. In addition, source based software components can be downloaded from network repositories available at Debian/GNU Linux and Ubuntu Linux. |
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