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| 2009-04-01 |
Development Release: Nexenta Core Platform 2.0 RC1 |
| Anil Gulecha has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Nexenta Core Platform 2.0, a base operating system combining the OpenSolaris kernel with Debian utilities and Ubuntu software packages: "This is to announce availability of Nexenta Core Platform 2.0 RC1. The interesting feature addition in this release is experimental 128-bit processor support. We've also fixed many bugs and resolved issues since the last beta. Release highlights: OpenSolaris build 104+ with critical patches; over 13,000 packages in the repository, thanks to the autobuilder; smooth upgrade path from NCP1; community-driven efforts bringing X.Org, Xfce and GNOME Core into the repository; based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) repository; SMF support added for server applications like Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Exim; includes Vim and screen by default; includes apt-clone which brings ZFS power to apt-get." Here is the complete release announcement. Download (MD5): nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b104-rc1_x86.iso.zip (499MB). |
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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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