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OpenIndiana


Last Update: 2023-01-30 01:13 UTC



OpenIndiana is a continuation of the OpenSolaris operating system. It was conceived during the period of uncertainty following the Oracle takeover of Sun Microsystems, after several months passed with no binary updates made available to the public. The formation proved timely, as Oracle discontinued OpenSolaris soon after in favour of Solaris 11 Express, a binary distribution with a more closed development model to début later this year. OpenIndiana is part of the illumos Foundation, and provides a true open-source community alternative to Solaris 11 and Solaris 11 Express, with an open development model and full community participation.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 154 (60), 6 months: 136 (79), 3 months: 177 (43), 4 weeks: 171 (39), 1 week: 156 (39)

Average visitor rating: 3.27/10 from 11 review(s).


OpenIndiana Summary
Distribution OpenIndiana
Home Page http://openindiana.org/
Mailing Lists http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums UNIX.com
Documentation http://docs.openindiana.org/
Screenshots https://www.openindiana.org/documentation/gallery/DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors http://openindiana.org/download/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker http://www.illumos.org/projects/openindiana/issues
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-12-04: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2022.10
 • 2021-05-01: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2021.04
 • 2020-11-01: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2020.10
 • 2020-05-05: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2020.04
 • 2019-11-07: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2019.10
 • 2019-05-12: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2019.04
 • 2018-10-24: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2018.10
 • 2018-04-28: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2018.04
 • 2017-10-31: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2017.10
 • 2017-05-03: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2017.04
 • 2016-11-01: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2016.10
 • 2016-04-22: OS Release: OpenIndiana 2016.04
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 • 2018-02-14 OpenIndiana updates GCC
 • 2016-08-17 OpenIndiana packages MATE
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Release Date 2022-12-04 2021-12-05 2021-05-01 2020-11-01 2020-05-05 2019-11-07 2019-05-12 2018-10-24 2018-04-28 2017-10-31 2017-05-03 2016-10-31 2016-04-21 2015-10-04 2015-03-31 Release Date
End Of Life                               End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 400-2500 400-2200 400-1900 300-2000 300-2000 300-2000 300-2000 300-2000 300-2000 300-2000 300-2000         Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE GNOME GNOME GNOME Default Desktop
Package Management PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG PKG Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software other other other other other other other other other other other other other other other Init Software
Journaled File Systems ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS ZFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
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Full Package List 2022.10 2021.10 2021.04 2020.10 2020.04 2019.10 2019.04 2018.10 2018.04 2017.10 2017.04 2016.10 2016.04 2015.10 2015.03 Full Package List
Package 2022.10 2021.10 2021.04 2020.10 2020.04 2019.10 2019.04 2018.10 2018.04 2017.10 2017.04 2016.10 2016.04 2015.10 2015.03 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.2.9 5.1.8 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) 9.16.34 9.16.21 9.16.15 9.16.6 9.16.0 9.14.7 9.10.6-P1 9.10.6-P1 9.10.6-P1 9.10.6 9.10.4-P8 9.10.4-P3 9.10.3-P4 9.9.7-P33 9.9.6-P2 bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.106) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (114.0.5735.106)
cups (2.4.3) 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.3.3 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.4.8 1.4.8 1.4.8 cups (2.4.3)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (114.0) 102.5.0 91.2.0 78.10.0 60.9.0 60.9.0 60.9.0 60.6.3 52.9.0 52.7.3 52.4.1 45.9.0 45.4.0 45.0.2 24.8.1 24.8.1 firefox (114.0)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.4 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.9.1 2.8.1 2.8 2.7.1 2.7 2.5.5 2.5.5 2.4.11 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 8.2.2 7.5.0 7.5.0 7.5.0 7.5.0 7.4.0 6.5.0 6.4.0 6.4.0 4.9.4 4.9.4 4.9.4 4.9.3 4.8.5 4.8.3 gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.4) 3.24.34 3.24.30 3.24.24 3.24.23 3.24.12 3.24.12 3.24.8 3.24.1 3.18.9 3.18.9 3.18.9 3.14.15 2.24.29 2.24.27 2.24.27 gtk (4.10.4)
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.54 2.4.51 2.4.46 2.4.46 2.4.43 2.4.41 2.4.39 2.4.35 2.4.33 -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (23.04.1)
kmod (30) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libreoffice (7.5.3)
linux (6.3.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- linux (6.3.6)
Package 2022.10 2021.10 2021.04 2020.10 2020.04 2019.10 2019.04 2018.10 2018.04 2017.10 2017.04 2016.10 2016.04 2015.10 2015.03 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (10.11.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (10.11.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.24.1 1.24.1 1.22.2 1.22.1 1.22.1 1.20.3 1.18.0 1.18.0 1.16.1 1.14.1 -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.1) 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.6 12.0.3 11.1.2 11.0.4 10.5.1 mesa (23.1.1)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.32.2.1 nautilus (44.2.1)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) 390.157 390.144 390.141 340.108 340.107 340.107 340.107 340.107 340.106 340.104 340.102 340.96 340.93 340.93 340.76 NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) 8u352 8u232 8u232 8u232 8u232 8u172 8u172 8u172 8u162 8u131 8u112 7u80 7u80 7u76 7u60 openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 9.0p1 8.1p1 8.1p1 8.1p1 8.1p1 7.9p1 7.9p1 7.8p1 7.4p1 7.4p1 7.4p1 7.2p2 7.2p2 -- -- openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 1.1.1o 1.1.1l 1.1.1l 1.0.2u 1.0.2u 1.0.2t 1.0.2r 1.0.2o 1.0.2o 1.0.2l 1.0.2k 1.0.2g 1.0.2g 1.0.2e 1.0.1o openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) 5.36.0 5.24.3 5.24.3 5.24.3 5.24.3 5.24.3 5.24.3 5.24.3 5.24.3 5.24.0 5.22.2 5.22.1 5.22.1 5.22.0 5.16.3 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.0 -- -- -- php (8.2.6)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.0)
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.3) 3.9.15 3.9.7 3.9.4 3.5.10 3.5.9 3.5.7 3.5.7 3.4.9 3.4.7 3.4.7 2.7.13 2.7.12 2.7.11 2.7.10 2.6.9 Python (3.11.3)
qt (6.5.1) 5.15.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.11.2) 102.5.0 78.13.0 78.9.1 52.9.1 52.9.1 52.9.1 52.9.1 52.9.1 52.7.0 52.4.0 45.8.0 45.4.0 38.6.0 31.8.0 24.8.1 thunderbird (102.11.2)
vim (9.0) 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.19.7 1.19.7 1.19.7 1.19.7 1.19.7 1.19.7 1.19.7 1.19.6 1.19.6 1.19.5 1.18.4 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.12.4 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 2022.10
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-03-06
Votes: 2


After some small problems with this update the OI systems runs fine and rock solid. I don't use MATE, but the ctwm instead, which makes the system slightly faster.

Together with the pkgin-framework I have all the applications I need.
It's a nice alternative Unix system, however newer versions for Firefox would make live easier.
Unfortunately OI is a little bit exotic system and the nummber of acive programmers may be limited. Nevertheless I hope it will have a long life and a good future. For me using OI is not a waste of time, I have learned a lot about Unix/Solaris and still have much fun.


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Version: 2022.10
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Date: 2023-01-22
Votes: 1


Live environment boots in VirtualBox but not in Parallels.

Both Firefox and Thunderbird crashes on launch.

I didn't even bother to install.

This OS is a waste of everybody's time.




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Version: 2022.10
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-12-12
Votes: 6


I tried to install several PCs, but I haven't found compatible hardware yet. Openindiana may be an excellent operating system for servers, but for most desktop users, it is unavailable. It would be good if there was a list of supported hardware. The Illumos Org. list contains only componens and is unusable.) Sorry, currently this is half-dead project. Developers may invest a lot of work to develop the Hipster release, but does it make sense? Mny people want to try this vey interesting distribution, but it's like the Holy Grail...


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