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Feature Spot: Projects Unite to Deliver OpenSolaris 2009.06  

OpenSolaris 2009.06 is now available for deployment from the desktop to datacenter, check out the latest features:

 » Network Virtualization with Crossbow
 » Turn any host into a SCSI target with COMSTAR
 » Host virtual guests using xVM Hypervisor or LDoms
 » SPARC® support for Distro Constructor, Auto Install, and Snap
 » Intel Xeon 5500 processor support with deep power management
 » MySQL and PHP DTrace Probes in the WebStack
 » Improved usability of the package management system
 » ZFS Time Slider Snapshot Management
 » Contribute new applications with SourceJuicer
 » Get 24/7 support with OpenSolaris Subscriptions

Event: July 15-July 17 is Kernel Conference Australia, an Open Source kernel-focused technical conference.

Welcome to OpenSolaris.org
We're developing an operating system that provides a rich, coherent platform for building and running applications.

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Open Source
The majority of the OpenSolaris code base is distributed under an OSI-approved open source license. Code based on existing open source projects continues to be available under its current license(s), and some binary-only components are covered under the OpenSolaris Binary License.

Compatible
The OpenSolaris code base supports systems that use SPARC® and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC®, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. View the OpenSolaris Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).

Community-Driven
OpenSolaris technical communities develop a wealth of features from storage software and ZFS, to comprehensive system analysis tools like DTrace.


Our community represents a wide variety of developers, administrators, instructors and students around the world. Everyone has something to contribute.

Contributions... and Code Swarms...

Join In
Our new network-based package management system, IPS, that is included with the OpenSolaris 2008.11 LiveCD needs your package contributions. Join the Software Porters Community, or the F/OSS Package Base Project to get in touch with the package reviewers and find out how you can help.