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Welcome to OpenIndiana Hipster!

OpenIndiana is an illumos based Unix-like distribution derived from OpenSolaris. Constructed as a general purpose operating system with enterprise class features, OpenIndiana Hipster is developed by the community, and for the community.

OpenIndiana obtains its name from Project Indiana, an open source effort by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle Corporation) to produce OpenSolaris, a community developed Unix-like distribution based on Sun Solaris. Project Indiana was led by Ian Murdock, founder of the Debian Linux Distribution.

Some of the differences between OpenIndiana and OpenSolaris can be characterized as follows:

OpenIndiana Hipster Enterprise Class Features

Feature Description
ZFS File System and Volume Manager
Dtrace Dynamic Tracing Framework (System Introspection)
Crossbow Network Virtualization and Resource Control
SMF Service Management Facility
FMA Fault Management Architecture
COMSTAR Common Multiprotocol SCSI Target (ISCSI Target Framework)
KVM Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (Operating System Virtualization)
Zones OS Level Virtualized Application Containers
Time-Slider Automated ZFS Snapshots and Rollbacks
RBAC Role-Based Access Control
IPMP IP Network Multipathing
DLMP Data Link Multipathing

About Us

The OpenIndiana Project is a community of volunteers and UNIX enthusiasts from around the world. Currently build servers, hosting and bandwidth is donated by EveryCity hosting in the UK.


Getting Involved

Our success as a distribution depends upon the success of our community, which is why we would like to invite all those interested in the future of OpenIndiana to participate and get involved!

We have many resources from which you can get started, including our Wiki, Mailing Lists and IRC Channel.


Links


License

OpenIndiana Licensing Information