Getting Involved
OpenIndiana is a distribution developed and maintained by a community of volunteers. If you are interested in contributing to the project and to illumos, there are many ways to get involved.
Have a look here to see how to do that.
The project provides resources from which you can get started, including our documentation, mailing lists and IRC channels. Development servers are available, as well as development package repositories for updating to the latest builds, and also Git repositories for checking out the latest source code.
Security Issues
To report a security issue, please send an email security@openindiana.org.
Code repositories hosted on GitHub:
| Repo | Description |
|---|---|
| illumos-gate | illumos repository containing the core Operating System: kernel, userland, networking, |
| oi-userland | Unified build system for creating packages and local repositories |
| pkg5 | Package management system |
| nimbus | Gnome GTK2/GTK3 theme |
| nwam-manager | Network connection manager for Gnome |
| slim_source | Installer for Live, Text and Network images |
| sysding | Replacement for sysidtool, a tool for system configuration |
| time-slider | Graphical interface for managing ZFS snapshots and backups |
Do not forget to visit our parent project at illumos.org! You will find oi-dev mailing list useful if you want to contribute to OpenIndiana. Feel free to join and get any help you feel you need to work with the project!
Code of Conduct
OpenIndiana Code of Conduct
This document provided community guidelines for a safe, respectful, productive, and collaborative place for any person who is willing to contribute to the OpenIndiana community. It applies to all “collaborative space”, which is defined as community communications channels (such as mailing lists, IRC, submitted patches, commit comments, etc.).
Core principles and expectations:
- We are respectful and appreciative towards peoples work, time, and effort.
- We are tolerant of the right to have opposing views.
- We recognize our public actions determine the public perception of the project.
- Participants must ensure their language and actions are free from personal attacks and disparaging personal remarks.
- When interpreting the words and actions of others, participants should always assume good intentions.
What will not be tolerated:
- Open hostility, and or abusive language.
- Repeated complaining (rehashing) of closed (decided) issues.
- Participants who disrupt the collaborative space, or participate in a pattern of behavior which could be considered harassment.
- Filibustering – (replying with negative or opposing viewpoints to every post in a mailing list thread).
Reporting violations:
- Violations of the CoC should only be reported to the distribution maintainers via direct messages on IRC, twitter, or via E-mail and will be handled confidentially.
- Neither reporters nor reported persons will, or should be, made public.
Sources
- Adopted from the Project-FiFo Code of Conduct.
- Further inspiration derived from the FreeBSD Code of Conduct.
Finding Help
Reporting issues
Something not working right? Problems can be reported on our issue tracker.
IRC
Join us on Internet Relay Chat!
Point your favourite IRC client at: #openindiana on irc.libera.chat
Mailing Lists
Get the latest announcements and discussion topics by signing up on our lists.
- Announcements: openindiana-announce
- Discussion list for Users: openindiana-discuss
- Discussion list for Developers: oi-dev
Click on a link above and enter your email to subscribe to a list.
Artwork
| Picture | Name | Copyright | License |
|---|---|---|---|
 | OI bird | Copyright 2010 George Milnes | Licensed under (2-clause BSD) |
 | OI bird | Copyright 2010 George Milnes | Licensed under (2-clause BSD) |
 | OpenIndiana Logo | - | - |
 | OpenIndiana small Logo | - | - |
 | OpenIndiana Desktop Background | Copyright 2023 MagnetarRocket | Licensed under (MIT) |
 | OpenIndiana Bird T3 T2 SVG/PNG | Copyright 2023 MagnetarRocket | Licensed under (MIT) |
 | OpenIndiana TileBird SVG/PNG | Copyright 2023 MagnetarRocket | Licensed under (MIT) |
 | OpenIndiana Bird v2 T2 SVG/PNG | Copyright 2023 MagnetarRocket | Licensed under (MIT) |
 | OpenIndiana Bird v2 T1 | Copyright 2023 MagnetarRocket | Licensed under (MIT) |
 | OpenIndiana Bird Simple | Copyright 2023 MagnetarRocket | Licensed under (MIT) |
