[oi-dev] [OpenIndiana-discuss] [discuss] zpool create on specified GPT partition

Sun Aug 17 05:19:45 UTC 2025

Am 17.08.25 um 01:12 schrieb Atiq Rahman:
> Hello Andreas,
> > too complex (eg. signal, visual studio code)
> both of these are electron based apps. We don't have an electron js 
> package on OI ?
Electron is based on nodejs and chromium. We don't have chromium yet and 
thus no electron.
We have only a small number of maintainers. Some people don't 
participate regularly but only add one or more packages they want to 
have. That's sometimes a problem because usually they need further 
maitainership because of environment changes (eg. libraries they use got 
updated).

>
> > or closed source (eg. whatsapp)
> Does the web app linking work? On desktop I have always used that, way 
> more stable and less cranky than a native whatsapp desktop app.
>
>
I don't know what you mean by that.

> > while macos is my first
>
> Try a fantastic open-source OS like pop_os instead. Many folks are 
> using that one exactly for all those purposes. If you're using AI 
> tools for photos you probably don't need much fancy desktop photo 
> editing apps anymore.
>
>
I already tried pop-os but wasn't satisfied. I don't use the photo 
editing apps for their AI tools only. I prefer to have full control and 
use AI where it seems appropriate for me. Plus I need stability which 
only the mac provides. When joining a video conference everything should 
work and to my experience that's not the case with any Linux 
distribution I tried.
>
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM Andreas Wacknitz via oi-dev 
> <oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:
>
>     Am 16.08.25 um 11:21 schrieb Atiq Rahman:
>>     Hello Stephan,
>>     > now i just swap the boot discs. Its far easier.... additional
>>     boot disc (128-512 gb?)
>>
>>
>>     Are you using them on a desktop PC or on a server setup? For what
>>     purposes do you use OI?
>>
>     I am not Stephan but will nevertheless try to explain my setup.
>     I see OpenIndiana as a workstation platform that can also be used
>     as a server platform.
>     (OmniOS is in my eyes the exact opposite: it's a server platform
>     that can also be used as a workstation one.)
>     Of course many things are still missing in OI due to lack of
>     resources,
>     some of them most probably will never appear on it because they
>     are either far too complex (eg. signal, visual studio code) or
>     closed source (eg. whatsapp).
>
>     I use OI as my secondary operating system while macos is my first.
>     This is due to the fact that I want or need to use some software
>     that is not available on OI (eg. sophisticated photo editing, tax
>     declaration, video conferecing, ...). Of course I use OI on my own
>     home server, too.
>
>     I have started to use mixed OS installations on single disks in
>     the far past and stopped that when disks became affordable. The
>     following time I have been using the multiple disk approach that
>     Stephan mentioned. Partly I am still using that but I also have
>     some old workstations (eg. Fujitsu W530) which are really cheap
>     nowadays.
>     This is my preferred approach today because I can install any OS I
>     want to experiment with on them without hesitation.
>     Usually all of them run OI, though. That's because I need test
>     platforms for fundamental changes which have many implications on
>     other packages. But I only need this because I am one of the OI
>     maintainers.
>
>     I already tried to explain in a previous reply why OI is my
>     secondary OS. Everything else I tried (and I tried a lot) has
>     drawbacks that make me prefer OI over them. One important reason
>     is that as a maintainer I can change/influence what and how OI
>     provides software easily. It is quite easy to become an OI
>     maintainer (I know this for sure as I am in a position to add
>     maintainers); I think it's almost as easy as becoming a maintainer
>     of your own operating system.
>
>     Furthermore, OI as a successor of OpenSolaris, has some mostly
>     hidden features that can only be found by intensive use of OI. The
>     typical distro hopper who always seeks for a better environment
>     spending his/her time installing/collecting operating systems (or
>     simply Linux distributions) won't be able to find because a couple
>     of minutes is not enough to find and understand them.
>
>     Andreas
>
>>
>>     Cheers!
>>
>>     Atiq
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM Stephan Althaus via oi-dev
>>     <oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:
>>
>>         On 8/16/25 07:50, Atiq Rahman wrote:
>>>         > FreeBSD has switched around the terms “slice” and
>>>         “partition”. They are using “slice" for fdisk/mbr case and
>>>         “partition” for everything else.
>>>         Thank you for sharing the fun fact!
>>>
>>         Hi all!
>>
>>         Just to share my humble opinion..
>>
>>         Partitioning is a point where i had my 'problems', too. These
>>         slices never really burnt in my mind, ('slice 2 is whole
>>         disc' - why no. 2??)
>>
>>         Especially for new users without solarish bachground a tool
>>         that is 'like fdisk' would be handy - i really don't like
>>         format and fdisk cause i don't really know what they do :-/
>>
>>         On OI we have "parted", "gdisk" and "cgdisk" which are sort
>>         of this, for 'modern' GPT disc labels.
>>         That's really great. With UEFI working now flawlessly i don't
>>         need anything else anymore.
>>
>>         For me, i now use UFEI boot using whoe disc, in one case i
>>         did pre-partinioning to create a pool that is smaller than
>>         whole disc for later mirroing..,
>>          and zfs pools with 'whole disc' devices.
>>
>>
>>         ~10 years ago i battled with dual boot setups, now i just
>>         swap the boot discs. Its far easier.
>>         These some € more for additional boot disc (128-512 gb?)
>>         really free spare time to create something more productive.
>>
>>
>>         Just my 2 cents,
>>
>>         Stephan
>>
>>
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