[OpenIndiana-discuss] illumos-based Distros

[Paolo Marcheschi]

Thank you very much,
  this is a very interesting post,
What do you think is the most stable to use in production environment ?

Thank you

Paolo

On 09/26/12 12:27 AM, ken mays wrote:
> Ref: http://wiki.illumos.org/display/illumos/Distributions
>
> There are several widely different OS distributions based on common
> illumos kernel. Some of them are maintained by enthusiasts, others are
> primarily developed by commercial companies with their own priorities
> and target products (i.e. storage, virtualization, etc.) with different
> packaging systems (IPS, SVR4, DEB, RPM, etc). These projects contribute
> back to the common core set of software which the illumos project is
> about.
> Distributions and projects built on the illumos kernel include (in alphabetical order):
>
> 	* Belenix – an old time distro, on which development has resumed again. Uses RPM.
> 	* illumian - general purpose server OS using Debian packaging rather than IPS (similar to OpenIndiana but without GUI components or other desktop packages), the open-source underpinnings of the commercial NexentaStor product. Currently no KVM virtualization support (feature to be possibly added later).
> 	* napp-it is a project of a ready to use ZFS storage server based on illumian, NexentaCore, OpenIndiana and Solaris with a single-command online installer and a WEB-UI.
> 	* NexentaStor- a fully featured NAS/SAN software platform with capabilities that meet and exceed the capabilities of legacy storage systems.
> 	* OmniOS - from OmniTI takes a minimalist approach to create a full Illumos-derived operating system. It includes all of the benefits of Illumos, such as zone and KVM virtualization, and is suitable for server use.
> 	* OpenIndiana is a successor to and derived from the original Sun OpenSolaris reference distribution, and is suitable for use on Servers and Desktops.
> 	* SmartOS from Joyent is an open-source illumos distro designed for cloud computing. It includes a port of KVM, allowing other OSes such as Linux and Windows to run natively in SmartOS/illumos virtualized environments.
> 	* osDyson - combines the illumos kernel and libc with the Debian userland and libraries. (ex-StormOS)
> 	* DilOS from igork is an open-source illumos distro with dpkg/apt. Can be using on VM and bare metal with text console and SSH logins as development environment with DPKG & IPKG zones.
> 	* XStreamOS is a distribution of the illumos kernel developed and maintained by Sonicle, featuring a customized text install, the ZFS fileystem, Crossbow network architecture, virtualization, zones, and a starting point to contribute and develop the illumos kernel.
>
> 	* marTux - a SPARC-centric LiveDVD distro for legacy SPARC sun4u and sun4v workstations and servers based on the OpenIndiana distro and the Illumos kernel.
> Minor additions for NexentaStor, osDyson, and marTux.
> ~ Ken Mays
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