[OpenIndiana-discuss] openindiana.org download page hipster links need to be updated

[serenissi]

On 20/7/25 22:25, Andreas Wacknitz via openindiana-discuss wrote:

> Am 20.07.25 um 20:30 schrieb Atiq Rahman:
>> Hi,
>> On the download page: https://openindiana.org/downloads/ under section
>> "Download the current Hipster snapshot of OpenIndiana."
>>
>> download links are pointing to 2025.04 while the latest is 2025.06, It
>> would be nice to have them updated.
>>
>> Also, when is 2025.07 coming?
>>
>> Best!
>>
>> Atiq
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> Thanks for the information about the outdated links.
>
> Usually we release installation images twice a year (April and October).
> This year we needed to release the 2025.06 versions because the gui 
> installer image released in April  wasn't usable.
>
> From time to time I upload test images into the test folder below 
> https://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/hipster/
> which can be used like the official images. The test folder gets 
> cleaned up sometimes, though.
>
> A remark: as OpenIndiana Hipster is a rolling release you typically 
> don't need to download the newer images.
> They are only useful if support for newer hardware has been added 
> (mostly by illumos-gate).
> Once you have installed OpenIndiana you can simply run pfexec pkg 
> update (-v) to get the latest bits installed.
> Typically these bits are even newer than the latest installation 
> images as we have frequent updates of packages.
>
> And a final remark: The number of people contributing to OI Hipster is 
> very low. We appreciate any helping hand.

I'm quite new to OI and illumos in general, just playing with it a bit. 
I'll be happy to help if somebody can give me some pointers for what to 
do or about OI stuffs in general.

PS: I come from GNU/Linux world if that's relevant. I'm yet to install 
illumos on hardware.

>
> Regards
> Andreas
>
>
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~serene

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