Technical variations of Solaris distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Organizational differences may be motivated by historical reasons. Other criteria include security, including how quickly security upgrades are available; ease of package management; and number of packages available.
These tables compare each noteworthy distribution's latest stable release on wide-ranging objective criteria. It does not cover each operating system's subjective merits, branches marked as unstable or beta, nor compare Solaris distributions with other operating systems.
General
editBasic general information about the distributions: creator or producer, release date and latest version, and so forth.
| Distribution | Developer | First public release | Based on | Latest release date | Status | Purpose | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeleniX | ? | ? | OpenSolaris, GNU | 0.7.1 / July 19, 2008 | Discontinued | ? | Gratis |
| Nexenta OS | Nexenta Systems | 2005 | OpenSolaris, GNU, Ubuntu | 3.1.3.5 (October 31, 2012) [±] | Discontinued | ? | Gratis |
| NexentaStor | Nexenta Systems | ? | Nexenta OS | 5.3.0, May 2020[1] | Active | “Enterprise Grade Unified Block & File Storage”[2] | Commercial |
| OmniOSce | OmniTI / OmniOSce Association | 2012[3] | illumos, GNU | r151050 (May 6, 2024)[4] | Active | “Produce a self-hosting, minimalist Illumos-based release suitable for production deployment”[5] | Gratis |
| OpenIndiana | illumos Foundation et al. | 2010 | illumos, OpenSolaris, GNU | Hipster 2024.04 (April 28, 2024) [±][6] | Active | “Ensure the continued availability of an openly developed distribution based on OpenSolaris”[7] | Gratis |
| SmartOS | Joyent | ? | illumos, GNU | 20201203T165910Z, Dec 2020[8] | Active | Cloud computing (“converged container and virtual machine hypervisor”[9]) | Gratis |
| Tribblix | Peter Tribble | ? | illumos | 0m35, Aug 2024[10] | Active | Tribblix is an operating system distribution derived from OpenSolaris, OpenIndiana, and illumos, with a retro style and modern components (“”[11]) | Gratis |
| v9os | Alexander Eremin | ? | illumos | 2018-10-01[12] | Active | “Server-only, IPS-based minimal SPARC distribution of illumos”[13] | Gratis |
| Distribution | Developer | First public release | Based on | Latest release date | Status | Purpose | Cost |
Technical
edit| Distribution | Supported architectures | Install-time desktop environment selection |
|---|---|---|
| BeleniX | x86, x86-64 | KDE, Xfce |
| Nexenta OS | x86, x86-64 | GNOME |
| NexentaStor | x86(-64?) | ? |
| OmniOS | x86, x86-64 | none |
| OpenIndiana | x86, x86-64 | MATE |
| SmartOS | x86-64[14] | none |
| Tribblix | x86-64, SPARC | Xfce |
| v9os | SPARC | none |
| Distribution | Supported architectures | Install-time desktop environment selection |
Package management and installation
editInformation on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate.
| Distribution | Approximate number of packages | Package format/tools | Default installer | Graphical installation procedure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeleniX | ? | RPM | ? | ? |
| Nexenta OS | ? | APT | ? | ? |
| NexentaStor | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| OmniOS | 1032[15] | IPS | Kayak | No |
| OpenIndiana | 4600[16] | IPS | Caiman | Yes |
| SmartOS | ? | pkgsrc/pkgin | N/A (live system) | N/A |
| Tribblix | 130[17] | SVR4 | N/A (live system) | N/A |
| v9os | ? | IPS | ? | No |
| Distribution | Approximate number of packages | Package format/tools | Default installer | Graphical installation procedure |
Security features
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See also
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References
edit- ^ "Nexenta Documentation". 1 May 2020.
- ^ "NexentaStor". 27 November 2013.
- ^ "OmniOS Release Notes". Archived from the original on 4 May 2013.
- ^ "OmniOS Community Edition r151050".
- ^ "OmniOS Approach".
- ^ "OpenIndiana - Release 2024.04". Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "About OpenIndiana". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Download SmartOS". Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "SmartOS - Joyent". www.joyent.com.
- ^ "Changes in 0m35 prerelease". Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Tribblix". www.tribblix.org.
- ^ "v9os". sourceforge.net.
- ^ "v9os". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Hardware Requirements - SmartOS Documentation - SmartOS Wiki". wiki.smartos.org.
- ^ "OmniOS Package Repository". OmniTI. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "OpenIndiana Package Repositories". OpenIndiana. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Software Overlays". Retrieved 29 October 2021.
External links
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