Nexenta Core Platform 2 Beta1 Released

[Anil Gulecha]

Hi All,

This is to announce availability of NexentaCore 2.0 beta -
Debian/OpenSolaris native environment (unstable "Hardy" branch).

The packages are relatively stable, and we've thus moved NCP to beta,
and aim for a stable release early next year.

Release Highlights:
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* OpenSolaris build 104+ based with critical patches.
* Over 6000 packages in the repository, and autobuilder.
* Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) repository
* This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils,
perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, etc
* SMF support added for server applications like apache, mysql,
postgresql, exim4, etc.
* 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use
* Includes Vim and screen by default
* Addition of latest devzone version to the CD.
* Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get.

Links
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http://www.nexenta.org/os/Download
http://blogs.nexenta.org
http://www.nexenta.org/chat
http://devzone.sf.net
[Direct iso: http://www.nexenta.org/releases/nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b104-beta1_x86.iso.zip]

Related News:
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* The autobuilder tool for Nexenta is in the final stages, and can
distribute package builds to build nodes
(http://builder.tajinc.org/?f=repository_status)
* Devzone administration made easy with devzone_adm
* NexentaStor 1.1.2, a distribution based on NCP1.0 stable has been
released (http://www.nexenta.com)

Enjoy!
The Nexenta Team