Nexenta Core Platform 2 Alpha2 released

[Anil Gulecha]

Hi All,

This is to announce availability of NexentaCore 2.0 Alpha2 - Debian
Native OpenSolaris environment and platform. (unstable "Hardy" branch). [1]

Nexenta is ubuntu with the opensolaris kernel. It brings the
opensolaris technologies like ZFS, Dtrace, zones and SMF to the debian
developer environment. Tools and technologies like apt-clone and
devzones make development and maintaining of the system an easier
task. For more information on the Nexenta innovations, read the
article on osnews[0].

Release Highlights:
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* Over 4500 packages in the repository.
* This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils,
perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, KDElibs, Fluxbox, etc
* Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)
* 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use
* OpenSolaris b85+ based (x86 32-bit and 64-bit, non-debug), with
critical patches from b87,b88 and b90 [2]
* Includes Vim by default
* Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get.

Related News:
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* The autobuilder tool for Nexenta has a web interface at
http://builder.tajinc.org

It currently supports viewing of package and repository status
(including details like package dependencies, package availability
by repository, etc)

* To those who want to test the devzones.. we have made it available
via ssh debian at gnusolaris.org (ask on IRC for the password). Once
logged in, simply use devzone_enter to enter the devzone. [4][5]

Links
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[0] www.osnews.com/story/20280/Nexenta_Ubuntu_Server_with_ZFS_goodness
[1] http://www.nexenta.org/os/DownloadMirrors
Direct : http://www.nexenta.org/releases/nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b85-alpha1_x86.iso.zip
[2] http://www.nexenta.org/os/PatchSet_b85
[3] IRC : #nexenta at irc.freenode.net or http://www.nexenta.org/chat
[4] Using devzone screencast:
http://www.gulecha.org/2008/08/22/getting-started-with-nexenta-development-part-2/

Enjoy!
The Nexenta Team