dc7 - 1.0
DebConf7
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Martin Man |
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| Day | 11 |
| Room | Basement Talk Room |
| Start time | 17:00 |
| Duration | 01:00 |
| Info | |
| ID | 29 |
| Event type | Lecture |
| Track | DebConf |
| Language | English |
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Debian/GNU + OpenSolaris = Nexenta
Nexenta Operating System, also known as GNU/Solaris, is a combination of the enterprise class OpenSolaris kernel with GNU userland applications provided by Debian/GNU and Ubuntu Operating Systems.
Members of the GNU/Solaris project believe that the combination of OpenSolaris kernel with Debian's dpkg based packaging system and big network repositories of properly packaged and integrated applications coming not only from GNU world are the right way to go for ordinary users, developers, and administrators who would rather concentrate on their business competitive advantages than on infrastructure problem solving.
The talk will summarize the past of GNU/Solaris development, describe the main features and competitive advantages of GNU/Solaris, along with its development model, and promises for the future. It will also concentrate on some problematic aspects of free software and opensource that are directly touching development of GNU/Solaris.
Author is a long term Debian/GNU, Ubuntu user and developer who has recently joined the GNU/Solaris project to help create modern, stable, and enterprise ready Operating System that will combine the best features from Linux/GNU userland and OpenSolaris kernel.
Author works as sustaining engineer for SUN Microsystems, Czech Republic, spending most of his time by finding, and hunting various types of bugs in applications written in dozens od programming languages and using more than dozens various enterprise technologies.
In his spare time, he promotes the usage of free software, hacks on various parts of GNU/Solaris and participates actively in events organized by the Czech Opensolaris User Group.