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OpenSolaris has now been updated to build 93, which I believe is actually the preview build for OpenSolaris 2008.11 (though this may change), and best of all ISOs are being generated again and are available via BitTorrent.
Unfortunately, you still can’t update via the Package Manager so you need to update via the CLI as before, [...]

I’ve just updated my home installation of OpenSolaris 2008.05 with all the snv_90 bits (using my own instructions) and it’s gone all quite smoothly. Don’t try it if you’re on dial-up or have a small bandwidth cap as the update downloaded is just short of 1GB of data.
For those interested, he’s the output from the [...]

Updated packages for snv_90 were pushed to the pkg.opensolaris.org repository over the weekend, so you can update your OpenSolaris 2008.05 installation to the latest revs.
There are some gotchas though…

I encountered a bit of a challenging question today…
Suppose I have Solaris 10 1/06 (update 1) installed and I’ve patched it with various patches that are actually provided as part of a much later release, for example Solaris 10 11/06 (update 3). Will I have to reapply those patches if I perform a live [...]

OpenSolaris 2008.05, aka “Project Indiana” will be officially released to the world later today (US time), but it’s already available now for download from it’s dedicated site - www.opensolaris.com.
For the uninitiated, I’ll quote the OpenSolaris docs…

Sun have just released their latest version of Solaris 10 - Solaris 10 5/08 (aka update 5) which includes loads of enhancements, bug fixes and additions. I’m not going to go into these - you can check the “What’s New” guide for more details.

I’d never heard of VirtualBox until I heard Sun announce they’d be buying innotek - the makes of VirtualBox. With the news that it could run on OpenSolaris, I thought I’d give it a whirl and see if I could kill two birds with one stone - test both VirtualBox OpenSolaris Beta AND the [...]

I didn’t know this until I read this post on Lifehacker, but check out the icon OS X Leopard shows for PCs running Windows that you may be browsing from your Mac:

I’ve just upgraded to OS X Leopard, but I made a school boy error - I forgot to ensure all my applications were Leopard compatible BEFORE I did this.
The upgrade went smoothly, however I couldn’t login as myself into the graphical interface. I could login remotely over SSH, but any attempts to login via [...]

Check it out… Dell to Offer Solaris Subscriptions on Select Dell PowerEdge Servers
Wow!!! I didn’t see this one coming. Now if this isn’t a sign of the demand and quality of Solaris, I don’t know what is. First IBM, and now Dell. Who’s next?