[indiana-discuss] Indiana, just a Linux clone with different kernel?

Dennis Clarke dclarke at blastwave.org
Thu Nov 1 06:16:51 PDT 2007


> [removed install-discuss-request at opensolaris.org and caiman-
> discuss at opensolaris.org since I am not able to post to them]
>
> On Nov 1, 2007, at 12:42, Jennifer Pioch wrote:
>
>> I thought Indiana is not a Linux clone and makes better choices, yes?
>> Maybe not and the Indiana developers - whoever they are - are just
>> resistant against any community input. Indiana appears to be a Linux
>> clone with Solaris kernel, GNU tools and no real improvements.
>
> I'm still downloading my copy so I don't know - but do you mean they
> left out DTrace, ZFS, SMF and all the rest of the things *Linux
> doesn't have?
>

Looks like Solaris to me :

http://www.blastwave.org/articles/BLS-0061/images/OpenSolaris_Indiana_xterm_201.jpg

and it is good to see ASCII art is alive and well.  :-)

Dennis




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