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Find out quickly if the Solaris OS can run on your x86 system.

To run OpenSolaris, choose one of these available options:

OpenSolaris 2009.06 - LiveCD (x86) | Release Notes (x86) | Auto Install (SPARC) | Release Notes (SPARC)

OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a single CD combined live/install image for x86: a core operating system, kernel, system libraries, a desktop environment and a package management system. Automated installer (AI) images exist for deploying on both x86 and SPARC hardware.

The contents of the OpenSolaris™ 2009.06 Live Media Images are governed by the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0 with the exception of certain portions under other licenses (such as the OpenSolaris Binary License) as provided in the OpenSolaris Live Media License file included with the software. The additional software available from the OpenSolaris Package Repository and not included on the Live Media Image is governed by the licenses provided in the OpenSolaris Package Repository License file and/or in the individual software packages. All of these licenses permit use, copying and redistribution of the software.

How to get it (HTTP):

• dlc.sun.com
• genunix.org

FTP & BitTorrent:

• FTP - ftp.df.lth.se
• BitTorrent

MD5Sum:

• (osol-0906-x86.iso) = 86e19c89a30c9b91cbb096a758dea737
• (osol-0906-ai-sparc.iso) = 759740dd2da08fb3bf47f702cffa43dc
• (osol-0906-ai-sparc.iso) = 759740dd2da08fb3bf47f702cffa43dc
• (osol-0906-ai-x86.iso) = e9af842db7aa3b0b905db9eee750328d
• Other MD5sums

Development has already started on the next release, 2010.02. You can update your existing 2009.06 installation by connecting to the developer repository

user@opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg set-authority -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ opensolaris.org

Solaris Express Community Edition is Sun's binary release for OpenSolaris developers (code named "Nevada"). It is built from the latest OpenSolaris source and additional technology that has not been published in the OpenSolaris source base. This release is unsupported. Developers can build the OpenSolaris source by using this release as the base system. It is usually updated every other Friday and its release is announced on the OpenSolaris announce forum. Note that CD media is no longer available for SXCE but Build 98 images are for those interested: CD.

BeleniX is a *NIX distribution that is built using the OpenSolaris source base. It is currently a LiveCD distribution but is intended to grow into a complete distro that can be installed to hard disk.

Jaris is a distribution based on OpenSolaris that boots from LiveDVD and LiveUSB. The name "Jaris" means "Japanese Solaris." Many well-known applications for Microsoft® Windows run under an original software application named Madoris that is based on Wine.

MartUX BlastwaRe Edition is the first non-SXCR OpenSolaris distribution that is available both for SPARC and for x64/x86. It is currently available as LiveDVD, co-bundled with tons of useful CommunitySoftWare packages in /opt/csw.

MilaX is a small size Live CD distribution which runs completely off a CD or a USB pendrive. It is based on Solaris Nevada and includes its basic features. MilaX may also be used as a Rescue-CD.

NexentaOS is a complete GNU-based free and open source operating system built on top of the OpenSolaris kernel and runtime. NexentaOS integrates OpenSolaris (SunOS kernel) and Open Source Software (OSS) applications  a foundation that combines the best of both worlds.

SchilliX is an OpenSolaris based UNIX Live CD and distribution for the x86, x64 and EM64T architectures. The current release is based on Nevada Build 17 and higher.