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The OpenSolaris community is fortunate to have a number of distributions available for all to enjoy. We are always looking for new distribution projects! If you know about an OpenSolaris-based distribution project, that is not listed here, please email distribution-discuss@opensolaris.org and let us know!

Community Distributions

These distribution projects showcase some of the excellent talent and ideas of our members. We are proud to have them be part of our community!

  • BeleniX
    • 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 distribution that can be installed to hard disk.
  • MartUX mBE
    • 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.
  • NexentaOS
    • 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; aiming to create a foundation that combines the best of both worlds.
  • OpenSolaris 2008.05
    • The first delivery from Project Indiana to offer technical support from Sun Microsystems, Inc. This initial release includes a network-based package management system (IPS), the GNOME desktop, and LiveCD technology supported on AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T platforms. See Getting Started With OpenSolaris 2008.05 for detailed information about this pkg(5) release delivered on a six-month cycle.
  • SchilliX
    • SchilliX is an OpenSolaris based UNIX Live CD and distribution for the x86, x64 and EM64T architectures. It was also the first community distribution to be released.
  • MilaX
    • 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. What originally started as an experiment to see how much Solaris software could fit in miniCD eventually became a full-fledged OpenSolaris distribution. It can be installed on storage media with small capacities, like bootable business cards, USB flash drives, various memory cards, and Zip drives. MilaX is free to use, modify and distribute.

Sun Distributions

These distributions are produced and maintained by Sun Microsystems, Inc.:

  • Solaris Express Community Edition
    • Bi-weekly developer builds of the entire code base that is the current development release of the Solaris OS. This is Sun's unsupported binary release of OpenSolaris. Developers can build the OpenSolaris source by using this release as the base system. The release is also known as O/N Nevada it's updated every two weeks, and it's available as a free download. Refer to Solaris Express Documents for detailed information about this SVR4 release delivered every two weeks.