In this Issue | March 2009 Open source car? Gartner — thumbs up to Open Storage Start an OpenSolaris user group HCTS 4.2 supports OpenSolaris   OpenSolaris Ignite Newsletter Cool new OpenSolaris Sunwear Check out the new shirts, hoodies, mugs, and other goodies — now available for purchase — and all with an OpenSolaris look and feel. Buy now News Download Adobe’s Flash Player 10 The Solaris and OpenSolaris version of the Flash Player 10 is now available. Inside Open Storage newsletter debuts Subscribe to this new, comprehensive newsletter about all things Open Storage. Get your copy of the OpenSolaris Bible Written by the OpenSolaris community, this book covers introductory through advanced topics. Order now at Amazon. Try on some OpenSolaris Sunwear This new store is packed with shirts, hoodies, mugs and other stuff. Blogs Great feedback from OpenSolaris training in Brno, Czech Republic Roman Strobl blogs about the popular full day training that included hands on experience. Biggest interest area was ZFS. Open source software fuels four wheels Campus Ambassador Abhishek Gupta previews a new concept car from EDAG that lets developer’s modify and/or improve the auto’s technologies. Videos/Podcasts OpenSolaris & Intel: Learn about advanced graphics Intel software engineering manager David Stewart talks about all the great stuff Intel is doing with advanced graphics in the OpenSolaris community. Students get lowdown about creating apps for OpenSolaris Tim Cramer showcases OpenSolaris at the Sun Student Technology Camp, reminding students they can “grab all this free stuff and put it together.” Meet the international cast of Sun Student Ambassadors Explore what's happening on campuses around the world, and find out about the OpenSolaris projects Student Ambassadors are working on. Tech Tips Sun device detection tool for both OpenSolaris and Solaris OS This tool helps detect whether you can install the OS on your x86 or x64 system. Version 2.2 can be invoked in the default language of the native system. HCTS 4.2 now supports OpenSolaris The new Hardware Certification Test Suite release also supports hard drives with more than one terabyte capacity. Check out the updated documentation, FAQ, and Getting Started Guide. OpenSolaris 2008.11 accessible live CD tips Follow steps for booting to live mode and using the installer as well as notes on the wireless setup GUI. Reviews Bordeaux 1.6 for Solaris and OpenSolaris is coming soon This Wine Review blogpost gives Solaris and OpenSolaris users a heads up about the latest release of Bordeaux and talks about dependencies to prepare for. Gartner analyst gives thumbs up to Open Storage approach In an interview with SearchStorage, Gartner’s Roger Cox notes that Sun’s Open Storage approach “can have a major impact in terms of reducing costs for storage...” Events CommunityOne East New York, NY March 18-19 Sun Tech Days St. Petersburg, Russia April 8-10 MySQL Conference Santa Clara, CA April 20-23 Tutorials How to start an OpenSolaris user group Senior program manager Jim Grisanzio gives 13 tips that help get a user group off the ground and keep it running smoothly. All-in-one-place documentation on OpenSolaris and Solaris OS You’ll find lots of brand new information — some of which can’t be found elsewhere — as well as focused views of existing documentation on the BigAdmin portal. © 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. For information on Sun's trademarks, see: www.sun.com/suntrademarks To manage your Sun subscriptions, visit the Subscription Center. Sun Microsystems, Inc., 18 Network Circle, M/S: UMPK18-124 Attn: Global eMarketing, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA