In this Issue | October 2008 How to Subscribe Run a Triple Boot Environment Finding Packages OpenSolaris Review    Welcome – OpenSolaris Ignite Newsletter Welcome to the inaugural issue of Ignite, our monthly newsletter by, for, and about the OpenSolaris community, featuring news, how-to articles, tech tips and reviews. Subcribe now  This is an exciting time for OpenSolaris. Our 170,000 member community continues to grow as does the adoption of OpenSolaris. Recently, the free and open source software (FOSS) industry celebrated the annual Software Freedom Day (SFD). Hundreds of teams from around the globe participated in OpenSolaris installfests, product demonstrations, and seminars. If you couldn't participate in an OpenSolaris SFD event, here are other ways to get involved: Subscribe: To continue receiving the OpenSolaris Ignite Newsletter, subscribe today. Send us story ideas and suggestions: join the Ignite News Team mailing list. Spread the word: Recommend OpenSolaris Ignite and OpenSolaris to a friend. Translate: Would you be interested in helping translate this newsletter into another language? Thanks for being part of the OpenSolaris and IGNITE community!

News   Students: Download OpenSolaris today At OpenSolaris, we're committed to innovation and collaboration with students. Our download page includes the OpenSolaris LiveCD and xVM VirtualBox, so you can run OpenSolaris on your current system on a virtual machine. Download now  Tutorials   ZFS demo tutorial made easy Learn more about ZFS, the revolutionary file system used in OpenSolaris with this great tutorial. Don't have enough disks to run the RAID tutorial? Just install VirtualBox and run the tutorial virtually. Get It Now  Reviews   OpenSolaris 2008.05 is robust and ready In his review, Gary Sims of Linux.com finds OpenSolaris to be “a production-ready OS that works equally well on desktops and servers.” Read more  Applications   Can’t find a package? Here’s help Although OpenSolaris has many software packages, sometimes it's difficult to locate the one you're looking for. Roman Strobl identifies the top five "hard to find" — and helps make your search easier. Read more  Blogs Running a triple-boot environment Ever wondered how to install Windows, Linux and OpenSolaris on one computer? Learn how in a series of blog posts from Gregg Sporar. Read more

Events French OSUG conference Toulouse, France Oct. 13, 2008 OpenSolaris conference Szczecin, Poland Oct. 24-25, 2008 Training   OpenSolaris — learn in a day This unique hands-on experience highlights many of the advanced features that define OpenSolaris and uses VirtualBox, a desktop virtualization software, to run OpenSolaris. A pre-installed and pre-configured image is available to save you time with installation and configuration. Get trained now

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