In this email: Solaris Nehalem EX processor | DTrace toolkit | Configuring local repository mirror

In this Issue | November 9, 2009 Kudos for DTrace toolkit Configuring local repository mirror Getting started with OpenSolaris Read Ignite’s translated versions   OpenSolaris Ignite Newsletter Solaris for Intel “Nehalem EX” chip What's included in the next generation This white paper discusses how the Solaris OS takes advantage of the various power, cooling, virtualization and management features in the next generation Intel Xeon processor. » Get the white paper  |  » Learn more about Solaris on Intel News Toshiba Mini Notebook NB200, preinstalled with OpenSolaris A convenient and travel-friendly companion PC — dual boot with both OpenSolaris and Windows. Take a look at the cool “I did this” Nehalem poster You can read comments from all of the OpenSolaris engineers, who’ve also signed the poster. Blogs DTrace toolkit — the “hidden little gem” of OpenSolaris “With this toolkit there’s probably little need to write a DTrace script from scratch — it’s literally a treasure chest of material that I've only begun to explore,” blogs Brian Leonard on The Observatory. Check out the new entries on virtualization on BigAdmin “We’ve just added about a hundred (that’s 097 for you guys in the camo fatigues) entries for virtualization platforms that run Solaris 10 or OpenSolaris,” reports Rick Ramsey on the BigAdmin Blog. Tech Tips LDoms Manager source code released under CDDL Details are available in the Building Gate area of the LDoms Manager section on OpenSolaris.org Getting started with OpenSolaris Learn about installation options and how to navigate your way through the OpenSolaris OS. How to enable vi colors When editing a text file in vi, it’s easier to read if the syntax is color highlighted; here’s how to make that happen. Events Tech Days December 7-9 São Paulo, Brazil Tutorials Screencast: How to configure a local IPS repository mirror Brian Leonard demonstrates how to set up a local mirror of the OpenSolaris release repository. Once in place, commands that depend on the local repository will run much quicker. © 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