In this Issue | November 2008 Linux geek chooses OpenSolaris Preview time slider Watch cool ZFS screencast NetBeans 6.1 now in IPS repository   OpenSolaris Ignite Newsletter Get ready for OpenSolaris OS 2008.11 The latest version of the OpenSolaris OS is almost ready for release. Highlights of 2008.11 include: »  Desktop additions: GNOME 2.24 with ZFS snapshot for easy file restore, Firefox 3, Songbird, XChat IRC, Transmission BitTorrent Client »  IPS improvements: improved search, mirroring of network repositories, and the addition of the first phase of a client API »  Suspend & Resume has been added for a limited number of platforms »  200+ packages added to the repository We've received some great suggestions for articles and offers for translations. Keep those emails coming! Subscribe: To continue receiving OpenSolaris Ignite, 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?

News Open source Innovation Congratulations to the 2008 winners of the OpenSolaris Community Innovation Awards, part of Sun's Open Source Community. Tutorials Creating Roles in OpenSolaris with pfexec Learn how to delegate administration atasks and assign root priveleges by way of rights profiles. How to install Sun Web Stack Sun Web Stack contains popular, preconfigured tools for developing and running applications. Installing on OpenSolaris OS involves just a few steps. Reviews Find out why Linux geek chose OpenSolaris SmugMug CEO Don MacAskill put his first OpenSolaris box into production when he was dealing with "a mission-critical chunk of data." He blogs the blow by blow. Blogs Preview time slider today — coming in OpenSolaris 2008.11 Time slider provides an automatic way to backup data on the same disc using one of Sun's ZFS filesystem unique features, snapshots. Partners Dave at Intel talks about OpenSolaris and Wireless Sit in the park and write code. Intel has been creating wireless drivers (4965AGN) so you can develop in a laptop environment with OpenSolaris.

Training Watch a screencast showing the power of ZFS Roman Strobl demonstrates some of the cool features of ZFS. Applications NetBeans 6.1 now in IPS repository How to install it — and how to start it. Events Sun Tech Days Taipei, Taiwan Nov. 17, 2008 Sun Tech Days Guangzhou, China Nov. 19, 2008 Sun Tech Days Beijing, China Nov. 21-23, 2008

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