As part of our documentation revitalization effort, we’re happy to announce a new end user documentation platform based on MkDocs. While still very much a work in progress, the Getting Started with OpenIndiana section of the new Hipster Handbook is nearing completion. However, much work remains to be done, and we cannot do it without Read More …
We have released a new OpenIndiana Hipster snapshot 2016.10. This snapshots contains some notable changes: Intel KMS was integrated and should work on some Intel GPUs. This provides a huge leap forward for desktop users. Mate 1.14 has replaced aging GNOME 2 and is the default desktop environment. The look Read More …
Two illumos security issues, https://www.illumos.org/issues/7488 and https://www.illumos.org/issues/7483 got CVE-2016-6560 and CVE-2016-6561. First one is an issue in kernel bcopy code, second is related to in-kernel SMB server. Both can lead to system crash. Both issues were fixed about ten days ago. Check that your systems are updated at least to Read More …