The OpenSolaris 2008.11 (see also OpenSolaris Project: Indiana) release is an effort to build a binary distribution of an operating system based on the Opensolaris source code. Several current projects on Opensolaris.org that modernize the look and feel of OpenSolaris and introduce a new package management system are included.
Solaris users are encouraged to try it out and contribute.
The iso file
contains a LiveCD version of the November 2008 release of OpenSolaris.
The md5 checksum for osol-0811.iso is
MD5 (osol-0811.iso) = e1c06d85ae7b8b032bef47e42e4c08f9
Details on installation and other information can be found at the link above.
An Image Packaging System (IPS) repository that contains many Indiana related open source software packages can be found at
http://pkg.opensolaris.org
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