Archive for December, 2008
OpenSolaris 2008.11 is here!
by koberoi on Dec.10, 2008, under Sun Microsystems
Sun and the OpenSolaris community today announced the immediate, and unrestricted, availability of the latest version of the distro- OpenSolaris 2008.11. Previously, I used it as my alternative OS, either via VirtualBox or on a dedicated demo laptop. However, I just installed a release candidate build of 2008.11 as my main day-to-day environment- development , email, music, movies, IM, etc. — it’s all in there!
It has this cool backup/snapshot utility called Time Slider, which utilizes OpenSolaris technologies such as ZFS. Accidentally delete a file or destroy its contents? No problem. Think of it as an integrated system-wide SCM that is always working, behind the scenes. The best thing about it- the Time Slider interface is integrated into the GNOME windowing system, which makes it TRIVIAL to use. There has been a justifiable knock that Sun technologies are innovative, but difficult to use by mere mortals. Myth busted!
Check out this short, but very well done, intro video done by our OpenSolaris evangelists:
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CommunityOne 2009 – Call-For-Papers – NY (March) & SF (June)
by koberoi on Dec.05, 2008, under Sun HPC ClusterTools, Sun Microsystems, Sun Studio
CommunityOne is a conference sponsored by Sun Microsystems focused on open source innovation and implementation. It brings together developers, technologists and students for technical education and exchange. Check out the conference web site at:
http://developers.sun.com/events/communityone
There will be two conferences in 2009:
CommunityOne East – March 18-19, 2009 (NY)
CommunityOne West – June 1-2, 2009 (SF)
See the conference web site for more complete details, but there is a “Native Development” track for content on C/C++/Fortran development, OpenMP/MPI, etc. and it will be great to see OUR community participate. The deadline to submit a proposal for a technical session (50 minutes), panel (50 minutes), or a 5-minute lightening talk is coming up quick- Monday, December 15.
http://www.eventreg.com/sun/communityone09/cfp
Participate in one or both conferences! If you are short on time- submit a proposal for a 5-minute lightening talk and let us know about what you’re working on.
Hope to see you there!
