As of VirtualBox 2.0.4, shared folders are still not supported for Solaris guests. However, you can still share data with your host operating system using SMB....
As of VirtualBox 2.0.4, shared folders are still not supported for Solaris guests. However, you can still share data with your host operating system using SMB. In this example I'll explain how to set up the share on Mac OS and access it from OpenSolaris. Step 1: Configure Mac OS to share files Open the Sharing system preference and set File Sharing to On: Click the Options button and select Share files and folders using SMB: Note down your Mac's IP address, which you can find...
As of VirtualBox 2.0.4, shared folders are still not supported for Solaris guests. However, you can still share data with your host operating system using SMB. In this example I'll explain how to...
Have you visited opensolaris.com today? If not, take a look, it has a new face and contains lots of multimedia! Congratz to Neena, the team and everyone else...
Have you visited opensolaris.com today? If not, take a look, it has a new face and contains lots of multimedia! Congratz to Neena, the team and everyone else who contributed to the new site.Btw, there is now a VirtualBox image with pre-installed OpenSolaris available in the download section :)
Have you visited opensolaris.com today? If not, take a look, it has a new face and contains lots of multimedia! Congratz to Neena, the team and everyone else who contributed to the new site.Btw,...
Let's play a little word association... Keyboard Shortcut Association alt+tab Application Switcher alt+F4 Close Window ctrl+esc Panel Menu ctrl+space Input...
Let's play a little word association... Keyboard Shortcut Association alt+tab Application Switcher alt+F4 Close Window ctrl+esc Panel Menu ctrl+space Input Method? Input Method? Surely this is useful for some folks, but I would guess the majority of you to expect ctrl+space to be associated with code completion. My teammate Roman has already filed a defect for this, and I was happy to learn that it has already been addressed in the upcoming 2008.11 release. For now, if you...
Let's play a little word association... Keyboard Shortcut Association alt+tab Application Switcher alt+F4 Close Window ctrl+esc Panel Menu ctrl+space Input Method? Input Method? Surely this is useful...
I found out that some of the important keys don't work in OpenSolaris terminal and filed a bug for this. I got really a useful response in the bug discussion so...
I found out that some of the important keys don't work in OpenSolaris terminal and filed a bug for this. I got really a useful response in the bug discussion so I'd like to share these tips for using the terminal in OpenSolaris: Home and End keys don't work as expected in the terminal, but you can use Ctrl+a and Ctrl+e to go to the beginning and to the end of the line. Ctrl-C is used for interrupting, but in order to copy and paste text you can use Ctrl-Shift-C and...
I found out that some of the important keys don't work in OpenSolaris terminal and filed a bug for this. I got really a useful response in the bug discussion so I'd like to share these tips for using...
I started to record various screencasts for OpenSolaris to evangelize different features of Solaris/OpenSolaris and make it easier for people to discover how to...
I started to record various screencasts for OpenSolaris to evangelize different features of Solaris/OpenSolaris and make it easier for people to discover how to use these features. The first demo I created shows the basics of using ZFS. The screencast requires Flash player and contains audio as well. Enjoy! Click on the image to play the screencast
I started to record various screencasts for OpenSolaris to evangelize different features of Solaris/OpenSolaris and make it easier for people to discover how to use these features. The first demo I...
Performance Improvements in OpenSolaris 2008.11I recently pushed source changes to OpenSolaris build NV99 to improve byte swapping performance.These changes...
Performance Improvements in OpenSolaris 2008.11I recently pushed source changes to OpenSolaris build NV99 to improve byte swapping performance.These changes will be a part of OpenSolaris 2008.11.To review, byte swapping reverses the order of bytes in a integer (whether 2-, 4-, or 8-byte lengths).This is necessary as x86 processors store the low order byte of an integer first ("little endian"), and SPARC processors store the high-order byte first ("big endian").Furthermore,...
Performance Improvements in OpenSolaris 2008.11I recently pushed source changes to OpenSolaris build NV99 to improve byte swapping performance.These changes will be a part of OpenSolaris...
While in São Paulo one developer asked me "What kind of games run on OpenSolaris?" He was specifically interested in World of Warcraft, which, as far as I know,...
While in São Paulo one developer asked me "What kind of games run on OpenSolaris?" He was specifically interested in World of Warcraft, which, as far as I know, doesn't have a client for OpenSolaris. However, I was able to tell him about the Games on OpenSolaris Community. As stated on the site's main page, the games community: Lists games that can be played on OpenSolaris. Provides extra install instructions when needed. Hosts games that have been packaged for OpenSolaris....
While in São Paulo one developer asked me "What kind of games run on OpenSolaris?" He was specifically interested in World of Warcraft, which, as far as I know, doesn't have a client for OpenSolaris....
In einer Diskussion ueber den Zusammenhang zwischen der Anzahl der Patches fuer ein Produkt und die Qualitaet dieses Produktes stiess ich auf ein bemerkenswerts...
In einer Diskussion ueber den Zusammenhang zwischen der Anzahl der Patches fuer ein Produkt und die Qualitaet dieses Produktes stiess ich auf ein bemerkenswerts Argument:Die Anzahl der geloggten Bugs und RFEs und die Anzahl veroeffentlicher Patches ist kein Indikator fuer Qualitaet. Sie sind vielmehr Indikatoren fuer Aktivitaet.Einige Studien zur Softwarequalitaet zeigen, dass alte Software die zuverlaessigste Software ist. Oder, andersherum, neue Software hat tendenziell...
In einer Diskussion ueber den Zusammenhang zwischen der Anzahl der Patches fuer ein Produkt und die Qualitaet dieses Produktes stiess ich auf ein bemerkenswerts Argument:Die Anzahl der geloggten...
If you're looking for a build of some open source software that's not in the default IPS repository, there's a good chance you'll find it on Blastwave. All of...
If you're looking for a build of some open source software that's not in the default IPS repository, there's a good chance you'll find it on Blastwave. All of their packages have been made available via an IPS repository (although, I couldn't find this advertised on their site): http://blastwave.network.com:10000/ Loading the page above shows you there's over 1700 packages in all: Before you can install packages from the Blastwave repository, however, you need to add...
If you're looking for a build of some open source software that's not in the default IPS repository, there's a good chance you'll find it on Blastwave. All of their packages have been made available...
