Solaris Express 2/05
Solaris Express 2/05 (snv_07) has been released to the world. Additions mentioned on the Express site include: Intelligent Platform Management Interface, Webmin, Apache Version 2, Solaris x86 64-bit Support, and Solaris x86 Kernel Selection (!!!). Earlier, in the blog of the one and only Alan Hargreaves he summorized some of the new features which he lists as: Support for iSCSI Devices (software initiator), Fibre Channel HBA Port Utility (32-bit x86 only), Metaslot in the Cryptographic Framework, IKE Enhancements, X.Org Release 6.8.2, and addition of the Chelsio 10G Ethernet Driver. Download it in the usual place.
Some of these aren’t exactly “new”- IPMI, Webmin, Apache2, 64-bit x86, are not new– they were in S10, and so are not distinctly new in SNV 02/05. I’m not sure why they are mentioned… oh well. I have a pretty detailed summary in my blog which expands on what Alan mentions.
What the hell are “Solaris Express” , “Solaris Software Express” ? Are they OSes or
they are any software sollections ? If they are Operating Systems why didn’t they name it Solaris
or at least give an explanation , please !