By Ryan Paul | Published: December 04, 2008 - 11:25AM CT
The OpenSolaris development community launched version 2008.11, its second release ever, Wednesday. The new version boosts hardware compatibility and brings some impressive improvements that illuminate the potential of OpenSolaris as a desktop platform. It's still not capable of replacing Linux on the desktop, but it shows promise.
OpenSolaris is Sun's desktop-oriented open-source distribution of the Solaris operating system. It is designed with a strong emphasis on ease of use and is intended to provide a fully functional desktop system right out of the box. It includes the latest software and offers a diverse assortment of applications ranging from development tools to multimedia players.Full story
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