Linux : NexentaCore Platform 2.0 RC2 released

**SalVatore** · 05-05-2009

NexentaCore Platform 2.0 RC2 released

Features in the new build :

OpenSolaris build 104+ based with critical patches.
Over 13000 packages in the repository, thanks to the autobuilder.
Smooth upgrade path from NCP1.
Community driver efforts bringing xorg, xfce4 and gnome-core into the repository
Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) repository
This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils, perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, etc
SMF support added for server applications like apache, mysql, postgresql, exim4, etc.
100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use.
Includes Vim and screen by default.
Addition of latest devzone version to the CD.
Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get.

**SalVatore** · 05-05-2009

About Nexenta : Nexenta OS is a computer operating system based on Debian/Ubuntu and Solaris for IA-32 and x86-64 based systems. It emerged in fall 2005, after Sun Microsystems started the OpenSolaris project in June 2005. Version 1.0 of the NexentaOS was released in February 2008, building upon many release candidates that were widely used in 2006 and 2007. Nexenta OS is the first distribution that combines the GNU C library and userland with the OpenSolaris kernel. The Nexenta OS supplies capabilities such as transactional upgrades and an open source packaging capability to the Linux / Debian community, enabling the simple creation of software appliances. An additional purpose of Nexenta OS is to provide a kernel allowing proprietary closed source hardware drivers to be produced for inclusion in an open source operating system. Nexenta Systems, Inc. initiated the project and sponsors its continued development.