<s>
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
operating	O
system	O
distribution	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
source	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
Live	O
CD	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
installed	O
to	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
Live	O
CD	O
along	O
the	O
lines	O
of	O
Knoppix	O
to	O
showcase	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Belenix	B-Operating_System
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
initial	O
base	O
for	O
Sun	O
's	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
technologies	O
pioneered	O
in	O
the	O
Belenix	B-Operating_System
project	O
have	O
gone	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
full	O
projects	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
right	O
within	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
ecosystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
aims	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
latest	O
stable	O
revisions	O
of	O
most	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
packages	O
are	O
continuously	O
pushed	O
in	O
the	O
package	O
repository	O
with	O
this	O
aim	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
these	O
reasons	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
also	O
includes	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
third-party	O
drivers	O
that	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
official	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
from	O
Sun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
is	O
on	O
the	O
developer	O
desktop	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
stable	O
and	O
scalable	O
enough	O
to	O
work	O
as	O
a	O
workstation	O
or	O
development	O
server	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
mainly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
kernel	O
and	O
userland	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
is	O
compiled	O
only	O
for	O
32-bit	O
execution	O
(	O
at	O
i586/Pentium	O
opcode	O
based	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
references	O
from	O
the	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
team	O
members	O
have	O
indicated	O
that	O
as	O
of	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
0.7	O
,	O
their	O
live	O
CD	O
contains	O
both	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	O
installation	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
is	O
focused	O
on	O
using	O
KDE	B-Application
for	O
its	O
desktop	O
environment	O
,	O
although	O
Xfce	B-Language
has	O
also	O
been	O
supported	O
since	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
upcoming	O
release	O
will	O
also	O
include	O
first-class	O
support	O
for	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
dev	O
team	O
includes	O
other	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
based	O
distros	O
such	O
as	O
MilaX	O
,	O
Nexenta	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
SchilliX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
thus	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
first-class	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
development	O
environment	O
and	O
is	O
completely	O
self-hosting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
package	O
included	O
in	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
is	O
built	O
on	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
itself	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
aims	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
easy-to-use	O
distribution	O
that	O
gently	O
exposes	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Live	O
CD	O
format	O
makes	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
more	O
easily	O
approachable	O
,	O
and	O
boots	O
within	O
two	O
to	O
three	O
minutes	O
from	O
a	O
CD-ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
project	O
,	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
was	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
private	O
project	O
by	O
a	O
few	O
Sun	O
employees	O
working	O
at	O
Sun	O
's	O
India	O
Engineering	O
Centre	O
in	O
Bangalore	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
aim	O
was	O
to	O
have	O
something	O
along	O
the	O
lines	O
of	O
Knoppix	O
to	O
showcase	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
to	O
end	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
few	O
weeks	O
 '	O
time	O
,	O
an	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
was	O
ready	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
was	O
developed	O
further	O
and	O
grew	O
in	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non-Sun	O
contributors	O
also	O
joined	O
in	O
the	O
effort	O
developing	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
FOSS	B-Application
community	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
first	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
to	O
bundle	O
a	O
complete	O
working	O
Xorg	B-Operating_System
X11	O
GUI	B-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
critical	O
innovations	O
sprung	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
project	O
which	O
were	O
later	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distributions	O
from	O
Sun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
the	O
first	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
Sun	O
's	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distro	O
was	O
largely	O
based	O
on	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
second	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
to	O
appear	O
,	O
after	O
SchilliX	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
auto-configuring	O
Xorg	B-Operating_System
based	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
introduced	O
various	O
missing	O
technologies	O
in	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Complete	O
working	O
Xorg	B-Operating_System
X11	O
environment	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
Fully	O
Open	O
X	O
project	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
Algorithm	O
for	O
file	O
placement	O
optimization	O
leveraging	O
DTrace	B-Application
profiling	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Implementation	O
of	O
read-ahead	O
and	O
I/O	O
scheduling	O
in	O
the	O
HSFS(ISO9660 )	O
filesystem	O
in	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
;	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distro	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
NTFS	O
and	O
Ext2fs	O
mount	O
capability	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distro	O
to	O
provide	O
advanced	O
Xorg	B-Operating_System
auto-configuration	O
capability	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distro	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
a	O
fully	O
functional	O
Java	B-Device
5/6	O
environment	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distro	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
basic	O
port	O
of	O
GNU	B-Application
Parted	I-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distro	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
complete	O
KDE	B-Application
3.5.x	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
this	O
and	O
other	O
technologies	O
developed	O
for	O
Indiana	O
in	O
account	O
,	O
the	O
future	O
focus	O
for	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
set	O
to	O
evolve	O
and	O
grow	O
as	O
a	O
source-level	O
Indiana	O
derivate	O
with	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
desktop	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
fully	O
featured	O
and	O
functional	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distro	O
based	O
on	O
KDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Check	O
the	O
LiveCD	O
Features	O
Timeline	O
in	O
References	O
to	O
see	O
a	O
chronological	O
account	O
of	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
development	O
till	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distro	O
by	O
Sun	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
team	O
aims	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
all	O
packages	O
co-exist	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
system	O
,	O
while	O
ensuring	O
that	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
package	O
are	O
built	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
compilers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Belenix	B-Operating_System
has	O
so	O
far	O
had	O
KDE	B-Application
3.5.9	O
built	O
with	O
GCC	B-Application
3.4.3	O
,	O
newer	O
packages	O
including	O
KDE4	O
being	O
increasingly	O
built	O
with	O
Gcc	B-Application
4.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
some	O
packages	O
,	O
especially	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
components	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
JDS	B-Language
project	O
,	O
that	O
are	O
being	O
built	O
with	O
Sun	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
being	O
actively	O
migrated	O
to	O
Gcc	B-Application
4.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
aims	O
to	O
eventually	O
have	O
all	O
of	O
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
built	O
on	O
the	O
completely	O
FOSS	B-Application
toolchain	O
Gcc	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Belenix	B-Operating_System
has	O
so	O
far	O
positioned	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
KDE	B-Application
distribution	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
providing	O
XFCE	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upcoming	O
releases	O
will	O
also	O
provide	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeleniX	B-Operating_System
today	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
Caiman	O
Installer	O
and	O
libraries	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
Sun	O
's	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Going	O
forward	O
there	O
are	O
plans	O
to	O
re-implement	O
the	O
Installer	O
GUI	B-Application
in	O
Qt4	B-Language
while	O
still	O
using	O
the	O
underlying	O
Caiman	O
Installer	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Belenix	B-Operating_System
team	O
presently	O
continues	O
to	O
use	O
SVR4	O
packaging	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
what	O
Solaris	B-Application
has	O
provided	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
does	O
not	O
intend	O
to	O
use	O
IPS	B-Application
in	O
its	O
present	O
state	O
due	O
to	O
various	O
technical	O
reasons	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
considering	O
alternatives	O
including	O
the	O
deb	O
format	O
and	O
the	O
RPM5	B-Application
format	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Smart	B-Application
Package	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
