<s>
Solaris	B-Application
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
Unix	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
Sun	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
in	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
Oracle	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
superseded	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
earlier	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
in	O
1993	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
scalability	B-Architecture
,	O
especially	O
on	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
systems	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
originating	O
many	O
innovative	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
DTrace	B-Application
,	O
ZFS	B-Application
and	O
Time	O
Slider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
supports	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
and	O
x86-64	B-Device
workstations	B-Device
and	O
servers	B-Application
from	O
Oracle	B-Application
and	O
other	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
was	O
registered	O
as	O
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
Single	O
UNIX	B-Application
Specification	O
until	O
29	O
April	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historically	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
as	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2005	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
released	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
under	O
the	O
CDDL	B-Application
license	O
,	O
and	O
founded	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
open-source	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
,	O
Sun	O
wanted	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
developer	O
and	O
user	O
community	O
around	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
discontinue	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
discontinued	O
providing	O
public	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
kernel	I-Application
,	O
effectively	O
turning	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
back	O
into	O
a	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
proprietary	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
that	O
,	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
was	O
forked	O
as	O
illumos	B-Application
and	O
is	O
alive	O
through	O
several	O
illumos	B-Application
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
laid	O
off	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
kernel	B-Operating_System
source	O
code	O
leaked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Application
Technology	I-Application
Network	I-Application
(	O
OTN	O
)	O
,	O
industry	O
partners	O
can	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
in-development	O
Solaris	B-Application
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
under	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
development	O
model	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
the	O
source	O
for	O
open-source	B-Application
components	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
from	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
AT&T	O
Corporation	O
and	O
Sun	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
collaborating	O
on	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
merge	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Unix	B-Application
variants	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
:	O
Berkeley	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Distribution	I-Operating_System
,	O
UNIX	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xenix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
became	O
Unix	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
Release	O
4	O
(	O
SVR4	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
1991	O
,	O
Sun	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
replace	O
its	O
existing	O
BSD-derived	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
one	O
based	O
on	O
SVR4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
identified	O
internally	O
as	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
5	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
new	O
marketing	O
name	O
was	O
introduced	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
:	O
Solaris	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
justification	O
for	O
this	O
new	O
overbrand	O
was	O
that	O
it	O
encompassed	O
not	O
only	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
also	O
the	O
OpenWindows	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
Open	B-Protocol
Network	I-Protocol
Computing	I-Protocol
(	O
ONC	O
)	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
4.1.x	O
micro	O
releases	O
were	O
retroactively	O
named	O
Solaris	B-Application
1	O
by	O
Sun	O
,	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
name	O
is	O
used	O
almost	O
exclusively	O
to	O
refer	O
only	O
to	O
the	O
releases	O
based	O
on	O
SVR4-derived	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
5.0	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
releases	O
based	O
on	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
5	O
,	O
the	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
minor	O
version	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
release	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.4	O
incorporates	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
5.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.6	O
,	O
the	O
2	O
.	O
was	O
dropped	O
from	O
the	O
release	O
name	O
,	O
so	O
Solaris	B-Application
7	I-Application
incorporates	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
5.7	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
release	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
5.11	O
forms	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
11.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
SunSoft	O
stated	O
in	O
its	O
initial	O
Solaris	B-Application
2	O
press	O
release	O
their	O
intent	O
to	O
eventually	O
support	O
both	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
and	O
x86	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
Solaris	B-Application
2	O
releases	O
,	O
2.0	O
and	O
2.1	O
,	O
were	O
SPARC-only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
x86	O
version	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.1	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
1993	O
,	O
about	O
6	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
version	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
desktop	B-Device
and	O
uniprocessor	O
workgroup	O
server	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
the	O
Wabi	B-General_Concept
emulator	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Sun	O
also	O
offered	O
the	O
Interactive	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
system	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
from	O
Interactive	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
Corporation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
Sun	O
released	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.4	O
,	O
supporting	O
both	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
and	O
x86	O
systems	O
from	O
a	O
unified	O
source	O
code	B-General_Concept
base	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
2	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Simon	B-Language
Phipps	I-Language
,	O
a	O
former	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
employee	O
not	O
hired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
in	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
reported	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
that	O
Oracle	B-Application
had	O
laid	O
off	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
core	O
development	O
staff	O
,	O
which	O
many	O
interpreted	O
as	O
sign	O
that	O
Oracle	B-Application
no	O
longer	O
intended	O
to	O
support	O
future	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Oracle	B-Application
did	O
have	O
a	O
large	O
layoff	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
development	O
engineering	O
staff	O
,	O
development	O
continued	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
11.4	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
common	O
code	B-General_Concept
base	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
platforms	O
it	O
supports	O
:	O
64-bit	B-Device
SPARC	B-Architecture
and	O
x86-64	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
has	O
a	O
reputation	O
for	O
being	O
well-suited	O
to	O
symmetric	B-Operating_System
multiprocessing	I-Operating_System
,	O
supporting	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
CPUs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
historically	O
been	O
tightly	O
integrated	O
with	O
Sun	O
's	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
hardware	O
(	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
64-bit	B-Device
SPARC	B-Architecture
applications	O
since	O
Solaris	B-Application
7	I-Application
)	O
,	O
with	O
which	O
it	O
is	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
combined	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
supported	O
x86	O
systems	O
since	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.1	O
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
x86	I-Device
applications	O
since	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
allowing	O
Sun	O
to	O
capitalize	O
on	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
commodity	O
64-bit	B-Device
CPUs	I-Device
based	O
on	O
the	O
x86-64	B-Device
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
heavily	O
marketed	O
Solaris	B-Application
for	O
use	O
with	O
both	O
its	O
own	O
x86-64-based	O
Sun	B-Device
Java	I-Device
Workstation	I-Device
and	O
the	O
x86-64	B-Device
models	O
of	O
the	O
Sun	B-Device
Ultra	I-Device
series	I-Device
workstations	B-Device
,	O
and	O
servers	B-Application
based	O
on	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
and	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
processors	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
x86	O
systems	O
manufactured	O
by	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Dell	O
,	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
following	O
vendors	O
support	O
Solaris	B-Application
for	O
their	O
x86	O
server	B-Application
systems	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
2.5.1	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
(	O
PowerPC	B-Device
Reference	I-Device
Platform	I-Device
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
port	O
was	O
canceled	O
before	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.6	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
developers	O
at	O
Blastwave	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
port	O
which	O
they	O
named	O
Polaris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
an	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
community	O
project	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Blastwave	O
efforts	O
and	O
Sun	O
Labs	O
 '	O
Project	O
Pulsar	O
,	O
which	O
re-integrated	O
the	O
relevant	O
parts	O
from	O
Solaris	O
2.5.1	O
into	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
,	O
announced	O
its	O
first	O
official	O
source	O
code	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
to	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Itanium	I-General_Concept
architecture	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
1997	O
but	O
never	O
brought	O
to	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Sun	O
,	O
and	O
Sine	O
Nomine	O
Associates	O
demonstrated	O
a	O
preview	O
of	O
OpenSolaris	B-Application
for	I-Application
System	I-Application
z	I-Application
running	O
on	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
System	I-Device
z	I-Device
mainframe	B-Architecture
under	O
z/VM	B-Application
,	O
called	O
Sirius	O
(	O
in	O
analogy	O
to	O
the	O
Polaris	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
primary	O
developer	O
's	O
Australian	O
nationality	O
:	O
HMS	O
Sirius	O
of	O
1786	O
was	O
a	O
ship	O
of	O
the	O
First	O
Fleet	O
to	O
Australia	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
prototype	O
release	O
of	O
Sirius	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
and	O
on	O
November	O
19	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
IBM	O
authorized	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Sirius	O
on	O
System	B-Device
z	I-Device
Integrated	B-Application
Facility	I-Application
for	I-Application
Linux	I-Application
(	O
IFL	O
)	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
also	O
supports	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
platform	O
application	B-Operating_System
binary	I-Operating_System
interface	I-Operating_System
(	O
ABI	O
)	O
,	O
allowing	O
Solaris	B-Application
to	O
run	O
native	O
Linux	B-Application
binaries	B-Application
on	O
x86	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
called	O
Solaris	B-Application
Containers	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
Applications	O
(	O
SCLA	O
)	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
branded	O
zones	O
functionality	O
introduced	O
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
8/07	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
from	O
various	O
pre-packaged	O
software	O
groups	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
a	O
minimalistic	O
Reduced	O
Network	O
Support	O
to	O
a	O
complete	O
Entire	O
Plus	O
OEM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installation	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
is	O
not	O
necessary	O
for	O
an	O
individual	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
can	O
be	O
installed	O
as	O
well	O
in	O
a	O
packaged	O
form	O
from	O
sunfreeware	O
and	O
OpenCSW	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
from	O
physical	O
media	O
or	O
a	O
network	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
a	O
desktop	B-Device
or	O
server	B-Application
,	O
or	O
be	O
used	O
without	O
installing	O
on	O
a	O
desktop	B-Device
or	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
releases	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
used	O
OpenWindows	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
desktop	B-Device
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.0	O
to	O
2.2	O
,	O
OpenWindows	O
supported	O
both	O
NeWS	O
and	O
X	B-Operating_System
applications	O
,	O
and	O
provided	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
for	O
SunView	B-Library
applications	O
from	O
Sun	O
's	O
older	O
desktop	B-Device
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NeWS	O
allowed	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
built	O
in	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
way	O
using	O
PostScript	B-Language
,	O
a	O
common	O
printing	O
language	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
originated	O
from	O
MIT	O
's	O
Project	B-Operating_System
Athena	I-Operating_System
in	O
1984	O
and	O
allowed	O
for	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
an	O
application	O
to	O
be	O
disconnected	O
from	O
the	O
machine	O
where	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
running	O
,	O
separated	O
by	O
a	O
network	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
's	O
original	O
bundled	O
SunView	B-Library
application	O
suite	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
X	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
later	O
dropped	O
support	O
for	O
legacy	O
SunView	B-Library
applications	O
and	O
NeWS	O
with	O
OpenWindows	O
3.3	O
,	O
which	O
shipped	O
with	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.3	O
,	O
and	O
switched	O
to	O
X11R5	B-Operating_System
with	O
Display	O
Postscript	B-Language
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
remained	O
based	O
upon	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenWindows	O
3.6.2	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
under	O
Solaris	B-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
Window	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
olwm	O
)	O
with	O
other	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
specific	O
applications	O
were	O
dropped	O
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
,	O
but	O
support	O
libraries	O
were	O
still	O
bundled	O
,	O
providing	O
long	O
term	O
binary	O
backwards	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
with	O
existing	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
Virtual	O
Window	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
olvwm	O
)	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
downloaded	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
from	O
sunfreeware	O
and	O
works	O
on	O
releases	O
as	O
recent	O
as	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
and	O
other	O
Unix	B-Application
vendors	O
created	O
an	O
industry	O
alliance	O
to	O
standardize	O
Unix	B-Application
desktops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Common	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Environment	I-Operating_System
(	O
COSE	O
)	O
initiative	O
,	O
Sun	O
helped	O
co-develop	O
the	O
Common	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
(	O
CDE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
an	O
initiative	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
standard	O
Unix	B-Application
desktop	B-Device
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
vendor	O
contributed	O
different	O
components	O
:	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
contributed	O
the	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
IBM	O
provided	O
the	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Sun	O
provided	O
the	O
e-mail	O
and	O
calendar	O
facilities	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
drag-and-drop	O
support	O
(	O
ToolTalk	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
desktop	B-Device
environment	O
was	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Motif	B-Application
look	O
and	O
feel	O
and	O
the	O
old	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
desktop	B-Device
environment	O
was	O
considered	O
legacy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDE	O
unified	O
Unix	B-Application
desktops	O
across	O
multiple	O
open	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDE	O
was	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
unbundled	O
add-on	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.4	O
and	O
2.5	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.6	O
through	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Sun	O
issued	O
a	O
preview	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
desktop	B-Device
environment	O
GNOME	B-Application
1.4	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
GTK+	B-Application
toolkit	O
,	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
8/03	O
introduced	O
GNOME	O
2.0	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
CDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
includes	O
Sun	O
's	O
Java	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
System	I-Language
(	O
JDS	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
GNOME	B-Application
and	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
large	O
set	O
of	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
StarOffice	B-Application
,	O
Sun	O
's	O
office	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
describes	O
JDS	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
major	O
component	O
"	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Java	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
System	I-Language
is	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
which	O
instead	O
ships	O
with	O
a	O
stock	O
version	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
CDE	O
applications	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
included	O
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
,	O
but	O
many	O
libraries	O
remain	O
for	O
binary	O
backwards	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open	O
source	O
desktop	B-Device
environments	O
KDE	B-Application
and	O
Xfce	B-Language
,	O
along	O
with	O
numerous	O
other	O
window	B-Application
managers	I-Application
,	O
also	O
compile	O
and	O
run	O
on	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
was	O
investing	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
desktop	B-Device
environment	O
called	O
Project	B-Language
Looking	I-Language
Glass	I-Language
since	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
versions	O
up	O
to	O
2005	O
(	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
was	O
licensed	O
under	O
a	O
license	O
that	O
permitted	O
a	O
customer	O
to	O
buy	O
licenses	O
in	O
bulk	O
,	O
and	O
install	O
the	O
software	O
on	O
any	O
machine	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
maximum	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2005	O
–	O
10	O
,	O
Sun	O
began	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
development	O
builds	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
under	O
the	O
Common	B-Application
Development	I-Application
and	I-Application
Distribution	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
CDDL	B-Application
)	O
via	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
code	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
work	O
being	O
done	O
for	O
the	O
post-Solaris	O
10	O
release	O
(	O
code-named	O
"	O
Nevada	O
"	O
;	O
eventually	O
released	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
11	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Sun	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
in	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
project	O
was	O
discontinued	O
after	O
the	O
board	O
became	O
unhappy	O
with	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
stance	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
previously	O
freely	O
available	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
was	O
placed	O
under	O
a	O
restrictive	O
license	O
that	O
limited	O
the	O
use	O
,	O
modification	O
and	O
redistribution	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
license	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
free	O
of	O
charge	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Application
Technology	I-Application
Network	I-Application
,	O
and	O
use	O
it	O
for	O
a	O
90-day	O
trial	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
that	O
trial	O
period	O
had	O
expired	O
the	O
user	O
would	O
then	O
have	O
to	O
purchase	O
a	O
support	O
contract	O
from	O
Oracle	B-Application
to	O
continue	O
using	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
in	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
license	O
terms	O
changed	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
license	O
allows	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
to	O
be	O
downloaded	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
from	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Application
Technology	I-Application
Network	I-Application
and	O
used	O
without	O
a	O
support	O
contract	O
indefinitely	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
license	O
only	O
expressly	O
permits	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
use	O
Solaris	B-Application
as	O
a	O
development	O
platform	O
and	O
expressly	O
forbids	O
commercial	O
and	O
"	O
production	O
"	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Solaris	B-Application
is	O
used	O
without	O
a	O
support	O
contract	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
each	O
new	O
"	O
point	O
release	O
"	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
a	O
support	O
contract	O
is	O
required	O
for	O
access	O
to	O
patches	O
and	O
updates	O
that	O
are	O
released	O
monthly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
features	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
include	O
DTrace	B-Application
,	O
Doors	B-General_Concept
,	O
Service	B-Operating_System
Management	I-Operating_System
Facility	I-Operating_System
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
Containers	O
,	O
Solaris	B-General_Concept
Multiplexed	I-General_Concept
I/O	I-General_Concept
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
Volume	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
,	O
ZFS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
Trusted	O
Extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Updates	O
to	O
Solaris	B-Application
versions	O
are	O
periodically	O
issued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
these	O
were	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
month	O
and	O
year	O
of	O
their	O
release	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
1/13	O
"	O
;	O
as	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
,	O
sequential	O
update	O
numbers	O
are	O
appended	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
name	O
with	O
a	O
period	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Oracle	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
11.4	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
ascending	O
order	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
versions	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
have	O
been	O
released	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
version	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
version	O
Release	O
date	O
End	O
of	O
supportBasis	O
License	O
form	O
Major	O
new	O
features	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
x86SPARC/x86	O
4.1.x	O
1991	O
–	O
1994	O
–	O
September	O
20034.3BSD	O
Traditional	O
license	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
rebranded	O
as	O
Solaris	B-Application
1	O
for	O
marketing	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
article	O
for	O
more	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.1	O
December	O
1992	O
May	O
1993	O
April	O
1999SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
Support	O
for	O
sun4	B-Device
and	O
sun4m	B-Device
architectures	O
added	O
;	O
first	O
Solaris	B-Application
x86	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
Solaris	B-Application
2	O
release	O
to	O
support	O
SMP	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.2	O
May	O
1993	O
–	O
May	O
1999SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
SPARC-only	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
to	O
support	O
multithreading	B-Operating_System
libraries	O
(	O
UI	O
threads	B-Operating_System
API	O
in	O
libthread	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.3	O
November	O
1993	O
–	O
June	O
2002SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
SPARC-only	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenWindows	O
3.3	O
switches	O
from	O
NeWS	O
to	O
Display	O
PostScript	B-Language
and	O
drops	O
SunView	B-Library
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
added	O
for	O
autofs	O
and	O
CacheFS	B-General_Concept
filesystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.4	O
November	O
1994	O
September	O
2003SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
First	O
unified	O
SPARC/x86	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Includes	O
OSF/Motif	B-Application
runtime	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.5	O
November	O
1995	O
December	O
2003SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
First	O
to	O
support	O
UltraSPARC	O
and	O
include	O
CDE	O
,	O
NFSv3	B-Protocol
and	O
NFS/TCP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dropped	O
sun4	B-Device
(	O
VMEbus	B-Architecture
)	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
POSIX.1c-1995	O
pthreads	B-Operating_System
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doors	B-General_Concept
added	O
but	O
undocumented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.5.1	O
May	O
1996	O
September	O
2005SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
The	O
only	O
Solaris	B-Application
release	O
that	O
supports	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
;	O
There	O
was	O
a	O
later	O
PPC	O
port	O
with	O
help	O
from	O
Sun	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
withdrawn	O
because	O
the	O
related	O
hardware	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
produced	O
in	O
a	O
RoHS	O
compliant	O
variant	O
Ultra	O
Enterprise	O
support	O
added	O
;	O
user	O
and	O
group	O
IDs	O
(	O
uid_t	O
,	O
gid_t	O
)	O
expanded	O
to	O
32	O
bits	O
,	O
also	O
included	O
processor	O
sets	O
and	O
early	O
resource	O
management	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.6	O
July	O
1997	O
July	O
2006SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
Includes	O
Kerberos	B-Protocol
5	I-Protocol
,	O
PAM	B-Application
,	O
TrueType	O
fonts	O
,	O
WebNFS	O
,	O
large	B-Application
file	I-Application
support	I-Application
,	O
enhanced	O
procfs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
update	O
was	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.6	O
5/98	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.7	O
November	O
1998	O
August	O
2008SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
The	O
first	O
64-bit	B-Device
UltraSPARC	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Added	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
file	O
system	O
meta-data	O
logging	O
(	O
UFS	B-Operating_System
logging	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dropped	O
MCA	B-Device
support	O
on	O
x86	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
version	O
number	O
,	O
leaving	O
"	O
Solaris	B-Application
7.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
update	O
was	O
Solaris	B-Application
7	I-Application
11/99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.8	O
February	O
2000	O
March	O
2012SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
Includes	O
Multipath	B-General_Concept
I/O	I-General_Concept
,	O
Solstice	B-Application
DiskSuite	I-Application
,	O
IPMP	O
,	O
first	O
support	O
for	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
and	O
IPsec	B-Protocol
(	O
manual	O
keying	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
mdb	O
Modular	B-Application
Debugger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
update	O
is	O
Solaris	B-Application
8	I-Application
2/04	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.9	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2002	O
January	O
10	O
,	O
2003	O
October	O
2014SVR4	O
Traditional	O
license	O
iPlanet	O
Directory	O
Server	B-Application
,	O
Resource	O
Manager	O
,	O
extended	O
file	O
attributes	O
,	O
IKE	B-Protocol
IPsec	B-Protocol
keying	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
compatibility	O
added	O
;	O
OpenWindows	O
dropped	O
,	O
sun4d	O
support	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
current	O
update	O
is	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
9/05	O
HW	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.10	O
January	O
2025SVR4	O
before	O
Oracle	B-Application
acquisition	O
in	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
open	O
source	O
under	O
CDDLafter	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
Post-Oracle	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
Includes	O
x86-64	B-Device
(	O
AMD64/Intel	O
64	O
)	O
support	O
,	O
DTrace	B-Application
(	O
Dynamic	O
Tracing	O
)	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
Containers	O
,	O
Service	B-Operating_System
Management	I-Operating_System
Facility	I-Operating_System
(	O
SMF	O
)	O
which	O
replaces	O
init.d	O
scripts	O
,	O
NFSv4	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
sun4m	B-Device
and	O
UltraSPARC	O
I	O
processors	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adds	O
Java	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
System	I-Language
(	O
based	O
on	O
GNOME	B-Application
)	O
as	O
default	O
desktop	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
1/06	O
(	O
known	O
internally	O
as	O
"	O
U1	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
the	O
GRUB	B-Application
bootloader	O
for	O
x86	O
systems	O
,	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
Initiator	O
support	O
and	O
fcinfo	O
command-line	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
6/06	O
(	O
"	O
U2	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
the	O
ZFS	B-Application
filesystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
11/06	O
(	O
"	O
U3	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
Solaris	B-Application
Trusted	O
Extensions	O
and	O
Logical	O
Domains	O
(	O
sun4v	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
8/07	O
(	O
"	O
U4	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
Samba	B-Language
Active	O
Directory	O
support	O
,	O
IP	B-Protocol
Instances	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Protocol
Network	I-Protocol
Virtualization	I-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Resource	I-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
project	O
)	O
,	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
Target	O
support	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
Containers	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
Applications	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
branded	O
zones	O
)	O
,	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Resource	O
Capping	O
Daemon	O
(	O
rcapd	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
5/08	O
(	O
"	O
U5	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
CPU	O
capping	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
Containers	O
,	O
performance	O
improvements	O
,	O
SpeedStep	B-Device
support	O
for	O
Intel	O
processors	O
and	O
PowerNow	B-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
10/08	O
(	O
"	O
U6	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
boot	O
from	O
ZFS	B-Application
and	O
can	O
use	O
ZFS	B-Application
as	O
its	O
root	O
file	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
10/08	O
also	O
includes	O
virtualization	O
enhancements	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
a	O
Solaris	B-Application
Container	O
to	O
automatically	O
update	O
its	O
environment	O
when	O
moved	O
from	O
one	O
system	O
to	O
another	O
,	O
Logical	O
Domains	O
support	O
for	O
dynamically	O
reconfigurable	O
disk	O
and	O
network	O
I/O	O
,	O
and	O
paravirtualization	O
support	O
when	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
is	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
guest	O
OS	O
in	O
Xen-based	O
environments	O
such	O
as	O
Sun	O
xVM	O
Server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
5/09	O
(	O
"	O
U7	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
performance	O
and	O
power	O
management	O
support	O
for	O
Intel	B-Device
Nehalem	I-Device
processors	O
,	O
container	O
cloning	O
using	O
ZFS	B-Application
cloned	O
file	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
performance	O
enhancements	O
for	O
ZFS	B-Application
on	O
solid-state	B-Device
drives	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
10/09	O
(	O
"	O
U8	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
user	O
and	O
group	O
level	O
ZFS	B-Application
quotas	O
,	O
ZFS	B-Application
cache	O
devices	O
and	O
nss_ldap	O
shadowAccount	O
Support	O
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
patching	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
9/10	O
(	O
"	O
U9	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
physical	O
to	O
zone	O
migration	O
,	O
ZFS	B-Application
triple	O
parity	O
RAID-Z	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
Auto	O
Registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
8/11	O
(	O
"	O
U10	O
"	O
)	O
added	O
ZFS	B-Application
speedups	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Database	O
optimization	O
,	O
faster	O
reboot	O
on	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
1/13	O
(	O
"	O
U11	O
"	O
)	O
see	O
release	O
notes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.11	O
November	O
2011SVR4	O
Post-Oracle	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
Adds	O
new	O
packaging	O
system	O
(	O
IPS	O
–	O
Image	O
Packaging	O
System	O
)	O
and	O
associated	O
tools	O
,	O
ZFS	B-Application
(	O
only	O
)	O
for	O
boot	O
,	O
1	O
GB	O
RAM	O
min.	O
,	O
x86	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
Containers	O
,	O
network	O
virtualization	O
and	O
quality	O
of	O
service	O
(	O
QoS	O
)	O
,	O
virtual	O
consoles	O
,	O
ZFS	B-Application
encryption	O
and	O
deduplication	O
,	O
fast	O
reboot	O
,	O
updated	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Removed	O
Xsun	B-Application
,	O
CDE	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
/usr/ucb	O
BSD-compatible	O
commands	O
5.11	O
SVR4	O
Post-Oracle	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
New	O
features	O
and	O
enhancements	O
(	O
compared	O
to	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
)	O
in	O
software	O
packaging	O
,	O
network	O
virtualization	O
,	O
server	B-Application
virtualization	O
,	O
storage	O
,	O
security	O
and	O
hardware	O
support	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Packaging	O
:	O
Image	O
Packaging	O
System	O
,	O
network	O
and	O
local	O
package	O
repositories	O
;	O
Automated	O
Installer	O
to	O
automated	O
provisioning	O
,	O
including	O
Zones	O
;	O
Distro	O
Constructor	O
to	O
create	O
ISO	B-Application
9660	I-Application
filesystem	O
images	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
:	O
network	O
virtualization	O
(	O
vNICs	O
,	O
vSwitches	O
,	O
vRouters	O
)	O
and	O
QoS	O
,	O
Exclusive	O
–	O
IP	B-Protocol
default	O
for	O
Zones	O
,	O
the	O
dladm	O
utility	O
to	O
manage	O
data	O
links	O
,	O
the	O
ipadm	O
utility	O
to	O
manage	O
IP	B-Protocol
configuration	O
(	O
including	O
IPMP	O
)	O
,	O
ProFTPD	B-Language
and	O
enhancements	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Zones	O
:	O
Immutable	O
(	O
read	O
–	O
only	O
)	O
Zones	O
,	O
NFS	O
servers	B-Application
in	O
zones	O
,	O
delegated	O
administration	O
,	O
P2V	O
pre	O
–	O
flight	O
check	O
,	O
the	O
zonestat	O
utility	O
coupled	O
with	O
the	O
libzonestat	O
dynamically	O
linked	O
library	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Storage	O
:	O
ZFS	B-Application
shadow	O
migration	O
,	O
ZFS	B-Application
backup/restore	O
with	O
NDMP	O
,	O
recursive	O
ZFS	B-Application
send	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Hardware	O
support	O
:	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
T4	O
,	O
critical	O
threads	B-Operating_System
,	O
SDP	O
enabled	O
and	O
optimized	O
,	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
Zones	O
,	O
SR-IOV	O
,	O
Intel	O
AVX	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
UltraSPARC	O
II	O
,	O
III	O
,	O
IV	O
series	O
support	O
removed	O
;	O
IA-32	B-Device
architecture	O
support	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.11	O
SVR4	O
Post-Oracle	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
New	O
features	O
and	O
enhancements	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Per-file	O
authorization	O
to	O
edit	O
administrative	O
files	O
using	O
pfedit	O
command	O
5.11	O
SVR4	O
Post-Oracle	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
New	O
features	O
and	O
enhancements	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Software-defined	O
networking	O
5.11	O
January	O
2024SVR4	O
Post-Oracle	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
New	O
features	O
and	O
enhancements	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
with	O
OpenStack	B-Application
Juno	O
5.11	O
November	O
2034SVR4	O
Post-Oracle	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
New	O
features	O
and	O
enhancements	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
ZFS	B-Application
Top-Level	O
Device	O
Removal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
comprehensive	O
summary	O
of	O
some	O
Solaris	B-Application
versions	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
releases	O
are	O
also	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
2	O
FAQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
underlying	O
Solaris	B-Application
codebase	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
under	O
continuous	O
development	O
since	O
work	O
began	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
on	O
what	O
was	O
eventually	O
released	O
as	O
Solaris	B-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
version	O
such	O
as	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
snapshot	O
of	O
this	O
development	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
,	O
taken	O
near	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
then	O
maintained	O
as	O
a	O
derived	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Solaris	B-Application
version	O
under	O
development	O
by	O
Sun	O
since	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
in	O
2005	O
,	O
was	O
codenamed	O
Nevada	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
what	O
is	O
now	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
codebase	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
an	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
development	O
process	O
was	O
initiated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
program	O
name	O
Software	O
Express	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
(	O
or	O
just	O
Solaris	B-Application
Express	I-Application
)	O
,	O
a	O
binary	O
release	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
current	O
development	O
basis	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
a	O
monthly	O
basis	O
,	O
allowing	O
anyone	O
to	O
try	O
out	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
test	O
the	O
quality	O
and	O
stability	O
of	O
the	O
OS	O
as	O
it	O
progressed	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
next	O
official	O
Solaris	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
change	O
to	O
this	O
program	O
introduced	O
a	O
quarterly	O
release	O
model	O
with	O
support	O
available	O
,	O
renamed	O
Solaris	B-Application
Express	I-Application
Developer	O
Edition	O
(	O
SXDE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Sun	O
announced	O
Project	O
Indiana	O
with	O
several	O
goals	O
,	O
including	O
providing	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
binary	O
distribution	O
of	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
project	O
,	O
replacing	O
SXDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
this	O
distribution	O
was	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
2008.05	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Solaris	B-Application
Express	I-Application
Community	O
Edition	O
(	O
SXCE	O
)	O
was	O
intended	O
specifically	O
for	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
updated	O
every	O
two	O
weeks	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
recommendation	O
that	O
users	O
migrate	O
to	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SXCE	O
releases	O
terminated	O
with	O
build	O
130	O
and	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
releases	O
terminated	O
with	O
build	O
134	O
a	O
few	O
weeks	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
release	O
of	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
based	O
on	O
build	O
134	O
was	O
due	O
in	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
fully	O
released	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
packages	O
were	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
package	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
renamed	O
the	O
binary	O
distribution	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
Express	O
,	O
changed	O
the	O
license	O
terms	O
and	O
released	O
build	O
151a	O
as	O
2010.11	O
in	O
November	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
illumos	B-Application
–	O
A	O
fully	O
open	O
source	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
started	O
in	O
2010	O
by	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
Sun	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
engineers	O
and	O
Nexenta	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
was	O
not	O
100%	O
open	O
source	O
:	O
Some	O
drivers	O
and	O
some	O
libraries	O
were	O
property	O
of	O
other	O
companies	O
that	O
Sun	O
(	O
now	O
Oracle	B-Application
)	O
licensed	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenIndiana	B-Application
–	O
A	O
project	O
under	O
the	O
illumos	B-Application
umbrella	O
aiming	O
"	O
...	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
installed	O
on	O
production	O
servers	B-Application
where	O
security	O
and	O
bug	O
fixes	O
are	O
required	O
free	O
of	O
charge.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
SchilliX	O
–	O
The	O
first	O
LiveCD	O
released	O
after	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
code	O
was	O
opened	O
to	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
napp-it	O
–	O
A	O
webmanaged	O
ZFS	B-Application
storage	O
appliance	O
based	O
on	O
Solaris	B-Application
and	O
the	O
free	O
forks	O
like	O
OmniOS	O
with	O
a	O
Free	O
and	O
Pro	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NexentaStor	O
–	O
Optimized	O
for	O
storage	O
workloads	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Nexenta	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartOS	O
–	O
Virtualization	O
centered	O
derivative	O
from	O
Joyent	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
–	O
A	O
project	O
initiated	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
discontinued	O
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nexenta	B-Application
OS	I-Application
(	O
discontinued	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
2012	O
)	O
–	O
First	O
distribution	O
based	O
on	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
userland	B-Operating_System
with	O
Solaris-derived	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
StormOS	O
(	O
discontinued	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2012	O
)	O
–	O
A	O
lightweight	O
desktop	B-General_Concept
OS	I-General_Concept
based	O
on	O
Nexenta	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Xfce	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
MartUX	O
–	O
The	O
first	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
distribution	O
of	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
an	O
alpha	O
prototype	O
released	O
by	O
Martin	O
Bochnig	O
in	O
April	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
desktop	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
release	O
was	O
a	O
small	O
Live	O
CD	O
,	O
released	O
as	O
marTux_0.2	O
Live	O
CD	O
in	O
summer	O
of	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
straight	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
for	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
(	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
GNOME	B-Application
metacity	O
theme	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
re-branded	O
as	O
MartUX	O
and	O
the	O
next	O
releases	O
included	O
full	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
installers	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Live	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
later	O
,	O
MartUX	O
was	O
re-branded	O
as	O
OpenSXCE	O
when	O
it	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
release	O
to	O
support	O
both	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
and	O
Intel	O
architectures	O
after	O
Sun	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dyson	O
–	O
illumos	B-Application
kernel	B-Operating_System
with	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
userland	B-Operating_System
and	O
packages	O
from	O
Debian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EON	O
ZFS	B-Application
Storage	O
–	O
A	O
NAS	B-Application
implementation	O
targeted	O
at	O
embedded	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jaris	O
stands	O
for	O
"	O
Japanese	O
Solaris	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Madoris	O
is	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
word	O
for	O
Windows	O
"	O
mado	O
"	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSXCE	O
–	O
An	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
release	O
for	O
both	O
32-bit	B-Device
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
x86	I-Device
platforms	O
and	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
microprocessors	O
,	O
initially	O
produced	O
from	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
source	O
code	O
repository	O
,	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
illumos	B-Application
source	O
code	O
repository	O
to	O
form	O
OpenIndiana	B-Application
's	O
first	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
with	O
illumos	B-Application
source	O
for	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
based	O
upon	O
OpenIndiana	B-Application
,	O
OpenSXCE	O
finally	O
moved	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
source	O
code	O
repository	O
,	O
based	O
upon	O
DilOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robert	O
Lipschutz	O
and	O
Gregg	O
Harrington	O
from	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
reviewed	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
in	O
2002	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Robert	O
Lipschutz	O
also	O
reviewed	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Henderson	O
reviewed	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
for	O
Network	O
World	O
:	O
</s>
