A Sun Microsystems desktop engineer has outlined plans to release the code for the company's Java Desktop System (JDS) environment and integrate it better with OpenSolaris. Proposing the idea to the ...

The OpenSolaris project, which has been slowly gaining momentum over the past year, issued its first official release last week. Designed with an emphasis on usability and easy installation, ...

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 ...

Sun and OpenSolaris.org on Monday released the first publicly available version of the OpenSolaris operating system since work on the project began in 2005. The operasting system, which is a single ...

OpenSolaris is the open-source version of Sun's Solaris. "It combines the strong foundation of Solaris technologies and tools with modern desktop features and applications developed by open source ...

is barely a blip on the desktop market-share radar, but there are a few custom-system builders finding a market for Solaris-based systems. And as Sun Microsystems places more emphasis on its software ...

For those disappointed by Oracle's decision to discontinue supporting a free version of its Solaris Unix-like operating system, a new alternative emerged to take its place. OpenIndiana is part of the ...

Rebel forces have created an alternative to the venerable Sun operating system, which is now withering in the evil embrace of Oracle OpenSolaris’s days are numbered. Oracle has revealed plans to ...