SysAdmins' Chronicles

Dear Readers,

Today Ian Murdock and Sun announced the release of OpenSolaris during the keynote speech for CommunityOne conference. I have been using this release along side Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris b87. I must say that it feels a lot more like Linux initially. After that initial shock I was able to realize that I still had the power and stability of the Solaris kernel at my fingertips as well as all the wonderful software that has been developed by Sun and all the communities involved. I will be setting up a three tiered system for a Ruby on Rails hosting framework including everything from the web hosting to the database and version control. This aims to be the most complete howto guide I have produced yet and I will release it on my blog as well as a styled PDF for those who like to print things out and take notes.

-Ron