Comparison of Solaris distributions

Technical variations of Solaris distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Organizational differences may be motivated by historical reasons. Other criteria include security, including how quickly security upgrades are available; ease of package management; and number of packages available.

These tables compare each noteworthy distribution's latest stable release on wide-ranging objective criteria. It does not cover each operating system's subjective merits, branches marked as unstable or beta, nor compare Solaris distributions with other operating systems.

General

Basic general information about the distributions: creator or producer, release date and latest version, and so forth.

Distribution	Creator	Producer	First public release	Base distribution	Latest release date	Purpose
BeleniX	?	?	?	OpenSolaris	0.7.1 / July 19, 2008	?
MilaX	?	?	?	OpenSolaris	?	?
Nexenta OS	?	?	?	OpenSolaris	3.0.1  (September 17, 2010; 13 months ago (2010-09-17))	?
OpenIndiana	?	?	?	OpenSolaris	?	"to become the defacto OpenSolaris distribution installed on production servers where security and bug fixes are required free of charge"[1]
SchilliX	?	?	?	OpenSolaris	0.7.2 / September 22, 2010	?
Distribution	Creator	Producer	First public release	Base distribution	Latest release date	Purpose

Cost

Technical

Distribution	Default file system	Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection
BeleniX	?	KDE, Xfce
MilaX	?	jwm
Nexenta OS	?	GNOME
OpenIndiana	Template:ZFS	GNOME
SchilliX	?	?
Distribution	Default file system	Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection

Architecture support

Package management and installation

Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate.

Distribution	Approximate number of pre-compiled packages	Approximate number of source packages	Default package management tools	Package Format	Default installer	Graphical installation procedure
BeleniX	?	?	?	?	?	?
MilaX	?	?	?	?	?	?
Nexenta OS	?	?	?	APT	?	?
OpenIndiana	?	?	?	IPS	?	Yes
SchilliX	?	?	?	?	?	?
Distribution	Approximate number of packages	Approximate number of source packages	Default package management tools	Package Format	Default installer	Graphical installation procedure

Live media

Distribution	Size in MB	RAM Use in MB	Boots from CD-ROM	Boots from DVD	Installable Live CD	Installable Over USBs
BeleniX	680.3	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
MilaX	?	128	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Nexenta OS	539	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
OpenIndiana	802	?	No	Yes	No	Yes
SchilliX	507	?	No	Yes	No	No
Distribution	Size	RAM Use	Boots from CD-ROM	Boots from DVD	Installable Live CD	Installable Over USBs

Security features

See also

Free software portal

• Comparison of operating systems

References

1. ^ Frequently Asked Questions From the OpenIndiana Wiki

External links

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