`<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I used to do a lot of Linux kernel work, but haven't jumped in on Illumos, mostly because the information to get started seems sparse and often outdated on the few wiki pages that exist. <br>
<br></div>I'd be a regular at dabbling in the Illumos kernel if it didn't require so much time just to get started. <br><br></div>One curiosity I have is could a hybrid distribution of OmniOS with a Nexenta kernel be built and be useable. Nexenta keeps everything out in the open on Github. How hard would it be to build that kernel and utilize it?<br>
<br></div>-Chip<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Scott LeFevre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slefevre@indy.rr.com" target="_blank">slefevre@indy.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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So what is the skill set needed to help with the development? If we have a better understanding of this, it might allow people to understand if they are capable of helping.<br>
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I am a programmer but not for OS development but in the GUI/ usability area
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otherwise I would help (can help with testing)
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It is really a pity. Ragarding storage and usability, Solaris and OmniOS is far better than
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Linux that I use as well for my ZFS GUI. With the newest features that Nexenta integrates
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into NexentaStor (beside VAII this is SMB2 and failure management on slow disks), Illumos
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has the ability to be the number 1 storage OS - even in the OpenSource or low-cost area,
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better than BSD or Linux.
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If Nexenta would give Illumian more love, it might become the leading free Illumos distribution
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but I do not expect that this will happen. The other „big players“ like Delphix, Joyent or
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OmniOS seems to have no interest in such storage features as well as improvements in
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encryption (hey we need this)
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Gea/ <a href="http://napp-it.org" target="_blank">napp-it.org</a>
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Am 05.08.2014 um 19:27 schrieb Floris van Essen ..:: House of Ancients Amstafs ::.. <<a href="mailto:info@houseofancients.nl" target="_blank">info@houseofancients.nl</a>>:
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Hi Dan,
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Infra dude here, with plenty of stuff to test thing, but a programmer I am not, however if you need testers….
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<b>Van:</b> Dan McDonald [<a href="mailto:danmcd@omniti.com" target="_blank">mailto:danmcd@omniti.com</a>] <br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> dinsdag 5 augustus 2014 18:48<br>
<b>Aan:</b> Floris van Essen ..:: House of Ancients Amstafs ::..<br>
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Someone needs to take the time to port the Illumos-nexenta bits upstream. Nobody has yet stepped up to the plate. Are you volunteering? ;)
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On Aug 5, 2014, at 1:44 AM, "Floris van Essen ..:: House of Ancients Amstafs ::.." <<a href="mailto:info@houseofancients.nl" target="_blank">info@houseofancients.nl</a>> wrote:<br>
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<pre>Been waiting now for a long time for VAAI (XCOPY and ATS ) to make it into COMSTAR
Does anyone know if there’s any progress in that area ?
<a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com/msg02095.html" target="_blank">https://www.mail-archive.com/omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com/msg02095.html</a>
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