Nexenta OS是一份免费和开放源码的操作系统，它将OpenSolaris内核与GNU应用软件系统相结合。Nexenta OS运行在Intel/AMD的32位或64位架构上，并以单张可安装光盘的形式发布。可以通过高级软件包管理工具从Nexenta OS软件仓库安装更新及未包含在光盘上的二进制软件包。此外，基于源码的软件组件可以从Debian/GNU Linux和Ubuntu Linux的网络仓库下载。
Anil Gulecha has announced the release of Nexenta Core Platform 2.0, a base operating system combining the OpenSolaris kernel with Debian utilities and Ubuntu packages: "The Nexenta team would like to announce the immediate availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 2 release. Release highlights: OpenSolaris build 104+ with critical patches; over 13,000 packages in the repository; smooth upgrade path from NCP1; community-driven efforts bringing X.Org, Xfce and GNOME Core into the repository; based on Ubuntu 8.04 repository; this includes latest dpkg/APT, GCC, Binutils, Coreutils, Perl, Python, Ruby, Qt and GTK+ libraries; SMF support added for server applications like Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Exim; 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use. Includes Vim and screen by default; addition of latest devzone version to the CD; includes apt-clone which brings ZFS power to apt-get." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b104_x86.iso.zip (506MB).
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