Solaris Operating System
Solaris is a UNIX and BSD derived operating system, with Single UNIX Specification v3 conformance. Chief goals of the operating system include high performance; predictable, observable, debuggable behavior; enterprise security, manageability, naming, networking, and data services; and scalability from small to very large systems. Supported processor architectures include AMD64, SPARC, SPARC64, and x86 systems.
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Recent releases
- 19 Dec 2005 19:43
Changes: Many system binaries are no longer "stripped", easing debugging. The assembler was updated to understand SSE3 instructions. The pilot-link library can now sync USB Palm devices. Additional tools from the cdrtools packages are included: cdrecord, readCD, and cdda2wav. Zones can be renamed. Roughly 300 bugs were fixed.
- 19 Oct 2005 01:12
Changes: GNU autoconf, g77, and gdb were bundled into the system. Medialib was updated with more than 300 new routines. Support for SMBIOS and prtdiag(1m) for x86/x64 platforms was added. ACPI support was improved. The e1000g (Intel Gigabit) driver was overhauled, ported to SPARC, and advanced features including trunking, VLANs, and checksum offload were added. StarOffice and StarSuite were updated to version 7, Product Update 5. Since the 9/2005 release, roughly 600 bugs were fixed.
- 21 Sep 2005 00:53
Changes: A new system for dynamic interrupt distribution was added. Debugging enhancements and several useful desktop-related improvements were made. Since the 8/2005 release, roughly 500 bugs were fixed.
- 23 Aug 2005 17:40
Changes: The IEEE1394 camera driver is now available for x86/x64 systems, USB support has improved, and support for USB smartcard readers has been added. Compatibility with various storage subsystems has been improved. Roughly 600 bugs have been fixed.
- 24 Jul 2005 23:17
Changes: The MESA 3D graphics library and the AGPgart driver were added for x86 platforms. The Advanced DDI Interrupt Framework was integrated. Various observability and security enhancements were made. Roughly 500 bugs were fixed.
