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REVIEW OF OPENSOLARIS TECHTALK

OPEN-SOLARIS TECHTALK
SPEAKER: IAN MURDOCK

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION:
Ian Murdock is a Purdue Alum, Creator of Debian Linux, Founder of Indiana project and currently works closely with Sun Microsystems.

FRONT NOTE:
ACM would like to thank Ian Murdock for this informative and detailed techtalk on the future of Solaris. We would also like to thank all those who attended this event. ACM appreciates your participation and would wish to see you all again at other ACM techtalks in the future as well.

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IAN SPEAKS:
Solaris has a lot of momentum. It is constantly making efforts ot make software opensource since it has been propreitery for a long time. We have been binding with Microsoft, IBM , etc

Sun is mostly seen initially as H/W platform. But we needed an O/S for this platform.
But we are still a systems company.

SUN PROVIDES:Set of integrated components into one package.
    Network services: Identity management, communications, availiblity. Java. Composite         Application Platform, application platform, B2B, web infrastructure, ESB.
    Os: redhat, SUSE, MSWINdows, Solaris.
    Virtualization: solaris containers, VMWare/Men.

Recent Solaris breakthroughs :
1. Dtrace, REALTIME USAGE.
2. Predictive Self Healing
3. Containers, Zones, Lofical Domains, xVM
4. ZFS.

Multi-platform:
SPARC
X86
X64
multivendor
SUN
IBM HP
Opensource
OPENSOLARIS.

Sun has observed that there is a Bottom-up Development in the world. Developers wanting to get their applicationson their web as soon as they can. These developers don't know Solaris. So, they use Linux.

 

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OPEN SOLARIS:
OpenSource Solaris has opened in June2005 under CDDL (license)
Since then, there has been a substantial community growth for OpenSolaris, the number of members reaching about 70,000 in 2007.

OUR AIM:
Removing Barriers:
A. Ease of Acquisition:
Today, solaris is free.
Tomorrow: easier download; fully redistributable version from sun.

B. Developer Familiarity:
Today: Common components: X.org, GNOME, etc.
Tomorrow: Familiar installation an dsystem administration.

C. Community:
Today: Vibrant open source community
Tomorrow: User community=approachability for new users.

OUR STRONG COMPETITOR: LINUX
Linus and Solaris almost same, but different kernels, GNU, POSX + utilities,etc.
THE LINUX DISTRIBUTION MODEL:
1. Different kernel editions in different platoforms of Linux.
2. Different plaforms are incompatible.
3. Linux packages pull different opensource software towards itself.

But Solaris are using a set of processes which has a very strong core system, but the stuff they have is very old and not new. i.e They Solaris doesn't pull many open source applications to itself..

OUR GOAL: Solaris should do that and also have binary compatibility.

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PROJECT INDIANA:
Making Opensolaris as an integrable component not a large integrated body of code.
    1. core o/s.
    2. package repositories delvering suna nd no-sun innovation
    3. Closing familiarity gap: Easier to acquire, install, GNU userland and pakg management sys.
    4. Focus on unique solaris capabilities.
         a. Upgrade rollback via ZFS snapshots.
         b. AMP stack with integrated DTrace probes, ninary compatibility,...
         c. Package system, which is very poor in Linux. (related to ZFS). Package sys sits on ZFS                 and does everything seamlessly.


OpenSolaris Binary Distribution (new slide)
1. Single CD image
2. Core OS: kernel, sys libs, sys utilities
3. Network-based package management
4. Desktop environment
5. ZFS as default file system
6. x86/x64 first release, SPARC to follow.


OLD VS. NEW SOLARIS PACKAGES:
Solaris Express 6cds which had 1988 installation screens to 1 cd solaris with modern installation screens and easily downloadable in 1 cd.

Project indiana is not just developing opensolaris binary distributiuon, bu t it is the future of Sun's Solaris OS.
We have 6 month releases: 18 month support cycle.

Implementing the Linux model:
1. Solaris and opensolaris: one solaris platform, two delivery mechanisms.
2. Solaris has  enterprise, unmatched level of support and long release cycle (3-5 years, with quaterly updates)

Opensolaris will have:
a. Developers, early adopters, redshift
b. Latest Solaris innovations
c. Short release cycle (every 6 months).
d. Unique solaris features fo the developer:
    1. DTRACE
    2. SOLARIS CONSTAINERS
    3. ZFS
    4. DOCUMENTATION.

 
 
REVIEW OF THE UBUNTU DELL TECHTALK!

DELL UBUINTU TECH-TALK
DELL UBUNTU LINUX PROGRAM
OCT 29 2007
6.30PM-8.00PM
LWSN B1105

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SPEAKER:
JOHN HULL
MANAGER, ONE OF THE LINUX ENGINEERING TEAMS AT DELL.


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SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION:
1. a. Shipped factory installed linux on pweredghe servers and precision workstations since 99
    b. Dell ideastorm website launched early 2007
    c. #1 idea on ideastorm (147k votes) was to offer preinstalled linux on constumer client systems.
    d. Survey conducted to solicit scustomer feedback.

2. a. Launced in late may 07
    b. Targeted at technical enthusiasts in IS initially.
    c. Ubuntu desktop 32 bit 7.04 (Fesity fawn) factory install on 3 consumer client systems
        inspiron e1505n dimensions e520n and xps410n
    d. Positive feedback from community, customers and press
    e. Additional sustems (july 07) inspiron 1420n, 530n
    f. Additional countries (aug07) UK Germany France

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3. a. Only supported peripherals and system savailable in webs tore
    b. All shipping peripherals working out of the box
    c. Resinstalll partition and utility partition laid down native bios updated available vis libsmbios     firware-tools.
    d. Wiki - known issues howtos syste, info (lspci, lsmod, etc)
    e. Dell hardawre support canonicalk software support
    f. All open-source drivers exception when opensource driver not available such as intel wireless and connexant modems.
    g. remastered unbuntu 7.04 CD's including disc remastering utility DRU project written                     bypurdue intern.

4. a. Ubuntu 7.10 released by community to public on oct 18
    b. Will be shipped by dell late 07.

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5. a. Linux enthusiasts don't way to pa for support
    b. Consumer linux customers are very vocal. Communication on regular basis
        difficut ot please everyone.

6. a. Goal: All linux dists. "just work" on our hardware
    b. Factory install support linux distributions on sustems according to market
    c. Tailor linux support model accoording to market
    d. Provice resources for customers to communicate with each other with dell enginereeers to         resolved problems.

7. a. Continue to build dell linux community
    b. Add support for more systemms,, peripherals and features
    c. Push vendors to release open source drivers for hardware in timely fashion
    d. Power management consumption for laptops
    e. Legal multimedia playback
    f. Continue to help improve user interface
    g. emerging markets

ACM WOULD LIKE TO THANK JOHN HULL FOR THIS INFORMATIVE TECHTALK. ACM ALSOWOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED THIS EVENT.

 
 
Welcome - Purdue ACM!

ACM at Purdue is an organization for connecting students, faculty and companies for the betterment of the computing community. As a representative of one the worlds most influential computing organizations, we provide academic resources, forums for the spreading of ideas as well as communities for technological discovery and growth.

This year, we are sponsoring Special Interest Groups for fields such as graphics (SIGGRAPH), game development (SIGGD), and OpenSolaris driver development (SIGOS). These groups provide the Purdue computing community with a hands on learning environment outside of the classroom.

Our library of technical literature started off this year at 153 books and it is growing through generous donations as well as through purchases made by ACM. The topics range from Embedded Linux System Development to Content Syndication to .NET development. Almost any popular computing topic is available to our members.

At ACM, our Corporate Partners play an invaluable role. Plans are already underway to have companies such as IBM and Amazon come and present at tech talks as well as generously sponsor other great events. Past tech talks have been given by such companies as Google, Microsoft, Amazon and by faculty such as Professor Spafford.

With our call out participant numbers exceeding expectations as well as our new facilities, SIGs and other great resources, the ACM at Purdue is looking forward to a prosperous new academic year of serving the computing community.

 
 
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