Ubuntu.com: Nexenta OS: Debian Based GNU/Solaris

"This is to announce Nexenta: the first-ever distribution that combines GNU and OpenSolaris. As you might know, Sun Microsystems just opened Solaris kernel under CDDL license, which allows one to build custom Operating Systems. Which we did... created a new Debian based GNU/Solaris distribution with (the latest bits of) Solaris kernel & core userland inside.

"We'll open Nexenta web developer portal completely for the general public by mid-November..."

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