Anyone here a fan of Vinge's Zones-of-Thought books?

IF SO, anyone know an element {character-name,location,phenomenon} that starts with the letter Y ?

Asking for a possible future series of #SmartOS and #Triton release names.

@mgerdts

Phew. Glad to be wrong.

Good, unless of course when the keyword should be all lower case, e.g. #illumos (vs. #SmartOS).

@matthew @stratacast @subnetspider

#OpenIndiana is desktop focussed.

#OmniOS is single-server-or-VM-guest focussed.

#SmartOS is hypervisor-focussed.

All are #illumos distributions. I know SmartOS has paid-support options (though usually we support #Triton Data Center deployments).

Also #illumos distros include dedicated appliance/device user like @oxidecomputer 's Helios or RackTop's BrickStore.

That help?

The latest open source "release" branch build of Triton DataCenter release is up.

https://us-central.manta.mnx.io/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartDataCenter/triton.html#release-20250529-20250529T040754Z-ga10192f

https://smartdatacenter.topicbox.com/groups/sdc-discuss/T784313bb61ca1f15/triton-datacenter-release-20250529-shadows

#triton #smartos

The latest bi-weekly branch of SmartOS is up.

https://us-central.manta.mnx.io/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/20250529T000820Z/index.html

https://smartos.topicbox.com/groups/smartos-discuss/T8382ae632a8b9f19/smartos-release-20250529-shadows

#smartos

https://blackdot.be/2023/11/illumos-bhyve-intel-arc/

Best one yet, managed to get USB dev as a ppt dev.

#SmartOS and i did not agree with ppt_aliases or ppt_matches.
#OmniOs and pcieadm utility made it understandable on my level
prtconf -dD is ALOT 😂
But after i have seen output of pcieadm it makes more sense.

So tomorrow i will try my favorite #tribblix to see if we can get passthrough going

@angel @stefano No. 😃 #illumos #OmniOS #OpenIndiana #SmartOS

@draken @SmudgeTheInsultCat just a couple of hours ago I ordered a new drive to start moving my 5-years old Win10 machine to #Lubuntu.
It's funny 'cause this 5-years old Win10 machine used to be a #SmartOS machine for 3 years before Win10 - and it's still working great.
I remember why I installed Win10 back then, so no regrets, but I've had my fun and it's time now to go with something serious yet again.

People working on Linux or the BSDs (or illumos based OSes, etc), are you using two monitors? And, if so, what do you use them for?
I'm trying to understand if it makes sense to keep two monitors on my desk

Please boost

#Linux #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #illumos #SmartOS #OmniOS #IT #SysAdmin

Sometimes I search for how to do things I already understand pretty well and I learn new things.

https://blog.brianewell.com/minecraft-on-smartos/
This article explains how to set up a Minecraft Java server with service management.

Things I learned:

- ZFS delegation and snapshots from inside the zone (knew about it, but hadn't done it)
- RBAC permissions for multiple operators who are partial admins

#homelab #selfhosted #smartos

SmartOS: Serious issue with openjdk 17 and TLS

https://blog.jcea.es/posts/20231231-bug_openjdk17_and_tls.html

#SmartOS #PkgSrc

ok, so does anyone know if the #smartos binary #pkgsrc sets for Linux are...... supposed to work on modern distros? Because wow do they very much *not* work on Debian; all the libraries are completely in the wrong places

@joel

Gotcha, and thanks.

I *do* have a NUC 11 running #smartos but I do not have any easy-to-test actual Thunderbolt 3/4 devices (they are all deskside docks in use by the household Macs of my family). If I figure something out, I can find out.

I do love being able to expand a ZFS pool by just replacing each side of a mirrored pair with a larger disk in turn, then expand the pool to the new size once both are resilvered. And all with trust that my data still resides on the new disks as it did the old disks. (The old ones will be kept on the shelf for a while, naturally.) #homelab #zfs #smartos

Cómo ver los detalles de un dispositivo NVMe en Illumos (por ejemplo, SmartOS)

https://blog.jcea.es/posts/20231108-nvme_illumos.html

#SmartOS #Illumos #NVMe

"piadm" or how to boot SmartOS from the local hard disk:

https://blog.jcea.es/posts/20231001-piadm_SmartOS.html

#SmartOS #Illumos

Triton Product Security announcement TPS-2025-002 : Debian 12 LX zone image from 2024-07 has static SSH keys.

https://security.tritondatacenter.com/tps-2025-002/

Potentially affects #triton and #smartos , but easily mitigated.

@q66

#illumos ships tip(1) in -gate, so all of its distros ( #SmartOS #OmniOS #OpenIndiana etc.) have it.

How to force a reconfiguration on SmartOS

https://blog.jcea.es/posts/20230729-reconfigure_SmartOS.html

#SmartOS

Und morgen abend ist völlig überraschend schon wieder der dritte Dienstag im Monat... #FRAOSUG-Dienstag! Wir treffen uns um 19 Uhr zu zwanglosem Austausch über alle möglichen IT-Themen, mit einem leichten Schwerpunkt auf #illumos-basierten OSen wie #SmartOS, #OmniOS und #OpenIndiana -- es gibt auch News über den Versuch, einen "Förderverein" für OpenIndiana aufzubauen. Wir treffen uns hier: https://public.senfcall.de/fraosug20250218 Jeder ist willkommen, mitzudiskutieren!