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Illumos Cafe Hopes To Reinvigorate Interest In Illumos/OpenSolaris Derived Platforms

([Operating Systems] 4 Hours Ago Illumos Cafe)


It's been 15 years already since the [1]Illumos project was formed as based on the OpenSolaris codebase after Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems and closing down OpenSolaris. Illumos Cafe is a new effort akin to BSD Cafe aiming to be a resource and helping to reinvigorate interest in Illumos-based platforms.

Illumos Cafe aims to be a resource to help in building interest and support around Illumos-based operating systems like OpenIndiana, SmartOS, OmnisOS, and Tribblix. The volunteer-run space wants to help in "fighting monoculture" with technological diversity beyond the likes of just Linux and BSD platforms:

"This cafe is a sister project to BSD Cafe, founded on the belief that technological diversity is essential. In a world dominated by a few mainstream platforms, we're here to prove that robust, reliable, and innovative alternatives don't just exist - they thrive.

We provide a space where choice and creativity flourish, ensuring that the rich tapestry of computing continues to grow."

Those wanting to learn more about Illumos Cafe can do so via [2]Illumos.Cafe . It's an interesting effort though surprisingly not done years earlier.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Illumos

[2] https://illumos.cafe/#mission


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David Brinkley: The daily astrological charts are precisely where, in my
judgment, they belong, and that is on the comic page.
George Will: I don't think astrology belongs even on the comic pages.
The comics are making no truth claim.
Brinkley: Where would you put it?
Will: I wouldn't put it in the newspaper. I think it's transparent rubbish.
It's a reflection of an idea that we expelled from Western thought in the
sixteenth century, that we are in the center of a caring universe. We are
not the center of the universe, and it doesn't care. The star's alignment
at the time of our birth -- that is absolute rubbish. It is not funny to
have it intruded among people who have nuclear weapons.
Sam Donaldson: This isn't something new. Governor Ronald Reagan was sworn
in just after midnight in his first term in Sacramento because the stars
said it was a propitious time.
Will: They [horoscopes] are utter crashing banalities. They could apply to
anyone and anything.
Brinkley: When is the exact moment [of birth]? I don't think the nurse is
standing there with a stopwatch and a notepad.
Donaldson: If we're making decisions based on the stars -- that's a cockamamie
thing. People want to know.
-- "This Week" with David Brinkley, ABC Television, Sunday, May 8, 1988,
excerpts from a discussion on Astrology and Reagan