From 56bc3a13b6b593ebdacbb84497ce4630f77a851b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lauri Tirkkonen Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:36:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] move front-page "features" to why.html --- index.html | 28 ++-------------------------- why.html | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) create mode 100644 why.html diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index b001740..5befc38 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -18,33 +18,9 @@ OpenSolaris and therefore has its roots in UNIX System V Release 4. It is intended as an operating system for developers by developers.

-Unleashed is a fork of illumos; it comes with ZFS, DTrace, Crossbow and more. +Unleashed is a fork of illumos (see why); it comes with +ZFS, DTrace, Crossbow and more.

Features

-Our most prominent differences from illumos are: -

We are a complete installable operating system, not an incomplete base - for "distros".
We have periodic releases: roughly one every 6 months. Security patches - are provided between releases.
Completely open source. Unlike illumos, we do not ship or depend on - closed-source binary blobs.
No uname identity crisis: we are Unleashed. - illumos identifies as SunOS 5.11, despite being quite different - from Solaris 11.
Modernisation through removal of legacy. We are binary-incompatible with - SunOS, which has allowed us to remove a lot of cruft. Releases may - break ABI, since everything can be recompiled.
Do the right thing by default, instead of retaining API backward - compatibility forever. On illumos, the default compilation environment is - ancient, and you must specify arcane compiler flags or link with additional - libraries if you want anything newer. We want ./configure to be - enough for most software.
Clear leadership. There is no decision-making committee; we have a BDFL - instead.

Download & Installation

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Why Unleashed

+So, why did we decide to fork illumos? After all, there already are many +illumos distributions available to choose from. But we felt we could do better +than any of them, by taking a more aggressive stance towards compatibility, and +reducing cruft from code and community interactions alike. +

+Some of our larger gripes, and subsequent features vs. upstream illumos are: +

We are a complete installable operating system, not an incomplete base + for "distros".
We have periodic releases: roughly one every 6 months. Security patches + are provided between releases.
Completely open source. Unlike illumos, we do not ship or depend on + closed-source binary blobs.
No uname identity crisis: we are Unleashed. + illumos identifies as SunOS 5.11, despite being quite different + from Solaris 11.
Modernisation through removal of legacy. We are binary-incompatible with + SunOS, which has allowed us to remove a lot of cruft. Releases may + break ABI, since everything can be recompiled.
Do the right thing by default, instead of retaining API backward + compatibility forever. On illumos, the default compilation environment is + ancient, and you must specify arcane compiler flags or link with additional + libraries if you want anything newer. We want ./configure to be + enough for most software.
Clear leadership. There is no decision-making committee; we have a BDFL + instead.