illumos

Created January 29, 2022 · Updated June 29, 2026 · 1 min read · 47 words

Link

https://www.illumos.org/

illumos is basically a kernel environment (similar to GNU) forked from OpenSolaris, which was made closed-source again when Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems.

Resources

OS/Distributions based on illumos
- OmniOS
  - The Open Source Enterprise Server OS with just the features you need.
- openindiana
  - Community-driven illumos Distribution