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-====== Distro Comparison ======
+====== Distribution Comparison ======
-^name ^usage ^active ^KVM ^Zones ^installer ^documentation ^
+I'm currently using OpenIndiana but I am on the lookout for a possible replacement, I like OpenIndiana but it's good to keep your mind open for other things. I've switched Linux distributions countless times so Solaris will be no different.
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+//The opinions about these expressed here are my **personal** opinions! If you don't like em, send constructive criticism, else go to /dev/null!//
+===== Legend =====
+| **Y**    | yes                                            |
+| **N**    | no                                             |
+| **#/10** | score out of 10, where 1 is bad and 10 is good |
+===== Dataset =====
+^ name                                        ^ usage                ^ active                                                                                                              ^ pkg mgnt ^ pkg selection                                                                                 ^ KVM                                       ^ Zones      ^ installer ^ documentation                                                            ^
+| [[http://openindiana.org/|OpenIndiana]]     | servers and desktops |  3/10((Decreasing activity due to lead leaving.))  |   IPS    |                          5/10((OK for servers, poor for desktops.))                           |  Y((As of 151a5 still horribly broken.))  |  IPKG,s10,sn1  |   8/10    |  7/10((Most Solaris 10 stuff applies, wiki has limited documentation.))  |
+| [[http://smartos.org/|SmartOS]]             | hypervisor           |                                           10/10((Roughtly every 2 weeks))                                           |  pkgsrc  |  9/10(([[http://www.perkin.org.uk/posts/9000-packages-for-smartos-and-illumos.html|9000+]]))  |  Y                                         |  Sparse((Also know as Joyent branded zones.)),LX((Experimental)),KVM  |   10/10   |             8/10((Wiki has all the essentials you'll need.))             |
+| [[http://omnios.omniti.com/|OmniOS]]        | servers              |                                                      8/10((More or less monthly.))                                                       |  IPS        |  7/10((Less packages but only aims at servers, sometimes slightly newer versions than OI.))                                                                                             |  Y                                         |  IPKG,s10,sn1          |  8/10         |  6/10((Not much on there website, most OI documentation applies though.))                                                                        |
+| [[http://www.dilos.org/|DilOS]]             | servers              |  5/10((Currently supported by one man, It very looks promising but I have doubts about the longevity :())                                                                                                          |  APT       |  7/10                                                                                             |  Y                                         |  IPKG,DPKG,lx,s10,sn1  |  4/10         |  5/10                                                                        |
+===== Additional Notes =====
+==== OpenIndiana ====
+Currently my main issue with OpenIndiana is the broken KVM, this is hard to fix however.
+Some of the packages are bit older than OmniOS (OpenSSL for example), package selection is larger than OmniOS but I gave it a lower score.
+Mostly because OI aims to be a server and desktop operating system, while OmniOS only aims at servers. Due to this the overall package selection of OI appears less //fresh//. However for servers, there is little difference.
+OI seems to be moving slower than OmniOS (time from bugfixes to release), however this may just be my perception.
+==== OpenIndiana / OmniOS ====
+They use the same installer, so same issues with it.
+  - Install over and over again on the same set of disks will have you ending up with rpool1, rpool2,...
+  - Impossible to install directly onto a mirror or raidz if multiple disks are available.
+  - Sometimes crashes if DVD-drive is to slow to respond (could be handled more cleanly)
+==== DilOS ====
+I really like what I'm seeing here. APT instead of IPS, lots of extra's like lx zone, kvm and kvm for non-ept...
+On the other hand, the installer is not very user friendly, I gave it a 4 because it does more or less the bare minimum an installer should do.
+However for now my concern is that it's development rests on one man. If he quits the project is dead.
+Personally I would like to see large things of this merged to OI with a nice upgrade path. (APT, KVM, lx zone)
+Some smaller annoyances, doing a clean upgrade is not as streamlined as using IPS.
+Going on my linux instinct I destroyed my first install :s

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