Working With Multiple Boot Environments on the OpenSolaris OS
With the OpenSolaris beadm utility, you can efficiently create, modify, or delete multiple boot environments with different system configurations and switch back and forth among them with ease. Note: This article has been updated to reflect the file structure in OpenSolaris 2008.11.
Porting to the Solaris OS
Learn about issues and tips for porting C and C++ applications to the Solaris OS.
Introducing pfexec, a Convenient Utility in the OpenSolaris OS
Passwordless pfexec is the OpenSolaris version of Linux's sudo. Learn how to assign the appropriate rights profile to users so that they can execute commands with root privileges by prepending pfexec to the commands without becoming root.
Note: This article has been updated with clarifications.
Sun Studio Software Registration Sweepstakes
Register your Sun Studio Express 07/08 or Sun Studio Express 11/08 product for a chance to win Bose QuietComfort headphones, a Wii game system, or a Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kit.
The Observatory
The Observatory is a blog for users of OpenSolaris where you'll find tips, tricks and more to explore an open source distribution of the Solaris operating system from Sun Microsystems.
OpenSolaris Ignite - The New OpenSolaris Newsletter
Check out the latest issue of Ignite, a monthly newsletter by, for, and about the OpenSolaris community, featuring news, how-to articles, tech tips and reviews.
Beyond LAMP
An orientation to the SAMP Stack for developers and system administrators.
Learning
Atomic SPARC: Using the SPARC Atomic Instructions
This article introduces the SPARC memory model and atomic instructions, then implements some IBM AIX interfaces for use on the Solaris OS (SPARC Platform Edition).
Young Developers
These tools and web sites teach young people how to program using the Java programming language, as well as languages developed for ease of use.
