How to Install OpenIndiana Hipster 2016.04 on VMware Tutorial

OpenIndiana Hipster 2016.04 Installation on VMware

Easy tutorial on how to install OpenIndiana Hipster 2016.04 on VMware Workstation/Player step by step. This tutorial also helps if you install OpenIndiana 2016.04 on physical hardware such as computer or server. We also install VMware Tools on OpenIndiana 2016.04 for better VM performance and usability.

OpenIndiana 2016.04 Installation Steps:

1. Download and Install VMware Workstation/Player
2. Download OpenIndiana Hipster 2016.04 ISO
3. Create VM on VMware Workstation/Player
4. Start OpenIndiana Hipster Installation
5. Install VMware Tools on OpenIndiana

Installing OpenIndiana Hipster 2016.04 on VMware Tutorial

What is OpenIndiana?

OpenIndiana is a continuation of the OpenSolaris operating system. It was conceived during the period of uncertainty following the Oracle takeover of Sun Microsystems, after several months passed with no binary updates made available to the public. The formation proved timely, as Oracle discontinued OpenSolaris soon after in favour of Solaris 11 Express, a binary distribution with a more closed development model to début later this year. OpenIndiana is part of the Illumos Foundation, and provides a true open-source community alternative to Solaris 11 and Solaris 11 Express, with an open development model and full community participation.
OpenIndiana Website: https://www.openindiana.org/

OpenIndiana 2016.04 New Features and Improvements

The OpenIndiana project, which is a continuation of OpenSolaris, has released a new version of the community-maintained operating system called OpenIndiana 2016.04. The new release offers a number of improvements to package management and includes several package updates to such desktop applications as Firefox, Thunderbird and VLC. New nlipkg zone brand was introduced, which behaves like old ipkg brand (i.e. it doesn't check child and parent images for consistency). It's possible to convert ipkg zone to nlipkg one. To do so, install system/zones/brand/nlipkg, change zone's brand to nlipkg and remove /var/pkg/linked inside zone. Text installer now can configure network parameters using sysding.

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