OpenSolaris Student Pack - Docs Delivered

Hey, we've just recently wrapped up a set of doc deliverables for an OpenSolaris Student Pack that is going to be distributed at various campus events this fall (back-to-school special :-). The student pack has an updated Live CD and an accompanying DVD. The DVD includes the VirtualBox installers for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and a pre-configured 2008.05 OpenSolaris virtual disk image (VDI) that is ready to go. The VDI includes a bunch of developer tools / environments, so it eliminates the need to go looking for these packages. This has got to be the simplest, most straightforward, and lowest cost way to get OpenSolaris running, so hopefully, students will give it a whirl. Oh, and the accompanying docs on the DVD include the specific instructions necessary to install VirtualBox from the DVD and configure it to use the VDI.... [read full story]