Slim Install

The goal of Slim Install is to deliver a fully functioning OpenSolaris desktop that highlights some of the salient features of OpenSolaris. It also provides a vehicle to deliver new functionality in a consistent manner.

Key Requirements and Functionality

The functionality and requirements listed here are tentative and are subject to change.

Hardware Requirements

The following are the minimum hardware requirements.

Intel/AMD based hardware.
512 MiB Memory.
10 GiB disk.

Software Requirements

Live CD must boot to a 32 bit Solaris Desktop
Boot from CD must be fast
Must support New Solaris Installer
Installed system must be on ZFS root
Upgrade will not be supported
Installed system must be able to boot in 32 and 64 bit modes if hardware supports it.
The installed system will have NWAM service enabled
Universal Package Repository
Detailed OpenSolaris package manifest will be added later.

Desktop Contents

The Live CD desktop will have:

Complete GNOME desktop
Firefox. plugins will not be included
Thunderbird
New Solaris Installer
StarOffice will not be available

Dependencies

Lofi driver changes to handle compressed archives needs to be addressed. Done

Resources

Mailing list: Caiman-discuss
Project documents for Slim Install
Source code: ssh://anon at hg dot opensolaris dot org/hg/caiman/slim_source
Defects can reported against slim install using defect.opensolaris.org.