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- Belenix – an old time distro, on which development has resumed again. Uses RPM.
- illumian
- napp-it is a project of a ready to use ZFS storage server based on illumian, NexentaCore, OpenIndiana and Solaris with a single-command online installer and a WEB-UI.
- NexentaStor
- OmniOS - from OmniTI takes a minimalist approach to create a full Illumos-derived operating system. It includes all of the benefits of Illumos, such as zone and KVM virtualization, and is suitable for server use.
- OpenIndiana is a successor to and derived from the original Sun OpenSolaris reference distribution, and is suitable for use on Servers and Desktops.
- SmartOS from Joyent is an open-source illumos distro designed for cloud computing. It includes a port of KVM, allowing other OSes such as Linux and Windows to run natively in SmartOS/illumos virtualized environments.
- StormOS
- DilOS from igork is an open-source illumos distro with dpkg/apt. Can be using on VM and bare metal with text console and SSH logins as development environment with DPKG & IPKG zones.
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Distro Comparison Table
| Name | Created/maintained by | Packaging System | Default Userland | Recommended Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belenix | rpm | ||||
| illumian | Nexenta | deb/apt | GNU | Storage appliances | |
| NexentaStor | Nexenta | deb/apt | GNU | Storage appliances | |
| OmniOS | OmniTI | IPS | General purpose - servers | ||
| OpenIndiana | EveryCity/community | IPS | GNU (Native optional) | General purpose - servers and desktop | |
| SmartOS | Joyent | pkgsrc | GNU | Cloud computing hypervisor, appliances | |
| StormOS |
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| DilOS | igork | dpkg/apt | GNU |