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illumos is a free and open-source Unix operating system. It derives from OpenSolaris, which in turn derives from SVR4 UNIX and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). illumos comprises a kernel, device drivers, system libraries, and utility software for system administration.

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Nikola M.
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Opensolaris continuation OS/Net consolidation kernel and core OS, forked after Sun microsystems acquisition by Oracle, basis for illumos distributions like SmartOS/Triton Datacenter - open source self-hosting cloud and distributions like SmartOS, OmniosCE, Tribblix, Dilos, OI and others Licensed under CDDL, an Copyleft license based on Mozilla license, with file-based linking allowed. Great for lightweight virtualization based on Solaris Zones, LX zones (SmartOS and OMniosCE) running whole Linux distributions without Linux kernel, OpenZFS storage, network virtualization and easy service management with Service Management facility (SMF). Great for DTrace debugging and easy testing environment provisioning and production.

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What is illumos?

illumos is a free and open-source Unix operating system. It derives from OpenSolaris, which in turn derives from SVR4 UNIX and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). illumos comprises a kernel, device drivers, system libraries, and utility software for system administration. This core is now the base for many different open-sourced OpenSolaris distributions, in a similar way in which the Linux kernel is used in different Linux distributions.

illumos is developed by both volunteers and companies building products on top of the software.

illumos is an excellent base for both traditional and cloud-native deployments.