Solaris Express Developer Edition

Solaris Express Developer Edition is a free, quarterly release of Sun's next generation Solaris Operating System built from the source code repository at OpenSolaris.org. The release includes the latest tools, technologies, and platforms to create applications for the Solaris OS, Java Application Platforms, and Web 2.0.

• Sun Studio 12 Compilers and Tools
• Enhanced wireless support
• Automatic network configuration
• PostgreSQL
• Subversion source code manager
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• All the features of Solaris 10- including DTrace, Solaris Containers, ZFS and more, plus 150 open source tools and utilities.
• Many enhancements not yet in Solaris 10- The latest wireless drivers, greater USB plug and play, Firefox, Thunderbird, StarOffice 8- and a host of other desktop improvements.
• The latest Developer Tools- Sun Studio 12, NetBeans 5.5, Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 and others automatically installed when provisioning the system using the new streamlined Solaris installer.
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The Solaris AMP stack

A separate download is available of the popular AMP (Apache/MySQL/Perl/Python/Php) stack optimized for Solaris.

Platform

Solaris Express Developer Edition 5/07 is available for x86 32 bit and 64 bit systems. For SPARC systems, see the General FAQ.

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Developer support options are available for code support, programming and technical assistance. Recognized industry-wide, Sun offers developer training and certification courses for Solaris, Java, and Web 2.0 developers.