OpenSolaris Discussions

OpenSolaris has public mailing lists that cover a variety of subjects.  There are lists specific to Collectives (Community Groups, Projects and User Groups) as well as general lists (e.g., opensolaris DASH discuss and opensolaris DASH code).  A small set of mailing lists have associated Jive forums.  IRC Chat rooms are also available for many Collectives.

Mailing Lists

All discussion groups are available in mailing-list format (a.k.a., GNU Mailman). The mail.opensolaris.org site has a full list of available mailing lists.

You do not have to be registered on the site to send email to a mailing list.  However, if you are not subscribed to the list to which you send mail, your mail might be held for approval by a moderator or it might be rejected if the list does not accept email from non-subscribers.

To subscribe to a mailing list, send an empty email to listname dash subscribe at opensolaris dot org in which listname is is replaced with the actual name of the list to which you want to subscribe.  Or you can use the <os.org mailman site> to subscribe using the mailman interface.  There, click on the name of the list you want and you will be taken to a page that offers subscription as one of the actions that can be taken.

Once you have subscribed, you can change your options at any time.  You can change your options by sending email to listname dash request at opensolaris dot org or by going to the <os.org mailman site> and clicking on the name of the list to which you are subscribed.

NOTE: Any email sent to a mailing list will make your email address publicly visible via the website.

For a quick reference about mailman email commands, please see that GNU Mailman List Member Manual page.  For general information about changing delivery options, please see that GNU Mailman List Member Manual page.

Jive Forums

For those who prefer forum format, a small number of the mailing lists are connected to corresponding Jive forums via a gateway system.  See the Jive Forums Master Index for a full list of forums.

You do not have to be registered on the site to view the Jive forums.  But you do need to be registered to post to a forum.  To subscribe to a forum, you can follow the directions above for the associated mailing list or you can use the mailto: links on the Jive Forums Master Index.

Finding information

OpenSolaris discussion groups include community- and project-specific lists as well as general lists.  If you want help installing OpenSolaris, visit the opensolaris-help forum.  For general questions about the OpenSolaris community, we suggest reviewing opensolaris-discuss.

• OpenSolaris discussion groups are focused on OpenSolaris technology.
• Information about developing applications for/on Solaris can be found in the Solaris Developer Center forums.
• Information about installing and deploying Solaris releases (e.g., Solaris 10) can be found in the Solaris Administration forums.
• Information about support for and troubleshooting the use of Solaris releases (e.g., Solaris 10, 9, 8) can be found on Sun's Software Service Plans site.
• Information about support for and troubleshooting the use of other distributions based on OpenSolaris can be found on the websites for those distributions.  See the OpenSolaris Downloads page for details.