Discussions

OpenSolaris has public mailing lists that cover a variety of subjects. There are lists specific to Collectives (Community Groups, Projects, User Groups) and general lists (e.g., opensolaris-discuss and opensolaris-code). IRC Chat rooms are also available for many groups.

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 OpenSolaris mailing lists.

You don't 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]-subscribe AT opensolaris DOT org in which listname is replaced with the actual name of the list to which you want to subscribe. Or you can subscribe using the Mailman interface directly by clicking on the name of the list and you will be taken to a page that offers subscription as one of the options.

Once you have subscribed, you can change your options at any time by sending email to [listname]-request AT opensolaris DOT org or by going to the OpenSolaris 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 and delivery options, please see the GNU Mailman List Member Manual here and here.

Jive Forums

The Jive discussion forums have been decommissioned. Content in the forums will remain in the corresponding Mailman lists, and discussions will continue on those lists. If you have participated in discussions on the Jive forums, you will need to subscribe to the matching mail lists. Solaris users may also be interested in the forum discussions at the Oracle Technology Network.

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 list (subscribe, archives). For general questions about the OpenSolaris community, we suggest reviewing opensolaris-discuss.

• Information about Solaris releases, administration, and tools can be found on Oracle's Solaris 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.