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Preface
What's New in Solaris Express
New Features in Solaris Express Developer Edition 1/08
Solaris Trusted Extensions Administrator's Procedures
Network Data Management Protocol Service
StarOffice 8
GNOME 2.20
Enhancements to the Solaris ZFS File System
x86: Support for Suspend-to-RAM “Sleep” Feature
x86: Virtualization Using the Sun xVM Hypervisor
x86: Enhanced Speedstep CPU Power Management
Faulty Device Retirement Feature
Sun StorageTek Traffic Manager
Improved IPsec NAT-Traversal
Inetd Backlog Queue Size
Xvnc Server and Vncviewer Client
64-bit SPARC: Memory Placement Optimization Support For sun4v Platforms
Solaris CIFS Service
Solaris Trusted Extensions Supports Mounting Labeled Filesystems With the NFSv3 Protocol
VSCAN Service
SPARC: Hardware Accelerated Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC) Support
Unicode-Encoding Conversion Kernel Functions
Unicode UTF-8 Text Preparation Kernel Functions
Squid Cache
32-bit: PHP 5
Ruby 1.8.6 and Rubygems 0.9.4
Apache 2.2 HTTP Server
MySQL 5.0.45
Perl Database Interface and PostgreSQL Driver for Perl
x86: GLDv3 Version bnx II Driver
ADMtek Fast Ethernet Driver
Macronix Fast Ethernet Driver
x86: 4965 WiFi Driver
x86: dmfe(7D)
x86: AMD–8111
x86: nv_sata SATA HBA Driver
x86: SATA ATAPI Support in AHCI Driver
SATA NCQ Support in AHCI Driver
SPARC: rtls(7D)
32-bit: pgAdmin III
GNU Libtool 1.5.22
VIM 7.1
p7zip
New Features in Solaris Express Developer Edition 9/07
Flash Player 9
x86: Streamlined Installer
Desktop Notification
GNOME Devhelp
GNOME 2.18
Automatic Detection and Configuration of Local USB Printers
Pidgin 2.0
GNU Automake
Solaris ZFS File System Features
uid_t and gid_t Type Changes
Locale Creator
x86: MONITOR and MWAIT CPU Idle Loop
IPsec and IKE Are Managed as SMF Services
CPU Caps
iSNS Support in the Solaris iSCSI Target
SPARC: Shared Contexts Support
x86: CPUID-based Cache Hierarchy Awareness
Flash Update Tool
The audit_user(4) Database Is Not Access-restricted
x86: Graphics Support for i945 and i965 Cards
rge Driver
x86: bnx II Ethernet Driver
x86: Ralink RT2500 802.11b/g Wireless Driver
x86: RealTek 8180L 802.11b Wireless Driver
x86: 3945 WiFi Driver
libchewing 0.3.0
C-URL Wrappers Library
Libidn - Internationalized Domain Library
LibGD - The Graphics Draw Library
Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions
TIDY HTML Library
New Features in Solaris Express Developer Edition 5/07
Quagga Software Routing Suite
DHCPv6 Client
nwamd Network Auto-Configuration Daemon
Sendmail
x86: Wireless WPA Supplicant
x86: nge Driver Updated to Support Jumbo Framework
Sockets Direct Protocol
PPD File Management Utility
raidctl
x86: stmsboot Porting
MPxIO Path Steering
x86: GRUB Extended Support for Directly Loading and Booting the unix Kernel
SunVTS 7.0
DTrace Enabled Control Block dcmd
Brand-Specific Handlers for zoneadm Commands
x86: SATA AHCI HBA Driver
x86: Firmware Download Capability for SATA Drives
x86: SCSI LOG SENSE Support Under SATA Module
x86: Informational Exception Control Page
IP Instances: LAN and VLAN Separation for Non-Global Zones
Improved zonecfg Procedures for Creating Containers
New projmod(1M) Option
Solaris ZFS File System Enhancements
Thunderbird 2.0
Firefox 2.0.0.3 Web Browser
gDesklets
Lightning
Battery Charge Monitor
Subversion Source Code Management System
GNU-diffutils
PostgreSQL 8.2
64-bit SPARC: CPU Power Management
Enhanced st SCSI Reservations
dtlogin Language Selection Overhaul
Xorg X11R7.2 Server and Drivers
Japanese Font Update
More Japanese iconv Modules for Unicode
Input Method Switcher Enhancement and EMEA Keyboard Layout Emulation Support
x86: Concurrent FPDMA READ/WRITE QUEUED Under SATA Module
ACM Driver of USB Communication Device Class
Enhanced USB EHCI Host Controller Driver
USCSI LUN Reset Support
x86: Solaris Audio Driver for ATI IXP400
pcwl and pcan Drivers
ipw and iwi Drivers
USB Video Class Driver
MPxIO Extension for Serial Attached SCSI Devices on mpt(7D)
HP LTO-4 Tape Drive Support
IBM LTO-4 Tape Drive Support
x86: Support for Lucent/Agere Venus Internal PCI Modems
SPARC: ntwdt Driver for UltraSPARC-T1 (Niagara) Systems
Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Controllers
New Features in Solaris Express Developer Edition 2/07
IPsec Tunnel Reform
Large Send Offload
GNOME System Tools
GNOME 2.16
Orca
StarOffice 8
Ekiga
Vino
Solaris Live Upgrade
x86: Keyboard Configuration Automated
Upgrading the Solaris OS When Non-Global Zones Are Installed
Solaris Key Management Framework
rsync
sharemgr(1M) and sharectl(1M) Utilities
Name Service Switch Enhancements
SMF Enhancements to Routing Management
X Server DTrace Provider
Direct Rendering Infrastructure
SATA HBA Framework and Marvell Driver
x86: NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Drivers
Adaptec aac Hardware Support
x86: Direct Rendering Infrastructure Porting
New Features in Solaris Express 12/06
Session Initiation Protocol Library (libsip)
ZFS Command History (zpool history)
Changes and Improvements to Removable Media Management
Backward Compatibility
Mounting and Unmounting Removable Media
Mounting and Unmounting Diskettes
Ejecting Removable Media
Customizing Removable Media Management
Disabling Removable Media Features
SPARC: Process Count Scalability
Packet Filter Hooks
x86: Fault Management For Next Generation AMD Opteron Processors
Name service switch enhancements
New Features in Solaris Express 11/06
Resource Controls to Limit Locked Physical Memory
x86: lx Branded Zones: Solaris Containers for Linux Applications
Name Service Switch and nscd Enhancements
Forcibly Unmount the PCFS File System
New Features in Solaris Express 10/06
System V Resource Controls for Zones
Internet Printing Protocol Client-Side Support
Selectable Use of localhost for Solaris Print Server Database Hostname
Single Hosts File
SPARC: New sysidkbd Tool Configures Your Keyboard
Device Naming Enhancements
Linker and Libraries Updates
New Features in Solaris Express 9/06
MPSS Extension to Non-ISM/DISM Anonymous Shared Memory
GNOME-VFS and Nautilus ACL Support
ZFS Option to Sort List Output
Improved Device in Use Error Checking
Non-Global Zones Now Installed With Limited Networking Configuration
Adobe Flash Player Plug-in for Solaris
New Features in Solaris Express 8/06
OpenSSL 0.9.8a
Migration of Existing EMEA, Central and South American Locales to Common Locale Data Repository
hostname Command
Zone Unique Identifier
Ability to Mark Zones as “Incomplete”
Changes to How $TERM Value for Console is Set
Solaris Zones Boot Enhancements
x86: Solaris Audio Driver for Ultra 20 M2 Workstation
ld Link Editor for Object Files
Support for iSCSI Target Devices
zfs snapshot Command
Solaris iSCSI Initiator
PAPI Print Commands
Enhancements to fstyp Command
Sun Java Web Console Changes
New Features in Solaris Express 7/06
Ability to Validate a Non-Global Zone Migration Before the Migration Is Performed
Mailbox Size Enhancement
Exclusive Link-Based Failure Detection for IPMP Singleton
Runtime Linker Configuration File
Solaris Fibre Channel Host-Based Logical Unit Number Masking
Solaris Trusted Extensions
Network Services Startup
Gnome 2.14
Evince PDF and PostScript Viewer
Firefox 1.5
Thunderbird 1.5
Upgrading the Solaris OS When Non-Global Zones Are Installed
The ZFS File System
New Features in Solaris Express 6/06
IPsec Policy Bypass Option While Running the ping Command
Extended File Descriptor Limits For stdio
Cloning Non-Global Zones With ZFS Zonepaths and Other ZFS Enhancements
MDI Enabling and Disabling of a Path
SIGEV_THREAD Event Notification
x86: Uncacheable Memory Access Support
Predictive Self-Healing for PCI Express on x64 Systems
Default Desktop Session in dtlogin
New Features in Solaris Express 5/06
Support for Descriptive Names for Metadevices and Hot-spare Pools
File System Monitoring Tool (fsstat)
useradd Default Shell
ZFS Pool Import Destroyed Pools
Configurable Privileges for Non-Global Zones
SO_TIMESTAMP Socket Option
NFSv4 Domain Name Configurable During Installation
Using DTrace in a Non-Global Zone
64-bit SPARC: Extended Message Signaled Interrupt Support for Fire-based Platforms
IPsec Kernel Module Error Logging
iSCSI Logout Support
iSCSI MS/T Support
iSNS Client Support for iSCSI
SNIA Multipath Management API support
New Features in Solaris Express 4/06
Common Agent Container
Predictive Self-Healing for x64 Systems
Predictive Self-Healing Support for SNMP Notification
Java DTrace API
mkdtemp() and mkstemps() Library Functions
Zone Migration in Solaris Containers Technology
Sun Java Web Console
Support for PCI Express (PCIe)
PostgreSQL for the Solaris OS
ZFS Persistent Offline
New Features in Solaris Express 3/06
32-bit: The gnome-pilot Utility
IP_NEXTHOP Socket Option
Basic Registration 1.1
Sun Update Connection
AES Counter Mode
x86: SATA HBA Framework Support
Coherent Console
x86: Xorg X Server Version 6.9
Resource Pools Service FMRIs
32-bit: RealPlayer for the Solaris OS
Zero-CountryCode Keyboard Layout Support
Using Compact Flash as ATA Disk
Zone Move and Clone Features in the Solaris Containers Technology
New Features in Solaris Express 2/06
Solaris Flash Archives
New fallocate Utility
IIIMF and Language Engines
32-bit: Palm Synchronization with USB Port
The logadm Utility
New Features in Solaris Express 1/06
ZFS Web-Based Management Feature
x86: PCI Express Support on x86 Systems
SSL Proxy Module
TCP_INIT_CWND Socket Option
x64: Watchdog Timeout Feature
Object Migration and Interoperability Enhancements for pktool
Deimos Cryptographic Accelerator
HBA Drivers
Driver Support for New STK Tape Drive 10000 “Titanium”
x86: Driver Support for AMD64 Platform
USB-to-Serial Driver for Prolific Adapters
USB-to-Serial Driver for Keyspan Adapters
New Features in Solaris Express 12/05
The ZFS File System
ZFS is Easy to Administer
ZFS Command Improvements and Changes
ZFS Web-Based Management
ZFS and Solaris Zones
Solaris Installation Tool Support of ZFS File Systems
New Solaris ACL Model
IPv6 for IP Filter
Support for Descriptive Names in Solaris Volume Manager
PKCS #11 v2.20 Support in the Solaris Cryptographic Framework
UDP and TCP Performance Enhancement
Zone Rename Feature in Solaris Containers Technology
Advanced DDI Interrupt Framework
VLAN Support with xge 10Gb Ethernet Driver
Core Kerberos Mechanism Resync with MIT 1.4
SPARC: Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.1
rge Driver
New UTF-8 Locales
New Features in Solaris Express 11/05
Improvements to Volume Management (vold)
vold is Managed by the Service Management Facility (SMF)
UFS Utility Enhancements
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Enhancment
cdrecord, readCD, and cdda2wav Available
pilot-link Software
New Features in Solaris Express 10/05
mediaLib 2.3
New Features in Solaris Express 9/05
Dynamic Interrupt Distribution
New Features in Solaris Express 8/05
Set SMTP to Use Transport Layer Security
Driver for IEEE-1394 Based (IIDC) Digital Camera
SCSI HBA Driver for LSI MegaRAID 320-2x SCSI RAID Controller
USB CCID IFD Handler
New Features in Solaris Express 7/05
x86: AGPgart Driver for x86 Systems
x86: New prtconf Option to Display Product Names
New Features in Solaris Express 6/05
x86: GRUB-Based Booting
Large Pages Enhancement
Large Pages for Kernel Memory
Kernel Page Relocation
Enhancements for bge and xge Network Interfaces
Source-Filtered Multicasting
Automatic Renewal of Kerberos Credentials
Enhancement to ikecert certlocal Command
Enhanced Output With the metaimport Command
Support for SCSI Disks Larger Than 2 Terabytes
Advanced DDI Interrupts
Door Interface Revisions
Memory Placement Optimization Hierarchical Lgroup Support
Support for Virtual USB Keyboard and Mouse Devices
X Client Support for XFree86 Extensions
NVIDIA CK8-04 GE Driver Support
New Features in Solaris Express 4/05
TCP Keepalive Tunables
New Features in Solaris Express 3/05
Additional Banner Page Printing Option in Solaris Print Manager
New Features in Solaris Express 2/05
Support for iSCSI Devices
Fibre-Channel HBA Port Utility
Metaslot in the Cryptographic Framework
IKE Enhancements
Xorg Release 6.8.2
New and Updated Drivers
Key Features in Solaris Express
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