New OpenSolaris release

Sun Microsystems have released OpenSolaris 2008.11, the first release since the now old 2008.05.

The new release notably includes:

• Updates/additions of major user applications : Gnome 2.24, Firefox 3, OpenOffice 3 (missing from Ubuntu 8.10, grrr), Transmission, Songbird,
• Improved package management & additional software repositories,
• Easier configuration for printers & networking,
• Expanded support of graphical chipsets (including ATI & nVidia),
• Time Slider, a user-friendly tool to manage ZFS snapshots
  

Why not download the ISO image and give it a spin on top of VirtualBox?

Talking about ZFS, here's a funny video where a Sun Engineer literally smashes hard drives to demonstrate the resilience of ZFS. Definitely worth a look :)