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Part 1Getting Started

OpenSolaris is a community-developed and community-supported operating system platform you can use to host your open source applications and web solutions. Although its look and feel is purposely designed to appeal to Linux developers, OpenSolaris has unique features that make it an attractive alternative. In this part of the book, you'll learn about these features and the growing community that supports this new operating system.

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