Think! Open Source

Nexenta is another OS. You'll say, ohh, again an Operating System. Well this is something little different. It is a blend of to popular and opensource OS to get the usability and power of both. Rather it can also be said that it is Debian/Ubuntu with a little variation at CLI. I mean the Kernel is from Open Solaris the Sun Microsystems' sponsored Unix OS, which is opensource as well, and the applications and packages from popular Linux distributions i.e. Debian or Ubuntu. Now the thing which comes out is called Nexenta.
It has packaging system based on APT, Advanced packaging Tool. So the repositories from Debian and Ubuntu can easily be used with it. The documentation part is pretty much complete with usual topics a Linux user can require to use a new OS. Just download its cd images from the download page, burn and install them. Well it is not for new commers it is for the people who always ready to take risks.

Command line is a way of life for linux buddies. APT is an essential tool for Ubuntuers and Debian fans. They like to use it for everyday installation and uninstallation, upgrades etc. dpkg is another useful utility which works along with apt for .deb packages. A few tips I found on apt and dpkg and would like to share.
To list all install packages
dpkg –get-selections
Or the output can be directed to a text file
dpkg –get-selections > abc.txt
The '>' sign direct the out put of terminal in the specific file and works for other commands as well.
dpkg -L package
tells the files installed by a specific package. e.g. dpkg -L banshee
To get installed all the sources of a given package, it is a good thing to install them by apt.
apt-get build-dep banshee
will install all the packages required by banshee to be built or compiled on your system. These packages may differ according to version or the requirement of the program you are going to build.