OpenIndiana Hipster 2026.10, the illumos-based descendant of OpenSolaris, is out, Phoronix reports.
- The live image now enables the illumosfb X.Org driver for UEFI framebuffer support.
- Updated packages include Firefox and Thunderbird 159, GCC 15.3, LLVM Clang 23.1.4, Perl 5.44 and Python 3.15.2.
- Newer QEMU and VirtualBox, TeX Live 2026, the Foliate ebook reader and zoxide.
My take
Mostly a package refresh, but it’s nice to see the Solaris lineage still ticking.
Review before you install: read the release notes yourself, back up your config, and try new versions somewhere you can afford to break first.
God Bless, and Happy hacking!
