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===Discontinued=== * [[OpenSolaris]] β A project initiated by [[Sun Microsystems]], discontinued after the acquisition by Oracle. * [[Nexenta OS]] (discontinued October 31, 2012) β First distribution based on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] [[User space|userland]] with Solaris-derived [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel]].<ref>{{Citation | title = DownloadMirrors - Nexenta Project Wiki | url = http://www.nexenta.org/os/DownloadMirrors | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100405120551/http://www.nexenta.org/os/DownloadMirrors | archive-date = 2010-04-05 }}</ref> * StormOS (discontinued September 14, 2012<ref>{{Citation | title = StormOS is dead. Long live osdyson | url = http://www.stormos.org/node/2378 | publisher = stormos.org | date = 2012-09-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131010001228/http://www.stormos.org/node/2378 | archive-date = 2013-10-10 }}</ref>) β A lightweight desktop OS based on [[Nexenta OS]] and [[Xfce]]. * MartUX<ref>{{Citation |title = Preliminary Release |url = http://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2012-September/009792.html |publisher = Martin Bochnig |date = 2012-09-27 |access-date = 2014-02-13 |archive-date = June 25, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210625133644/https://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2012-September/009792.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = MartUX | url = https://archiveos.org/MartUX/ | date = 2016-06-14 | author = pavroo | access-date = 2018-02-02}}</ref> β The first [[SPARC]] distribution of OpenSolaris, with an [[alpha software|alpha]] prototype released by Martin Bochnig in April 2006. It was distributed as a [[Live CD]] but is later available only on DVD as it has had the [[Blastwave]] community software added.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blastwave.org/ |date=September 20, 2006 |title=Blastwave Open Source Sun Software |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060920105147/http://www.blastwave.org/ |archive-date=September 20, 2006}}</ref> Its goal was to become a desktop operating system. The first SPARC release was a small Live CD, released as '''marTux_0.2''' Live CD<ref>{{Citation | title = Preliminary SPARC 4u Release | url = http://www.martux.org/ | website = marTux | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060920091101/http://www.martux.org/ | archive-date=2006-09-20 | url-status = usurped | publisher = Martin Bochnig | date = 2006-09-13 | access-date = 2014-02-13 }}</ref> in summer of 2006, the first straight OpenSolaris distribution for SPARC (not to be confused with GNOME metacity theme). It was later re-branded as '''MartUX''' and the next releases included full SPARC installers in addition to the Live media. Much later, MartUX was re-branded as '''OpenSXCE''' when it moved to the first OpenSolaris release to support both SPARC and Intel architectures after Sun was acquired by Oracle.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://netmgt.blogspot.com/2013/03/tab-update-opensxce-march-3013.html| title = Tab Update: OpenSXCE March 2013 Distribution| website = Network Management| date = March 13, 2013}}</ref> * MilaX β A small Live CD/Live USB<ref>{{Citation |title = MilaX |url = http://www.milax.org/ |publisher = Alexander R. Eremin |access-date = 2012-12-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180622065618/http://milax.org/ |archive-date = June 22, 2018 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title = MilaX |url = https://archiveos.org/milax/ |date = 2015-08-11 |author = pavroo |access-date = 2018-02-02 |archive-date = February 3, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180203235712/https://archiveos.org/milax/ |url-status = live }}</ref> with minimal set of packages to fit a 90 MB image. * [[Dyson (operating system)|Dyson]] β illumos kernel with [[GNU]] userland and packages from [[Debian]]. Project is no longer active and the website is offline. * EON ZFS Storage<ref>{{Citation | title = EON ZFS Storage | url = http://sites.google.com/site/eonstorage/ | access-date = 2012-12-29 | archive-date = September 8, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240908005356/https://sites.google.com/site/eonstorage/ | url-status = live }}</ref> β A [[network-attached storage|NAS]] implementation targeted at embedded systems. * Jaris OS β Live DVD and also installable.<ref>{{Citation|title=Project Jaris |url=http://jaris.jp/index2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722111050/http://jaris.jp/ |archive-date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> Pronounced according to the IPA{{how|date=September 2020}} but in English as Yah-Rees. This distribution has been heavily modified to fully support a version of Wine called Madoris that can install and run Windows programs at native speed. Jaris stands for "Japanese Solaris". Madoris is a combination of the Japanese word for Windows "mado" and Solaris. * OpenSXCE β An OpenSolaris distribution release for both [[IA-32|32-bit]] and [[x86-64|64-bit]] x86 platforms and [[SPARC]] microprocessors, initially produced from OpenSolaris source code repository, ported to the illumos source code repository to form OpenIndiana's first<ref>[http://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2012-September/009792.html 151a0] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625133644/https://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2012-September/009792.html |date=June 25, 2021 }} (and soon to be last)</ref> SPARC distribution.<ref>{{Citation |url = https://archiveos.org/opensxce/ |title = OpenSXCE |date = January 8, 2016 |author = pavroo |access-date = 2018-02-02 |archive-date = September 8, 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240908005502/https://archiveos.org/opensxce/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Notably, the first OpenSolaris distribution with illumos source for SPARC based upon OpenIndiana, OpenSXCE finally moved to a new source code repository, based upon DilOS.
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