Open Enterprise Server
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Open Enterprise Server[1] (OES) is a server operating system published by OpenText. It was first published by Novell in March 2005 to succeed their NetWare product.[2]
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Developer | OpenText |
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) and NetWare |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source / Closed source |
Latest release | OES 23.4 / October 2023; 7 months ago (2023-10) |
Marketing target | |
Package manager | RPM Package Manager |
Preceded by | NetWare 6.5 |
Unlike NetWare, OES is a Linux distribution—specifically, one based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.[3] The first major release of Open Enterprise Server (OES 1) could run either with a Linux kernel (with a NetWare compatibility layer) or Novell's NetWare kernel (with a Linux compatibility layer).[2] Novell discontinued the NetWare kernel prior to the release of OES 2, but NetWare 6.5 SP7, and later SP8 can run as a paravirtualized guest inside the Xen hypervisor (Officially supported until 7 March 2012, Novell self-supported until 7 March 2015).