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Community

Introduction

The illumos community is small but active. We welcome everybody who would like to use the software and participate in the community -- whether you've decades of experience in systems software, or you're just getting started; whether you work for a company that uses illumos, or you just find it personally interesting.

We try to be helpful and inclusive! It's not uncommon to see folks on both IRC and the mailing lists discussing a range of issues, both simple and complex. Whether you're just getting started, or you're debugging a difficult problem, you should be able to find the help you need.

The Golden Rule

Please be respectful and civil in your communications. Harassment and other poor behaviour will not be tolerated, and preventative action will be taken by moderators. If you would like to report an incident, please contact a member of the leadership teams.

Mailing Lists

Please refer to this page for both illumos project and related community mailing list information.

IRC Channels

Project	Network	Channel
illumos	freenode	#illumos
SmartOS	freenode	#smartos
OmniOS	freenode	#omnios
OpenIndiana	freenode	#openindiana
OpenZFS	freenode	#openzfs