Если есть желание пользоваться самой свежей версией Illumos или внести изменения в его код, то необходимо освоить процесс его компиляции.
The patch to Illumos to bring back LX brand
How to build Illumos to bring back LX brand on OpenIndiana 151a.
Running skype on OpenIndiana 151a
Skype is one of the widely used proprietary applications. It runs on Linux and it is possible to run skype in lx brand zone on OpenSolaris and OpenIndiana.
The lx brand for OpenIndiana 151a
The lx branded zones on OpenSolaris enabled to run Linux binaries. But this useful feature was removed from the kernel in June 11, 2010. As it turned out, it is not so difficult to bring the lx brand back. The results of the first attempt are below.
Canon Pixma IP1500 printer driver for OpenIndiana and OpenSolaris
There is no Pixma IP1500 printer driver for OpenSolaris on the official site of Canon, but there is the driver for Linux. As I want to print, but lx brand zones are absent in OpenIndiana, I have implemented another method to run the driver.