spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
i just ordered solaris from sun what do you guys thing of it?? has anyone ever used it before ?? i don't think i have even seen a solaris before. ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
[Sarcasm] people everywhere tell me its very easy to install and very user friendly  [/sarcasm]------------------ |
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Well, good luck man. I'm looking for the Linux Link Tech Show episode where they interviewed a Linux guy who got hired by Sun to work on Solaris. He sums up solaris this way: "It's where Linux was 10 years ago". It's an up to date OS, but missing some of the latest [in] technology trends. I'm in the process of downloading openSolaris myself. ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited May 03, 2007).] |
D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
quote: I have installed and used Solaris 10. It's not bad, a lot better then previous versions, but I still found it a little confusing, it doesn't always seem to adopt the most logical way of doing things. If you have used any type of Unix before, you should feel at home though pretty quickly. I just don't see how it is any better alternative to BSD or Linux? ------------------ |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
the only *nix i have used is ubuntu/kubuntu and the icewindow mangaer on mandrake liux . as far as being easy goes i don't think it would be too hard plus i think the dvd i ordered is a developer edition so it might come with netbeans,and the latest jdk. hey does anyone need a link for the order page?? and i don't think solaris is a linux it's it's own kind of unix right? or does it use the linux kernel?? Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. [This message has been edited by spade89 (edited May 04, 2007).] |
Xian_Lee Member Posts: 345 From: Registered: 03-15-2006 |
The nice thing about Solaris is that it has standards that have to be met. I've used it a little bit, and it does take some getting used to (coming off of Debian), but it's very solid. Oh, Solaris is in fact Unix, not Linux. There's not a huge difference, but that standards thing comes into play. Solaris (and other Unix OSes) is still a big deal in corporate environments last I checked. In other words, you're more likely to see Unix than Linux. ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Well put. Linux is it's own Unix-based, POSIX compatible OS. ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
so are there any programs made for solaris?? do you have to compile for specificaly solaris,does it have it's own c/c++ libraries?? or can it run windows .exe files and linux executabels?? ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
steveth45 Member Posts: 536 From: Eugene, OR, USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
quote: I believe that programs like Firefox and OpenOffice have Solaris builds. Wine is reported to run on Solaris (x86 processors only) which would allow you to run many Windows programs. Linux programs would most likely need to be re-compiled specifically for Solaris. It is a POSIX compatible OS, so this should be fairly straight-forward. A google search showed some sites with Solaris builds of popular open source software. ------------------ |
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Xian_Lee Member Posts: 345 From: Registered: 03-15-2006 |
I assume that you'll be right, Steveth. I've installed Firefox on Solaris (on the SPARC hardware). I've also gotten the Java 5 JDK running on Solaris. It's not too complex. Fortunately, most apps are easy to install by simply downloading them and running a basic sequence of ./configure ./make ./install.  ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
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quote: WINE works on the x86 version so as long as the program can run in WINE it should work without a hitch.
"Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog [This message has been edited by cpufreak91 (edited May 08, 2007).] |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
hey i just recieved the cd. apparently it needs a dvd drive which i don't have on my desktop and on the laptop i found the screen is messed up. so i orderd the express edition thingy. ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
i ordered the express thing last week can't wait to give it a spin ------------------ |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
awww, i'm so sad  i got my solaris express dvd and the computers i have that i want to install it on aren't powerful enough needs over 700mb of ram and i only have 300+ on them ------------------ |
