OT: Solaris 10 stuff...

[Colin McGregor]

--- James McIntosh <jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> At 10:47 PM 2006/11/24 -0500, you wrote:
> >Of possible interest, if you want to see how the
> other
> >side lives, you may want to check out the Sun who
> are
> >offering (as a freebie) copies of Solaris 10 and
> the
> >Sun Studio Software Media Kit for SPARC plus X86
> >platforms on DVD. The details/hoops to jump through
> >can be seen here:
> >
> >   www2.sun.de/dc/forms/reg_us_2211_391.jsp
> >
> >Yes, I have ordered a copy... Next question being
> can
> >I get the hardware together to run it at home (I
> >assume it will not run on my Sun Sparc IPX box :-(
> ).
> >
> >
> >Colin McGregor
> 
> 
> I received the DVD at a different computer club's
> meeting a little over a
> month ago.
> 
> At the New TLUG meeting in the Seneca at York
> building, I asked you how it
> compared to Linux.
> 
> I still have not installed it.
> 
> I am too timid.
> 
> When I was in high school, I was one of the first in
> my town of 2000 to buy
> a tape recorder.
> 
> Now, I have become anything but a pioneer.
> 
> Please tell me your experiences of Sun Solaris 10,
> and your impressions on
> how it compares to UNIX, Linux, or whatever you have
> exposure to.

I have not tried Solaris 10. I have played a bit with
Solaris 7 on my Sun SPARC IPX box (the latest version
of Solaris that will I gather run on hardware that
old). All sorts of small, but noticiable differences
between Solaris 7 and Linux, everything usable, but
odd...

Colin McGregor
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