Linux vs Solaris

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:06:12PM -0400, Jeff Liu wrote:
> I am learning Solaris10 X86 now and find some difference between Linux
> and Solaris, however I don't know what's the major difference. So far
> what I found include,
> 
> 1. Looks like compiling source code on Solaris is not an easy job.
> 2. Some command syntax are different on Solaris.
> 3. run level scripts /etc/rc.d/rc.x has been migrated to svc on Solaris.
> 4. The way to setup network interfaces is different on Solaris.
> 
> Anything more? Did I miss some major difference?

They way you add new hardware to the system and update the configuration
of the kernel seems quite different.

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