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XFree86 Drivers For Solaris

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sincere-flattery dept.

tnorbye writes: "On Sun's Intel site today there's a link to a new XFree86 porting kit. Essentially, you can download binary XFree86 drivers which run with the Solaris X server! So any graphics card you can use with Linux you can now use with Solaris. Sure makes Solaris x86 more widely available!"

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  1. x86 solaris demand? by Marvin_Runyon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How much demand is there for running solaris on x86 machines? Half the point of going with solaris is using the Sun hardware.

    I don't see how solaris 8 has anything to offer over the many linux distributions currently available, most of which already offer superior desktop environments. Until of course solaris 9 is released, which will be using ximian gnome as its primary desktop GUI.

    While this is interesting as a toy feature for home experimentation, this isn't really huge news.

    -Marvin