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Solaris 8 & 9 Free for x86 Once Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-more-os-to-cram-onto-your-box dept.

REBloomfield writes "The Register is reporting that after nearly two years, Solaris x86 8 & 9 is once again Free (as in beer) to download for x86 users." You can download it if you desire. Gives me college flashbacks.

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  1. this may be a first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    first post aj is so cool, and so damn sexy

  2. ferst poast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I am fast.

  3. Bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Solaris doesn't really begin to show benefits until it gets at least 8 processors. It just keeps going up, and up, and up.

    Solaris/Intel is just a toy that grabs a few extra customers that Sun would have lost otherwise. Boy, you should see it when linux noobs get their hands on it. They get really angry when you tell them "your hardware must be listed on the Hardware Compatibility List". I've seen venomous diatribes directed at "sucky" Sun and its "sucky" OS for not having video drivers for whatever the most expensive game-playing graphics board is these days. And if they actually get the system to install and they see CDE...oh man.

    I don't hang on #solaris any more, but damn we would get the same reactions over, and over, and over about Solaris/Intel.

  4. While this is nice for hobbyists... by dnaumov · · Score: 1, Redundant

    While this is nice for hobbyists, the people who *NEED* Solaris surely could afford 20$ for a copy for a long time now.

  5. That's today's SUN news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    in related news, Al Sharpton is still running for president.

  6. Slashdot, redefining humour by DenOfEarth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is the parent comment supposed to be funny? I really want to know...

    Solaris 8/9 and CDE, what could be better...

    At first glance, this sentence seems devoid of humour, the Solaris 8/9 could be considered a deal closer by some, but what's throwing me off is the CDE line. Maybe the fact that I've used CDE is why I'm struggling to understand the possible humour content of this joke.

    If it's meant to be a joke, than it sure is a good example of sarcasm...if not, than I feel sorry for the guy who hasn't gotten off a box using CDE to try a different desktop enviro.

  7. Re:I've asked before -- by I_am_the_man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You are a total idiot. If Sun is trying to be a Swiss Army knife then what are HP and IBM? If anything Sun this is Sun putting their big toe in the water. They are still a Sparc/Solaris/Java company that happens to also have a few solution for the X86 world. If you think the the Java Desktop System is about Linux (I know you did not mention it; this is for anybody who reads this) then you are sadly mistaken. Anybody who think Linux is an integral part of JDS is a fuckwit. Sun will replace Linux with Solaris and there will be no difference noticed to the user. It is a desktop, an interface, a set of applications. The OS does not matter. In fact OS's are not gonna matter a shit in about 5 years.