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Previewing the Next Solaris OS

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bill-and-scotty's-operating-system dept.

Eric Boutilier writes "Amy Rich has written an excellent Solaris Express (Solaris 10) how-to and general overview. It covers how the program works, using the community web site, and what's new in Solaris Express." Among many new features, the TCP/IP stack has been redesigned, IPv6 support improved, and both NFSv4 and USB 2.0 support added.

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  1. Program? by NicolaiBSD · · Score: 4, Funny

    It covers how the program works

    But can you run this program called Solaris 10 on Linux? Or do you need wine for that?

  2. Re:Hopefully by fr0dicus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you hate having a large improvement in threaded performance too?

  3. Re:Nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    - bad -

    * Linux = for bandwagon tossers who use their computer for the sole purpose of fucking with their computer.
    * Plan9 = for those with no apps to run who want the nostalga of not being able to run anything on Linux.
    * Darwin = for those who bought Apple but wished they'd really bought a x86 machine to run FreeBSD.
    * Windows XP = the OS of choice for professionals. Professional clowns, that is.
    * OSX = the best OS to run on expensive ornamental paperweights that can't actually run any apps.

    - good -

    * Windows 2000 = the desktop OS of choice for people who want to do actual work with their computer.
    * FreeBSD = the server OS of choice for people who just want the damn thing to be as reliable as possible.

  4. devfs by binford2k · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nice, Solaris is getting devfs support . . . just as it is marked deprecated in Linux 2.6

  5. Newsflash by Moderation+abuser · · Score: 2, Funny

    Early in the morning CDE suffered a fatal heart attack and died during the night. It has finally been laid to rest. Nobody turned up to the funeral.

    That's CDE on Solaris 8 -> Gnome Solaris 9 and the users love it. Needs a bit of stability tweaking though it isn't bad. Also a current revision would be nice.

    --
    Government of the people, by corporate executives, for corporate profits.
  6. Re:god-awful GNOME? by zz99 · · Score: 2, Funny

    > And although it is less feature-rich and configurable than KDE, its behaviour seems more consistent. That is what businesses and Solaris' market wants.

    That's right, Sun should keep KDE away from Solaris boxes. Experienced CDE-users could have a breakdown if they are suddenly exposed to a desktop with more than four settings :)

  7. Re:Solaris doesn't suck... by )-(ellbilly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well I just picked up a SUn Enterprise E4000 for 640 bux! Gonna put it in my basement and rule the world...errr underworld.

    But seriously, ebay/sun/solaris is perfect way to run a small home or business op. Friends/family all have nice relaiable web and email services cheap and I have a place to play with my root.

    Cheers,
    )-(ellbilly

  8. Re:Nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I saw him talk about Plan9 and Linux, but nowhere did I see "Solaris", "Windows", or "OS X". Did I miss something?

    I quote: "Darwin, isn't my thing, I'll wait for my PowerBook and run the real thing on it."

    Here's your question for today: does "the real thing" in the above sentence refer to:

    (a) OS X
    (b) OS X
    (c) OS X
    (d) CowboyNeal

  9. suninstall by Rice-Pudding · · Score: 3, Funny
    The Solaris Web Start command-line interface has been replaced with suninstall to improve usability.

    Did anyone else read this as s-uninstall? I was wondering why it was so important to include an uninstall option right away, and to feature it so prominently in the article. :-)