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Linux Apps On Solaris

Posted by timothy on from the writing-on-wall dept.

querencia writes "Sun has announced that Solaris 10 will comply with the Linux Standard Base specification, thus allowing Linux apps to run unchanged on Solaris. This isn't emulation -- they claim that it is 'kernel-integrated and supported as an operating system feature.' While I appreciate the benefits of the Solaris OS, I've considered them on the losing end of the battle until now. Will the power of Linux apps put Solaris back into the running?" Update: 08/04 15:50 GMT by J : At OSCON, Sun reaffirmed that Solaris 10 will be open-sourced. They said it would be one of the OSI licenses, not sure which yet; that this was approved at the highest levels of the company; and (with the expected "we're just guessing" language), it could happen as soon as year's end.

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  1. 1st post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    boo!

  2. Re:you mean like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    since when are you RMS?

  3. Re:you mean like... by Cornelius+the+Great · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "by the way, how well does doom 3 run under wine?"

    id software promised that a linux binary for Doom3 will be available pretty soon, so all that time pretty much spent tweaking Wine for Doom3 would be a waste.

    I can wait a few more weeks.

    --
    Sigs are for losers
  4. Re:Finally by torstenvl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh man, if I had mod points you'd get a +1 Funny

  5. Offtopic? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It was the parent of this post that was offtopic. This post was merely a reply to a troll.