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Solaris 10 Installation and Desktop Walkthrough
linuxbeta writes "On OSDir they've got a whole whack of screenshots of Sun's Solaris 10 from the first boot screen, through an x86 installation, and through either a Java Desktop System 3 or CDE (Common Desktop Environment) 1.6 desktop. It's nice to have a look at Java Desktop System 3 while it's not even available for Linux (yet). I dunno... looks like Linux to me. I know about the licensing issues with Solaris 10, but I think they've got something going on here."
Looks nice. Makes me happy on the inside.
I'd like to see the output of a non GUI installation. Makes me have the warm fuzzies more seeing that.
Screenshots of the writer defragging his hard drive?
Good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!
Don't be such a troll. I use gnome everyday. It has a foot print looking thing. This one says JAVA right there instead of the foot. I hate having to point everything out for everyone all the damn time.
Note to self: No more arguing with the faithful.
Eh, it's alright.
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The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?
sorry here is the real picture
serenity now!
It is SO not. It's much uglier.. and... eh... it has a "Launch" button. Do you see a foot anywhere? I-didn't-think-so-mister!
we have determined that the only difference between Sun's Solaris OS and Microsoft's Windows OS, is the executive decision to refer to the computer as "This Computer".
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I heard one of the advanced features, available if you buy the upgraded deluxe version, is the ability to switch to a desktop background that ISN'T the default. So yeah, it's ugly, but if you fork over the premium dollars, then you can afford cutting edge, never-before-seen technology like switching the desktop background. (I heard there is some 1337 hacker trick to do this in Windows, but let's not kid ourselves - it's impossible with such a rudimentary OS!)
Not to mention a lot less "Lose all contents of your drive." Solaris is a stuck up bitch and won't go out with scrubs who can only give her a partition.
You didn't bother to taste it. It had provocative hints of BSD, and a nutty aftertaste reminiscent of Warp.
Yeah, I thought that was an incredibly dumb comment, too, and I haven't RTFA.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
ROFL.
This may be the start of a new type of troll on /. You are really inspired. Look at all the people who are biting. I'm amazed.
This is like a combination of the "is it good or is it whack?" troll with a dash of universal "your os sucks" troll sprinkled with a bit of "not trying to be a troll here but can someone explain to me ..."
and you even manage to add in a signature troll. WOW. You are good.
what exactly does "linux" look like?
..." (note: I'm sure that in with the size of the kernel these days, this bin string will probably come up somewhere. I hope.)
Like this:
"... 1010111000110
When you look at the state of the world, how can you not become a radical, liberal anarchist?
it ain't got no foot it sucks!
gimme back da foot, dammit Sun!
Don't worry. I've been doing them for 20 years now, probably done a few thousand in that time on maybe twenty or thirty different hardware platforms. Never had a problem, and I tell you, it's all about having a system. That's what you have to do, figure out a system. And then never, never, depart from it, no matter what the voices say. Just be cool.
Sure, I admit that I'm tempted sometimes to just type random stuff, but I've been totally able to control myself, no problem, just answer the questions. Ever since they took me out of detox the last time. I didn't like it there. It's not just the smell, it's the people. They have such a bad attitude. They're not positive. I need positive energy.
I had to know a few things, like what language I spoke, what timezone I was in, did I want to install everything or just a basic workstation. It is all a bit irritating, I admit. You'd think the installation script would just know that stuff. After all, it's pretty pathetic. It's like you're stupid or something.
I wish it would ask me some hard questions when it did its localization, like whether there really were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, whether my girlfriend would really like to be in a threesome or is she just saying that to see if I'm faithful, whether virus recognition merely NP-hard (as someone once tried to argue with me) or formally undecidable.
I don't think I'm a "certified Solaris Installation Engineer"; certainly I never had any training. Maybe there was some kind of coupon in the packaging that granted me that title automatically. Sorry if Sun didn't ship you one of those, because I don't see why you wouldn't be equally qualified to reason about the questions asked during system installation. I know I am. I'm cool. I've got the system. Figured it out. Figured it out.
But then, I don't usually eat the dessicant pack either. Though it does look kind of edible, doesn't it? Those sparkly little crystals and all... Could be good, and how can you know for sure if you don't try them? The label clearly states "DESSICANT -- DO NOT EAT" but that's probably just legalese. See if they can suck you in, right. They all try that. It's a power thing. Don't fall for it.
Parity: What to do when the weekend comes.
" And as the takeup of OS X among the Unix crowd shows, people want usability and new technology over some ideological purity"
Bingo.
"Linux is dying - Netcraft".
Sincerely
Bee S. Dee.
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