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Sun Is Giving Away Solaris 10 DVDs

Posted by kdawson on from the what-is-this-free-you-speak-of dept.

Tarmas writes "For a limited time only, just like Ubuntu's ShipIt service, Sun Microsystems lets you order Solaris 10 absolutely free of charge. The operating system comes on a single DVD supporting both the x86 and SPARC versions. Also included is Sun Studio 11."

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  1. Source by vga_init · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is the source code included? It says only "Solaris," not "OpenSolaris," so I'm guessing that it's not. If it were, that would be cool.

  2. VMware to avoid hardware compatibility problems by ufnoise · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When I installed Solaris last year, there were no drivers to support my hardware. I was able to get it to work in VMware and it worked great. There was file which you had to tweak for the interface, but that was about it.

  3. It's true by faragon · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I received the disks on december 8 '2006, postal box labeled as:

    Sun Solaris 10 Media Kit Program
    Fulfillment and Customer Service by:
    BrandVia Alliance, Inc. - Fulfillment Center
    2300 Zanker Road Suite E, San Jose, CA 95131, USA
    Telephone: 408 955 1750 customerservice@brandvia.com
    Reference: 23072-588

    To *Your Name*
    -reserved-
    *Address*
    Air Mail $5.05

    Contents: Free Solaris 10 Software Media Kit. Commercial Value less than $10


    Postal service used: UNITED STATES POSTAGE, from ZIP CODE 95131 to Barcelona (Spain)

    The package include 3 DVD:

    * 6/06 Solaris 10 Operating System (SPARC DVD)
    * 6/06 Solaris 10 Operating System (x64/x86 DVD)
    * Developer Tools (Sun Studio 11, Sun Java Studio Creator 2 Update 1, Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8, NetBeans 5.0)

    The DVD box shows a photo of castellers, quite curious, as it is typical from where I live (human tower, representing that the union make you stronger, etc.).

    Corollarious: I'm glad the DVDs crossed the ocean. Thank you Sun! If Solaris become GPL v3 licensed, I would consider to use it for homebrewed hacking. Although I love Linux, and I will not leave using it, I like the possibility of have a GPL v3 alternative... just in case!