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OpenSolaris 2008.11 – Year of the Laptop?

Ahmed Kamal writes "Is Linux getting too old for you? Are you interested to see what other systems such as OpenSolaris have to offer? OpenSolaris has some great features, such as ZFS and dtrace, which make it a great server OS — but how do you think it will fare on a laptop? Let's take an initial look at the most recent OpenSolaris 2008.11 pre-release on recentish laptop hardware."

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  1. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny


    Sure! Running ZFS on a single drive sounds cool to the other people working at the help desk.

  2. Year of the Bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're doing this on purpose now, it's never the year of anything.
    Plus 2008.11 isn't really a year

  3. Re:Self-helpdesking BSD by Shag · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear there's a company that sells laptops with a BSD OS and decent support... named after some kind of fruit or something.

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  4. Re:Wow. OpenSolaris is a rough ride. by mickwd · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you fucking know--you KNOW--that when I say .........., you better fucking listen.

    Your way of expressing yourself would suggest otherwise.

  5. Year of Plan9 on the laptop? by lokpest · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, I wonder what year will be "Year of Plan9 on the laptop"

  6. Re:Why? by armanox · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know, I never saw that coming...

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  7. Re:Why? by tehcyder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure! Running ZFS on a single drive sounds cool to the other people working at the help desk.

    Plus chicks really dig it.

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