When you can get an open-sourced carrier-grade OS like (Open)Solaris at no cost, why still Linux?
OpenSolaris surely currently lacks a lot of (x86) hardware support, no drivers for widespread hardware, etc. - but as more and more users actively use and support OpenSolaris, more and more vendors will provide those.
What I don't like about Linux - Linux (and a lot of Linux software), that is - is the neverending story of changing APIs - use something, update something else - Oops.
I have a Linux system here, with at least three different versions of, e.g., BerkeleyDB. 1.85 compat, 3.something, 4.idontknow. API changes, incompatibilities, you name it.
Ever tried to compile popular Linux software on another Un*x? Whenever I encounter some piece of GPL-licensed software, I can almost guarantee it won't compile on Solaris, Tru64,.. - without spending hours for #ifdef'ing and patching the source.
You want DTrace? Zones? Use Solaris. Is there any technical reason (no politics, please) where using Linux actually offers any benefit?
(Yes, "smc" and all those java-based admin utilities suck. But commandline-based alternatives do exist.)
This is not a flamebait. Serious answers will be appreciated.
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.. - without spending hours for #ifdef'ing and patching the source.
When you can get an open-sourced carrier-grade OS like (Open)Solaris at no cost,
why still Linux?
OpenSolaris surely currently lacks a lot of (x86) hardware support, no drivers
for widespread hardware, etc. - but as more and more users actively use and
support OpenSolaris, more and more vendors will provide those.
What I don't like about Linux - Linux (and a lot of Linux software), that is - is
the neverending story of changing APIs - use something, update something else - Oops.
I have a Linux system here, with at least three different versions of, e.g., BerkeleyDB.
1.85 compat, 3.something, 4.idontknow. API changes, incompatibilities, you name it.
Ever tried to compile popular Linux software on another Un*x? Whenever I encounter some
piece of GPL-licensed software, I can almost guarantee it won't compile on Solaris, Tru64,
You want DTrace? Zones? Use Solaris. Is there any technical reason (no politics, please) where
using Linux actually offers any benefit?
(Yes, "smc" and all those java-based admin utilities suck. But commandline-based alternatives
do exist.)
This is not a flamebait. Serious answers will be appreciated.
Anyone familar with dovebid? How do I .de, so local pickup is not an
get any details about an item? Int'l shipping?
(I'm in
option)
..finally Sun gets innovative again. I guess Solaris
10 will be the best release since 5.7..
Uhm...maybe because there are no alternatives so
far?
Who cares about Linux, anyway? Solaris rocks,
especially with dtrace/zfs/zones/..
> am i the only dork that decided to learn sendmail, > and now have no issue with its configuration??
No, you aren't. sendmail just works. Oh, and I
badly failed trying to configure postfix.