tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post621004226673355523..comments2023-05-26T09:52:30.568-04:00Comments on This Old Blog: OpenSolaris 2008.5Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-64392959744262615772008-10-13T05:05:00.000-04:002008-10-13T05:05:00.000-04:00I'm thinking of switching to OpenSolaris as my mai...I'm thinking of switching to OpenSolaris as my main OS of choice, I'm concerned about a few things:<BR/>1- NTFS and ext3 support<BR/>2- Drivers availability<BR/>3- Applications<BR/>Maybe I should take a plunge and give it a spin for a week.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12552574574857912119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-60351334795747686382008-05-25T05:59:00.000-04:002008-05-25T05:59:00.000-04:00Hi,Nice review.I've written my review of OpenSolar...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Nice review.<BR/><BR/>I've written my review of OpenSolaris 2008.05 here -<BR/>http://rohandhruva.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Hope you like it :)<BR/><BR/>Rohan.Rohan Dhruvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759179971021881359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-57195050709305229792008-05-19T07:45:00.000-04:002008-05-19T07:45:00.000-04:00I think OpenSolaris repo only contain 1,000~ packa...I think OpenSolaris repo only contain 1,000~ package compare to Ubuntu which have around 23,000~. I don't see any reason to use OpenSolaris besides Ubuntu or Debian.babylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02050379186885026950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-37067563271190253282008-05-11T19:51:00.000-04:002008-05-11T19:51:00.000-04:00I am also hoping future editions of OpenSolaris wi...I am also hoping future editions of OpenSolaris will include Project Looking Glass (LG3D). It's a great way to show people that it has potential and needs more developers.<BR/><BR/>As for OpenSolaris itself, it really should include the OSS driver from 4Front Tech. I have a Sound Blaster Audigy SE card and it did not detect/load it. Also, the installation did not like my drives apparently. SATA drives have had trouble with some people even on Linux/*BSD.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps in a year or two OpenSolaris will mature a bit and have a bigger software package selection. I'll definitely be keeping my eye on this distribution.BlueJayofEvilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739745064260703303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-24319368681665959672008-05-11T11:14:00.000-04:002008-05-11T11:14:00.000-04:00Not to generalize: the ignorance of some Linux use...Not to generalize: the ignorance of some Linux users astounds me. Just because it has the same look [dtrostis] doesn't mean that it's the same.<BR/><BR/>The Solaris kernel is a beautiful thing! As a decedent of the original Unix codebase the whole system has been highly optimized and battle hardened. The weak point has been the userspace, but this has improved dramatically thanks to projects like OpenSolaris and Nexenta.<BR/><BR/>Beneath the surface Solaris supports some very intriguing features which aren’t available in any Linux distribution – DTrace, Containers and ZFS to name just three.<BR/><BR/>Maybe these aren’t as impressive as fancy 3D cubes? At least they’re actually useful ;).<BR/><BR/>Users of the latest Apple OS will testify to the power and utility of DTrace. Though supported, it’s widely hoped/expected that ZFS will be the default file system in the next release. This should give some impression of just how impressive these Sun technologies are.<BR/><BR/>I don’t think OpenSolaris is quite there on the desktop front yet, but I have high hopes. It's certainly usable considering. Solaris has historically been a server OS, so these are big changes.<BR/><BR/>All in all, don’t judge a book by its cover?Mark Lee Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12819093371910833234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-66274630967657230042008-05-09T13:17:00.000-04:002008-05-09T13:17:00.000-04:00Will we soon see an OpenSolaris live CD shipping w...Will we soon see an OpenSolaris live CD shipping with a version of Project Looking Glass?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379096233840954474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-74136042332577965842008-05-07T04:09:00.000-04:002008-05-07T04:09:00.000-04:00Regarding sound drivers and such, you can always d...Regarding sound drivers and such, you can always download and install OSS:<BR/>http://www.opensound.com/<BR/><BR/>Sun is planning on adapting it for future releases for Solaris, one of the reasons why the 4front people open sourced it.<BR/><BR/>-PaulPaul Ó Duḃṫaiġhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13673644707651057833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-22006295489467614382008-05-06T23:15:00.000-04:002008-05-06T23:15:00.000-04:00Vasanth,Can you give the specifications of the sys...Vasanth,<BR/><BR/>Can you give the specifications of the system that OpenSolaris failed to install on?Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-26659914181577981002008-05-06T22:48:00.000-04:002008-05-06T22:48:00.000-04:00For me, Live cd booted into a gnome env but instal...For me, Live cd booted into a gnome env but installation failed.Vasanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109209137654144663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-73633431127422824232008-05-06T21:15:00.000-04:002008-05-06T21:15:00.000-04:00I played around with the live CD yesterday on my f...I played around with the live CD yesterday on my four year old HP system and liked what I saw. I installed it this afternoon, but I barely had time to use it before I broke it by simply changing the screen resolution. I don't know if I want to bother with the rather slow installation again.<BR/><BR/>I like the idea behind OpenSolaris, but I don't think it's quite there yet. I'll be sticking with Linux for now.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02760452936316956665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-91301573300218873382008-05-06T20:48:00.000-04:002008-05-06T20:48:00.000-04:00HiFor me OpenSolaris is a new fresh air, on the lo...Hi<BR/><BR/>For me OpenSolaris is a new fresh air, on the long road between operating systems, and I liked it what I saw. I could only hope that system will be so famous as the orig Solris. Maybe if the dev's fetching some unique features, like as BeOS did - it would surely not will be named as the the "yeah, one of the other 'linux' systems"... Best wishes, and thumbs up guys!Zoltán Hoppárhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910597088187392014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-82601807873762395822008-05-06T00:29:00.000-04:002008-05-06T00:29:00.000-04:00I tried to install on older Asrock motherboard. VI...I tried to install on older Asrock motherboard. VIA SATA and ethernet.<BR/><BR/>Would not work with either.<BR/><BR/>:(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-58784288046925916582008-05-05T21:09:00.000-04:002008-05-05T21:09:00.000-04:00I see OpenSolaris as insurance. Together with the ...I see OpenSolaris as insurance. Together with the BSDs we have a backup in the event that Microsoft ever successfully attacks the linux kernel via software patents or other legal avenue. Solaris is real unix, and the ip is owned by Sun, much harder for Balmer to spread FUD. In the end if it looks and works the same as linux I could switch in a day. I am about to install on a spare machine, very interested in how it handles things like SATA, printers etc.<BR/><BR/>Ian Murdock - keep up the good work and thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-44849094809455269162008-05-05T17:08:00.000-04:002008-05-05T17:08:00.000-04:00Why we need OpenSolaris, at all??One of the thing ...Why we need OpenSolaris, at all??<BR/><BR/>One of the thing that for me it's a total contradiction in Linux this days, is that every distro looks and feels and works like the others,besides Ubuntu,Linux Mint (Mint tools,slab menu,etc),Mepis, Slackware and the mini-linuxes.<BR/><BR/>The contradiction is because Linux is an open system,so go and do something different for god sake!<BR/><BR/>The open solaris doesn't add anything new, so it's for me just a distraction.damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357631065520401136noreply@blogger.com