Well to start be aware of the lineage of Solaris, and be aware of what exactly OpenSolaris is. Figure out which edition fits you best, as Indiana (Current release, the one that people want you on) is very new and may not suit certain people, the other is Solaris Express Community Edition. Be aware of the projects and communities by navigating the site, digging through mailing list archives if you have specific questions that may have already been answered.
If you're missing something and need to know if there's an alternative, I can probably answer for you. Pitfalls at the moment would mainly be concerning KDE, which is very complex (and convoluted) to port easily, we're still working on it, but you can use a somewhat outdated release from Blastwave (http://www.blastwave.org/) for the time being if you really want it. Check out pkgbuild.sf.net for some packages that may not be bundled with OpenSolaris. I find OpenSolaris' licensing to be more sound, and performance is good enough for any of my activities. I find that ZFS is a clear advantage, and that Sun Studio provides better optimization for compiled programs, and that's just a few reasons. It all depends what your workflow is, if you'd like to give some information on what it is that you work with in general, tips can be provided for improving your experience. We want more members to strengthen the community, and not just programmers, so welcome aboard if you have chosen to give OpenSolaris a chance. Most importantly, register an account on Sun's web site for downloading, this helps Sun get a feel for how many people use OpenSolaris. http://cds.sun.com/ is a good place to sign up for an account. http://www.opensolaris.org/ is a place where you can find sub-projects, downloads, other people, and information about OpenSolaris and you should sign up here too (Though it is not required) so you can associate yourself with communities and help out with translation, documentation, quality assurance (Testing) or programming in your spare time. Creating an identity is an important thing, people will be more willing to help you on your journey if you are serious about making the switch. James On Jun 9, 2008, at 4:07 PM, wayne roberts wrote: > Sure, I am just about to move from kubuntu to open solaris and was > wondering, any pitfalls, and tips you would give a solaris newbie??? > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/attachments/20080609/b9a2cbad/attachment.html>
