thanx On 6/16/08, desktop-discuss-request at opensolaris.org <desktop-discuss-request at opensolaris.org> wrote: > Send desktop-discuss mailing list submissions to > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > desktop-discuss-request at opensolaris.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > desktop-discuss-owner at opensolaris.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of desktop-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: opera-9.5 for solaris (dick hoogendijk) > 2. Re: opera-9.5 for solaris (James Cornell) > 3. Re: Opera 9.50 web browser available (Shao Xuan) > 4. Re: opera-9.5 for solaris (Iain MacDonnell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:34:47 +0200 > From: dick hoogendijk <dick at nagual.nl> > Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] opera-9.5 for solaris > To: desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Message-ID: <20080616163447.aaa10df5.dick at nagual.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:19:53 -0500 > "James Cornell" <sparcdr at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Regardless of how Opera shipped their package, it is native, they >> don't require you to use BrandZ and forward X11, which is a joke >> compared to FreeBSD's compat layer in terms of transparency. > > You're absolutely right about that. My compliments in this regards > certainly are going to opera for the work they did/do for lots of OS's. > And yes, FreeBSD's compat layer is not nice indeed. > > -- > Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D > ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90 ++ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:48:14 -0500 > From: "James Cornell" <sparcdr at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] opera-9.5 for solaris > To: "dick hoogendijk" <dick at nagual.nl> > Cc: desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Message-ID: > <d2253c540806160748n38cde004yad7617cf8bedaf0b at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Maybe you didn't understand what I meant. I believe that BrandZ containers > running outdated versions of Linux is a horrible joke. The overhead is > higher, the performance is potentially worse. With FreeBSD it translates > the syscalls and uses X11 directly. This is one area of OpenSolaris that > needs a team, possibly call it "Project Calamity". For the reason that it > would indeed just be said as that by many diehard purists. :-p > > I think having to forward it through X11 which is running anyways is > horribly stupid, and so far FreeBSD has the upper hand on compatibility. > > Back on Opera... at least the theme is a little bit better. > > James > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 9:34 AM, dick hoogendijk <dick at nagual.nl> wrote: > >> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:19:53 -0500 >> "James Cornell" <sparcdr at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Regardless of how Opera shipped their package, it is native, they >> > don't require you to use BrandZ and forward X11, which is a joke >> > compared to FreeBSD's compat layer in terms of transparency. >> >> You're absolutely right about that. My compliments in this regards >> certainly are going to opera for the work they did/do for lots of OS's. >> And yes, FreeBSD's compat layer is not nice indeed. >> >> -- >> Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D >> ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90 ++ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/20080616/a6e5f13e/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:38:27 PDT > From: Shao Xuan <shaoxuan001 at yahoo.com.cn> > Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] Opera 9.50 web browser available > To: desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Message-ID: <16126386.1213630737343.JavaMail.Twebapp at oss-app1> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello James, > > I'm Looking forward to your full test including Firefox 3.0. It's said > Firefox 3.0 is the fastest, but only test knows. > > Thanks, > shao xuan > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:05:59 -0700 > From: Iain MacDonnell <Iain.MacDonnell at sun.com> > Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] opera-9.5 for solaris > To: "Volker A. Brandt" <vab at bb-c.de> > Cc: solarisx86 at yahoogroups.com, desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Message-ID: <48569D77.2010508 at Sun.COM> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Volker A. Brandt wrote on 06/16/08 06:51 AM: >>> I thought I'd give Opera a chance on my snv90. Just to look how fast it >>> is nowadays and wether or not flash/java is supported. >>> >>> However, I will -not- install the package. >>> It has a base path of /usr/local. >> >> You are absolutely correct. Such thoughtlessness has annoyed me for >> years (especially since FOSS started to be developed 99% on Linux). >> >> However, there is nothing we can do about it. > > You could download the tarball instead of the pkg, then install it > wherever your heart desires... > > ~Iain > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: smime.p7s > Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature > Size: 6143 bytes > Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature > Url : > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/attachments/20080616/410277e4/attachment-0001.bin > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > End of desktop-discuss Digest, Vol 36, Issue 34 > *********************************************** >
