nich romero wrote: > Take a look at the next version of SunRay Server 5 > > http://wikis.sun.com/display/SRS/Home > > There is a software client (finally) and given the right prodding I don't see > why a Linux and Mac OS version could not appear. ALP is a an efficient > protocol. The server component is also widely deployed and a known quantity. >
Although not documented and *not* officially supported SRS 5 works pretty well on OpenSolaris servers. Unfortunately the software client has issues with OpenSolaris servers (looks like some fallout from Volo, and can be worked around as stated in CR 6862635 by changing /etc/sock2path to the legacy socket mechanism). The EA1 release still had some issues but can be made to work, following the same procedures as getting 4.1 to work but with several bugs fixed: http://wiki.sun-rays.org/index.php/SRSS_4.1_on_OpenSolaris_2008.11 The RR release should work with OpenSolaris without the need for workarounds (no IPS availability, at least not initially at the RR release, and the soft client issues will probably not be addressed by that time either). As for the software client, I would personally *hope* (with no special inside knowledge, insight, or influence here) that an OpenSolaris version will follow. At the moment the software client only works on Windows :(, since that's the typical environment in which SRS is initially deployed and we have to help customers migrate... -Bob Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this mail are my own, and are not necessarily shared by my employer
