On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 09:38 -0800, Tim Bray wrote: > Have you used a recent Ubuntu?
Yes I have. And to make my point I use the Ubuntu GNOME themes on my Indiana and Nevada desktop - and when someone asks, a uname -a shows that Solaris can look the same. > A lot of this stuff Just Works out of the box. True. And a software finding service would be a nice applet to throw in the mix. But the foundation behind all of this is a multi-tier repository system and OpenSolaris has this with our friends from blastwave, sunfreeware, et al. > Plug in a digital camera. Plug in a scanner. Right-click > on a .tiff or .avi. I agree that in principle the same stuff is > probably more-or-less available if you understand what the pieces are > that you're missing and how to get them. And Unbuntu isn't free from that problem either. Lots and lots of wiki pages and php forums helping Ubuntu users find what they are looking for. > But it's not the same. No, it's not exactly the same. But it's also not as different as some with an axe to grind like to point out (and don't misunderstand Tim - not throwing you in that mix at all, you are trying to help). But the original premise was that there was very little software and that's completely erroneous. And quite frankly, and apologies in advance if this is not the case, but the original email felt a bit like a seminar posting (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminar_caller) for a reference - or Astroturfing if you prefer. And Euan, if your questions were genuine then I take that comment back, offer an apology and suggest the blastwave repository as the answer to some of what you are looking for. Bob _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
