bijoy writes: > Just to clarify, As far as I know and people like me who is not too > technical know, Opensolaris work on top of Solaris Kernel.
Yes. There's a lot more detail to this, and perhaps it's not quite what you want to know about, but OpenSolaris is a complete operating system -- kernel plus user space. The kernel is just one portion of what's referred to as "ON" -- somewhat confusingly (and historically) short for "operating system and networking;" confusing as it's not actually the whole OS. It's not even half. Solaris is Sun's commercial distribution, built using the same sources, but with Sun's logos and support tied in. Only Solaris 10 and older have patches available. For everything newer, you have to upgrade (from build to build) in order to get bug fixes. OpenSolaris gets more confusing still, as it's *both* a distribution *and* a source base, and (still more confusing) you can buy support from Sun on the OpenSolaris distribution, also known as "Indiana." > Can I remove Solaris Express Developer Community edition completely and > install Opensolaris Other than a reinstall, the current answer is "no." There's no supported upgrade mechanism from SXCE to the OpenSolaris distribution. Of course, SXCE is itself compiled from the same OpenSolaris source code ... the big distinctions between the two are: SXCE has the old Solaris installer, while OpenSolaris has a new, easier-to-use live CD based installer. SXCE uses only System V packages for software, while OpenSolaris has a new "IPS" mechanism built around network-based repositories. SXCE can be used to _build_ the OpenSolaris sources (including ON), while OpenSolaris cannot (yet). For what it's worth, I use SXCE at home because that's what I started with. Many others use the newer OpenSolaris distribution. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
