I did some work on a Sun SparcStation 20 and I must say that using Solaris is like pulling teeth compared to using Linux. Although, I did like that 21" monitor and some of the utilties that came with OpenWindows. ************************************* Original message from: "Jeanette Russo" <newbie@linux- mandrake.com> >I have tried Solaris for Intel and Sco Unix and neither is very good for a >desktop OS. >Haven't tried FreeBsd but have heard good things about it. >Sco and Solaris are both more difficult fo configure than Linux and the >hardware support >is much more limited. >You have not had fun until you try to setup Solaris to dial into the >internet and try to download >a compiler since Sun doesn't give you one and you can't install any software >to use it without it. >Jeanette > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Lorenzo Jimenez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:10 AM >Subject: [newbie] About other unices > > >> Hi all. >> >> Being sometime here and reading about which distribution of Linux is best, >> and talking about if Linux is for the average user, I want to talk of what >> do you think about other flavors of unix. >> >> What do you think about FreeBSD ( http://www.freebsd.org/internet.html ). >> They have linux apps compability. Do you think is better to switch >(Mandrake >> has many problems with the hardware). >> >> Just to make conversation, not flames! >> >> Lorenzo >> >> >>
