--- James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Mahan writes: > > > You don't install OpenSolaris; you'd install Solaris, Schillix, > > > Nexenta, > > > etc... > > > > Casper, Thanks for that tidbit. > > > > Would you mind exploring that a bit further? I'm now very > confused... > > OpenSolaris is not a Kernel, not a distro, but something in > between? > > Explain please... And if you can, make comparisons to well-known > > products... > > It's been discussed here many times before. It's a source > repository, > akin to kernel.org for Linux. You don't execute source. > > The distributors take the source, compile it, package it, and put > it > into neat DVD images for installing on a system. That's what Sun's > Solaris, SchilliX, Nexenta, BeleniX, MarTUX, and the others are.
But you do build it to make sure it's working right? Where are those builds? Thanks. Chris Mahan 818.943.1850 cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.christophermahan.com/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
