Chung Hang Christopher Chan wrote:
Its a question of preference. Solaris is a far
superior OS in the
kernel etc. Userland it just isn't. Nexenta is a
really nice bridge
between the two. Frankly, if you need to get hot
around the collar
about this issue its alright.
What is so great about gnu userland? I come from Linux
so I notice that hitting page down in vi or less does
not get what I want or evening hitting the Up arrow
while in insert mode in vi is a problem but are these
really gnu advantages?
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Personally, the differences in user facing packages isn't a major issue
to me. There are some options missing that I normally use in grep and
tail, but overall I can work around them. The biggest issue in a gnu
userland for me is the gnu toolchain. Time after time, I've tried to run
a normal linux app on solaris and hit a major wall, having to change a
makefile, code itself .... normally, it's such a pain that I give up and
go back to linux where it was working in the beginning. Now, I
understand that it's not solaris' fault but the developer's.
Unfortunately, for me personally, and in a grand acceptance by the
greater linux community ... being unable to simply compile apps on
solaris is a major road block.
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