On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 19:03 -0700, Richard Eng wrote: > A friend of mine (a Solaris professional) has strongly recommended using > Solaris instead of Linux. I must confess, I'm a bit trepidatious. I don't > really have too much time to mount yet another learning curve. So I have some > basic questions whose answers will hopefully help me to decide whether I > should make the leap from Ubuntu...
He's likely recommending Solaris because that's what he knows. In this case, I tend to agree that Solaris does make a stronger server platform. But that's not everything. Others have answered your other questions, but I'd ask you... is Ubuntu NOT doing anything you need done? Changing to another OS, even to another form of Linux, is going to involve relearning a bunch of stuff, and if you're nervous about it or short of time, you'd probably going to start off with the wrong mindset from the beginning. I'd recommend grabbing OpenSolaris or Solaris - they're free, after all - and playing around with it on a toy machine or in a VM. Then you can try to learn the OS on its own terms and not feel pressured (and thus less likely to get angry with the OS itself). _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
