Hello, then you see only part of the overall picture. Can't OpenSolaris offer something on the Desktop and continue to be a good server OS at the same time?
A modern server OS *needs* a fancy GUI in order to survive. And it needs GUI tools to administer Enterprise features. Also, would you call upcoming AI a "desktop feature"? And the text installer under development right now? Or ha-cluster software? Or hp-cluster? It SMF a "desktop" feature? Or is ZFS? On http://mail.opensolaris.org/ you find an overview of what OpenSolaris consists of. Desktop is just a small piece in the puzzle, even though it is the most visible one. p.s. Get hold of the OpenSolaris Bible: http://www.amazon.com/OpenSolaris-Bible-Wiley-Nicholas-Solter/dp/0470385480/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252549367&sr=8-1 You will always have it as reference on your Desk, I'm sure of this. Excellent reading. (Almost too) cheap price. Cheers, Martin Bochnig On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Gary Bainbridge<g_patri...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It seems a lot of questions about opensolaris are directed at using it as a > desktop (firefox and mplayer for example). Opensolaris is supposed to be a > precursor to the next Enterprise Solaris but directing efforts at desktop > features seems misguided. Solaris has always been a server OS not a desktop > and I would like to see the efforts spent making Opensolaris a solid > enterprise server, not a desktop OS. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
