I was thinking of getting feedback on window managers and licensing, but I wasn't thinking so many threads would accumulate! :-) This is getting interesting....
Getting back to an original comment--apparently, yes, OpenSolaris does indeed use the GRUB bootloader--I noted that upon first using OpenSolaris. For any 'thinking about OpenSolaris' users out there, I might add I first thought OpenSolaris was CDDL, period--it's not, as everyone is well aware. As far as I know, GRUB (maybe LILO) are bootloaders that just work with OpenSolaris. Booting without these designed-for-Linux bootloaders would be near impossible just from seeing the dependence OpenSolaris has on other GPL programs and scripts. If even an end user looks under the Package Manager, it becomes obvious OpenSolaris sorta borrows from Linux, or at least, it looks that way. Not saying it does! :) I'm sorta looking for an open source system without an overhaul of GPL stuff, and I didn't like the fact Linux = GPL. Just switched to OpenSolaris recently, by the way. Personally, the CDDL and the MIT are *good* licenses. I've tried the Haiku alpha release... the support for netbooks + netbooks using the Internet isn't fully developed yet. I've read the Wikipedia articles on window managers, and I'm familiar with lightweight window managers from Linux. In my opinion, if you have to, use KDE instead of GNOME. KDE 3, at least, is built with more customizibility--don't ask what happened to KDE 4. I've used Fluxbox and twm (both under the MIT), but wouldn't installing one of these lightweight managers pull the plug on advanced GUI features of OpenSolaris? GNOME obviously is to be left alone or contributed to... and stripping out GNOME to put in another window manager would most likely leave core features of OpenSolaris non-operational. As PC said to his bodyguard, I'm coming to a sad realization.... :) Thanks for the comments so far. This is becoming intriguing as it goes on. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
