On 07/ 6/10 01:13 AM, Ian Collins wrote:
On 07/ 6/10 04:48 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
Opensolaris and solaris are for servers. Not desktops. Yes you can
use it
for a desktop if you want, but it's not designed for that purpose,
and not
good compared to other products in that arena.
So what do you suggest I use for my Solaris development work?
I saw this last night and didn't respond, but today is a new day.
I agree with Ian. Why would you need acroreader on a server? Why would
you even need Firefox and Thunderbird? The list goes on. I use
Opensolaris as a workstation. My CAD program, Pro-Engineer, is the main
application. I can do just about anything to support the application
utilizing Gimp, Openoffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Acroreader. The
list goes on, for a server platform, it sure has a lot of desktop
applications.
What I believe is Sun tried to make Opensolaris perform as a
Desktop-Server, just like Microsoft does. If it works for Microsoft why
won't it work for Opensolaris.
OK, now that was Sun. Now it's Oracle. They have different plans for
Solaris/Opensolaris. Based on the Radio Silence no one knows. I still
believe the need some desktop functionality to use as Ian states for
development purposes. X86 computers fill this need great. So Oracle
hasn't released any new workstations, so it's got me worried, but it may
balance out later, as you need something to develop on,
Paul
_______________________________________________
opensolaris-discuss mailing list
opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
