<quote who="Pat McKee"> > Point taken...:) > > I work in the database group at Sun Microsystems and want the > machine to use for work (through vpn) and so I want a mid-range > desktop that is beefy enough to keep me happy. I don't need > to have dual boot with any other OS but I would like to play > with some of the development tools etc.
A little late on answering, I know. However, I just wanted to relate some experiences I had with building a box for Open solaris. Early last year I went to a local computer store and bought components off the shelf (ASUS or ABIT MoBo, forget which, AMD X2, memory, HD, CD/DVD, etc). Took it home, put it together, and installed OpenSolaris (B34 or so at the time). Only problem I came up with was the onboard NIC (never tried the sound to be honest, I only use the box for development). I threw an old NIC that I had lying around in the case, found the driver on the net, and have had no problems ever. Late last year, I went to CompUSA and bought an Acer Aspire laptop off the shelf. Never looked at the HCL or anything. Installed Opensolaris on it after a little bit of work. Got sound to work, got Wifi to work, had dual booting with Windows XP Media Center working. Then, the MoBo died and I had to send it off to service. They rebuilt the drive and didn't partition it, so I haven't had a chance to reload OSol yet. So, underlying assumption I have now is that I can use anything and with a little work, get it to work. I don't spend a lot of time agonizing over components. -spp -- Stephen Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Director, LOPSA Executive Board <http://www.lopsa.org> Support Open Solaris <http://opensolaris.org/> "I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, two useless men are a law firm, and three are a congress." - John Adams _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
