Re: [ilugd] Solaris .. Few Questions

2009-10-16 Thread Mohit Singh 
Solaris 10 is free like JDK.

OpenSolaris is free like GNU/Linux.

Both can be downloaded free of charge from sun website.


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Re: [ilugd] Solaris .. Few Questions

2009-10-16 Thread Angad Singh 
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Amit Sharma amit_...@yahoo.com wrote:


 3. Machines on which Linux can be installed, Solaris can also be installed?
 Or any special hardware requirement?


Works on the all architectures which linux runs on -- x86, x86_64 (plus
solaris does not have different builds for x86 and x64 - its a BSD derived
kernel and switches automatically), Sun's SPARC platform, and now even ARM
(netbooks, storage devices, etc.) It requires substantially more RAM to run
than linux (768 MB minimum instead of 256 MB) - this is for Solaris 10 and
OpenSolaris, but there are lighter distros which run even on 64 megs. Driver
support is much scarce as compared to linux ofcourse and you'll have to look
around. Display is (mostly) taken care of with Nvidia, sound with OSS,
there's support for almost all ethernet and WiFi as well. Stuff like working
with printers, projectors, digital cameras, scanners, mp3 players, etc isn't
as polished as linux yet. No bluetooth support either. It's meant for
servers, unless you're a geek ofcourse ;)

-Angad
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Re: [ilugd] Solaris .. Few Questions

2009-10-16 Thread Mohit Singh 


 It's meant for servers, unless you're a geek ofcourse ;)


Kindly dont make such statements.

Normally Windoze guys have a habit of using this sentence just to sideline
GNU/Linux.


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Re: [ilugd] Solaris .. Few Questions

2009-10-16 Thread Angad Singh 
Hmm, my intention was not to sideline Solaris. I have more experience with
Solaris than Linux per se (and even my day job involves solaris engineering)
but I just think that this classification is true looking at the current
scenario. You are most welcome to continue the discussion on a previous
thread I had once created on this very topic:
http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/msg25510.html
-Angad

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Mohit Singh gmohitsi...@gmail.com wrote:

 
 
  It's meant for servers, unless you're a geek ofcourse ;)
 
 
 Kindly dont make such statements.

 Normally Windoze guys have a habit of using this sentence just to sideline
 GNU/Linux.


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Re: [ilugd] Solaris .. Few Questions

2009-10-16 Thread Angad Singh 
Oops, sorry for top-posting!
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Re: [ilugd] Solaris .. Few Questions

2009-10-13 Thread Rahul Bhargava 
Yes, open solaris is free and can be downloaded for sparc and x86.
Solaris 10 is licensed and comes with support.

Rahul

On 10/13/09, Amit Sharma amit_...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Hi,

 I have few questions regarding Solaris.

 1. Open Solaris is free but Solaris 10 is free?

 2. If not, then can i download and use in case I do not want to subscribe
 for its support?

 3. Machines on which Linux can be installed, Solaris can also be installed?
 Or any special hardware requirement?

 reagrds,
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Re: [ilugd] Solaris .. Few Questions

2009-10-13 Thread Amit Sharma 

 Yes, open solaris is free and can be
 downloaded for sparc and x86.
 Solaris 10 is licensed and comes with support.

If i do not want support then can i just download and use it, no licence 
required?
 
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Re: [ilugd] Solaris .. Few Questions

2009-10-13 Thread Rahul Bhargava 
 If i do not want support then can i just download and use it, no licence 
 required?


The software is licensed under the CDDL.

http://www.sun.com/cddl/

Rahul

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