I would add to the list the fact that the source code is well
documented, which I don't really find the case in the linux kernel.
On 5/18/07, Christopher Mahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Brian Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Done. http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/SolarisStrengths
On 5/11/07, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thomas De Schampheleire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 5/10/07, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The fact that I had the Schily userland, did allow me mostly forget
about the platform I was working on.. using my editor, my
On 5/10/07, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The fact that I had the Schily userland, did allow me mostly forget
about the platform I was working on.. using my editor, my shell, my
match insteas of *grep, my tar, my make, did give me the same
behavior for 80% of the tasks I
The idea of a sort of embedded Solaris seems very interesting to me as well.
The fact that OpenSolaris is so well documented makes it more appealing than
Linux to me. It could be used for different kind of platforms, for example
3G mobile phones/ PDAs/ ...
Does anyone have an idea as to how much
What I, with the few but existing experiences I've had with it,
disfavor in GNOME is the fact that it does not look and feel good. It
looks old, gray and basic, and does not work intuitively. KDE has a
much fresher look, and has in my opinion a more intuitive interface.
For example, I never
On 3/21/07, Ian Murdock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are some interesting connections to Linux here as well. If you
think about it, what do people want when they say they want Linux?
The Linux kernel? Or the Linux distribution (i.e., GNU)? Could Solaris
become a better Linux than Linux by
Another thing that came to mind: the fact that Solaris needs a primary
partition to install on is a big problem in my view. I had set-up my
disk so there were 3 logical partitions of about 15GB for operating
systems (linux and I hoped OpenSolaris as well). Obviously, Solaris
couldn't install and
On 3/22/07, Dick Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It doesn't on linux either (i think you mean 'grep -r'),
but yes - this drives me mad too :) You should have a /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep
that works how you want - if not, you need to add the 'SUNWggrp' package.
In my version of grep (2.5.1), -R and -r
