Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-31 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 7/31/05, Shawn Leard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been involved with Linux since it was first available as a development only release. This length of time predates Solaris and extends back into the SunOS days so I feel I am in a position to offer good feedback. It is early on a

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-31 Thread Rich Teer
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Dennis Clarke wrote: down anytime soon. I feel that Rich Teer would be hunkering into his chair and saying to himself ha, Dennis has another opinion breaking out of the gates, this will be good! You know me too well, my friend! When Dennis writes tomes like this, who

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-19 Thread Krister Joas
On Jul 18, 2005, at 6:07 PM, UNIX admin wrote: Am I the only one that doesn't like the --something-or-other options of GNU related software? Please don't do this to Solaris! No, you're not the only one. --options are completely uneccessary and serve no purpose. I sincerely hope such

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-15 Thread Shawn Walker
On 7/15/05, George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well on powerfull aspect of solaris command recall using the vi is the ability to search and execute a command which is e.g. 20 in the history list with a simple /, while in linux bash you have to hit the up arrow 20 times. I think this makes the

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well on powerfull aspect of solaris command recall using the vi is the ability to search and execute a command which is e.g. 20 in the history list with a simple /, while in linux bash you have to hit the up arrow 20 times. I think this makes the speed

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
Shawn Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/15/05, George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well on powerfull aspect of solaris command recall using the vi is the ability to search and execute a command which is e.g. 20 in the history list with a simple /, while in linux bash you have to hit the

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-15 Thread Casper . Dik
George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well on powerfull aspect of solaris command recall using the vi is the ability to search and exe cute a command which is e.g. 20 in the history list with a simple /, while in linux bash you have to hit the up arrow 20 times. I think this makes the speed

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-15 Thread Dan Mick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well on powerfull aspect of solaris command recall using the vi is the ability to search and exe cute a command which is e.g. 20 in the history list with a simple /, while in linux bash you have to hit the up arrow 20 times. I

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-12 Thread Calum Benson
On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 19:47 -1000, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: One of the most exciting aspects of OpenSolaris is that, if you have been following Sun's Blogs, many Sun's developers are triple-booting their Ferrari notebooks with WinXP, Solaris, and Ubuntu. Ubuntu is the hippest Linux

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-10 Thread Robert Escue
Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: Robert Escue wrote: And there are a number of people still spreading the slowaris FUD around as if it is a matter of fact (which it isn't). Depending on what you are doing, the characterizations of Solaris_86 as Slowaris, or more particularly, slOLDwaris,

RE: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-07 Thread Albertson, Brett
Yes, in Solaris, Sun has stuck with good old Bourne Shell for the default root shell. For users, the shell is up to the administrator. The bells and whistles you are talking about in Linux come from them using BASH (Bourne Again Shell) by default. As of Solaris 10 (or maybe 9) BASH comes

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-07 Thread Casper . Dik
Yes, in Solaris, Sun has stuck with good old Bourne Shell for the def= ault root shell. For users, the shell is up to the administrator. T= he bells and whistles you are talking about in Linux come from them u= sing BASH (Bourne Again Shell) by default. As of Solaris 10 (or mayb= e 9) BASH

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris vs. Linux

2005-07-07 Thread Joerg Schilling
Albertson, Brett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, in Solaris, Sun has stuck with good old Bourne Shell for the default root shell. For users, the shell is up to the administrator. The bells and whistles you are talking about in Linux come from them using BASH (Bourne Again Shell) by