8 November 2005 12:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: slug@slug.org.au
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Solaris vs Linux .. Nexenta??
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If Linux is ever going to compete with MAC/Windows on a commercial
> level why not have a hybrid GNOME/KDE/SOLARIS (UNIX) distro, and
> esse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If Linux is ever going to compete with MAC/Windows on a commercial level why not
have a hybrid GNOME/KDE/SOLARIS (UNIX) distro, and essentially take the best
qualities of each?
Why does Linux need to compete? That way lies stupidity like
OpenOffice copying the worst f
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 01:16:06PM +1100, Peter Howard wrote:
> > Sun's Project Janus provides (or will provide) a RHEL ABI on Solaris. Or
> > you
> > can just build FOSS apps on Solaris - it's just another *nix after all.
> >
>
> You can also look at http://www.sunfreeware.com - it has a large ch
>
>
>> Is it possible to run Linux applications through Solaris?
>
> Sun's Project Janus provides (or will provide) a RHEL ABI on Solaris. Or
> you
> can just build FOSS apps on Solaris - it's just another *nix after all.
>
You can also look at http://www.sunfreeware.com - it has a large chung of
I really need to work on my "Reply All" button
> SLUG,
>
> Is it possible to run Linux applications through Solaris? I was reading
in distrowatch.com that a new distro, Nexenta, is seeking to marry GNU
and Solaris,
> which literally thinking this seems like a good idea.
However there are known li
> Because sometimes the whole is less than the sum of the parts. :-) Many
> would argue (with and without bigotry) that Linux has substantially more
> life to it than Solaris, despite both (now) being FOSS. Though I totally
> love the new stuff Sun are doing with Solaris, I tend to agree. Project
> Is it possible to run Linux applications through Solaris?
Sun's Project Janus provides (or will provide) a RHEL ABI on Solaris. Or you
can just build FOSS apps on Solaris - it's just another *nix after all.
> I was reading in distrowatch.com that a new distro, Nexenta, is seeking to
> marry G
