Al,
The only other thing keeping me with Linux is the huge amount
of open source software that is available for it.
Steve.
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From: Starlink development
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 1/26/2005 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Solaris 10 open-sourced
Steve Rankin wrote:
> I may change to Solaris and use it at home, Linux may be doomed, plus
> I am sick of RedHat and Linux in general.
Which is why I've switched pretty much entirely to Mac OS X, my desktop
machine is "for development only" now. I read my mail and other such
stuff on the Powerbook. I'm fairly annoyed with linux and the amount of
hassle you have to go through to get hardware working, and to do things
that should just work out of the box (and don't).
> The only thing is, will they have good support for hardware in Solaris
> x86? Will manufactures start to write drivers for Solaris x86?
Solaris has been "free" for a while now, not just open sourced. I do in
fact have a copy of Solaris 2.6 for x86 sitting on shelf (see attached)
which I picked up for free, I installed it once but never managed to
get very far as the hardware support was totally abysmal.
<<solaris_2_6_box.jpg>> <<ATT71659.txt>>
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