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 Nov 10 2006, 09:42 PM
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 Member  Posts: 68 From: Mount Airy,North Carolina OS: Windows XP Home Edition  |
Yes is Solaris 10 a complete operating system, and will it run on window computers, like a gateway, or hp, or other. thanks
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Nov 11 2006, 09:20 AM
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 Member 1K  Posts: 1,388 OS: Windows Vista and Ubuntu Feisty |
Yea, Solaris is a "real and complete" OS. It is a version of Unix and uses a desktop system based on Gnome, so it's going to be similar in many ways to Linux. Personally, however, I don't recommend using it. It's years behind Linux in terms of driver availability and ease of installation.
If you're looking for an alternative operating systems to Windows, I recommend looking at some of the more popular Linux distros. Ubuntu and SuSe are both very user friendly and will be fully compatible on pretty much any computer (unlike Solaris). - Matt |
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Nov 11 2006, 10:07 AM
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 Member 5k Posts: 8,722 From: Scotland, UK OS: XP Home & Pro, Win2000, Ubuntu 6.10, Vista RC2 |
Yes its a real OS but you can only really use it on a sun workstation it has its advantages over other OSs but it has its faults if you dont have a PC that comes with solaris then i wouldnt use solaris on it, if you are using a standard x86 system then linux is probably better for you.
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Nov 11 2006, 11:24 AM
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 Member  Posts: 647 From: Missouri USA OS: Windows XP Pro, Debian Linux, Windows Vista Business |
QUOTE(warriorscot @ Nov 11 2006, 10:07 AM) [snapback]833339[/snapback] Yes its a real OS but you can only really use it on a sun workstation it has its advantages over other OSs but it has its faults if you dont have a PC that comes with solaris then i wouldnt use solaris on it, if you are using a standard x86 system then linux is probably better for you. You can use it on any x86 system just as easily as Linux, it does NOT have to be a Sun system (there is an x86 version of Solaris as well as the SPARC version for Sun systems). Solaris is NOT your best choice for a desktop system, but if you are running a server it is a very stable product. It does have quite a learning curve, but the setup is quite easy to follow. |
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Nov 11 2006, 12:08 PM
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Member Posts: 68 From: Mount Airy,North Carolina OS: Windows XP Home Edition |
Thanks guy's I'll do some more research, I'm not trying to replace my os, just wanting to try, on another computer.
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Nov 11 2006, 12:50 PM
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Member 1K Posts: 1,388 OS: Windows Vista and Ubuntu Feisty |
QUOTE You can use it on any x86 system just as easily as Linux Yes, you can use it on any x86 system, but I disagree with your assessment that you can do so just as easily as Linux. Hardware support is miles ahead on Linux than Solaris, good luck finding drivers for Solaris. |
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Nov 11 2006, 05:07 PM
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Member Posts: 647 From: Missouri USA OS: Windows XP Pro, Debian Linux, Windows Vista Business |
QUOTE(mpfeif101 @ Nov 11 2006, 12:50 PM) [snapback]833457[/snapback] QUOTE You can use it on any x86 system just as easily as Linux Yes, you can use it on any x86 system, but I disagree with your assessment that you can do so just as easily as Linux. Hardware support is miles ahead on Linux than Solaris, good luck finding drivers for Solaris. I agree with that. My point was basically that installing Solaris is not as big of a chore as people make it out to be. |
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