Solaris 10

[Amx]

Guys what do you say about Solaris 10?

[Calum]

I tried it a few months ago, thought it was OK once I'd sorted out all the problems I had with the graphics. It's just another UNIX based OS really. I know that I'm gonna be flamed for saying that, as there probably are differences deep inside the thing. But to me, It was the same as Red Hat Linux and all other ones I've tried....

Cheers

P.S It's open source and free, so there's no harm in trying it

[QuiTeVexat]

P.S It's open source and free, so there;s no harm in trying it

Except time. For some people it may not be worth spending 6 hours or so installing and playing around with a new less-familiar OS, especially if they might just end up scrapping it and starting over with something else (for yet another 6-hour install/setup/play).

You have to remember that time = money, and those 6 hours are 6 hours they could have been using in other more productive, or more fun ways than setting up an OS. That's why people even ask for opinions; they want to see better that it's worth their time to try, more so than just it being another unix-like to play with (unless they're into that sort of thing).

About the actual topic: I would say that unless you have some specific reason to try Solaris ("I wanna try Solaris because it's Solaris" or "because it's another OS to play with" work here too), don't. However, you didn't even give an indication that you were even looking for an opinion about whether or not to try the OS, so I dunno why I even voiced that opinion other than to follow suit with Calum. I should stop typing.

Pax tecum,
Qui te vexat.

[Calum]

I agree with what you're saying. If you are using it in a business environment as an OS for your server, unless you know exactly what you're doing, you probably shouldn't try it.

When I tried it, it was purely just out of curiosity. I had all the time in the world basically, as it was on my laptop on the school holidays so there was no need for the computer.

[srg_13]

I agree with what you're saying. If you are using it in a business environment as an OS for your server, unless you know exactly what you're doing, you probably shouldn't try it.

But trying it could result in more uptime, lower running costs and heaps of other advantages (sounds like switching from Windows to Linux). Pretty good for 6 hours...

But it probably would be best to learn how to use it on a seperate box.

-Stephen

[Calum]

I agree with what you're saying. If you are using it in a business environment as an OS for your server, unless you know exactly what you're doing, you probably shouldn't try it.

But trying it could result in more uptime, lower running costs and heaps of other advantages (sounds like switching from Windows to Linux). Pretty good for 6 hours...

But it probably would be best to learn how to use it on a seperate box.

-Stephen

Funny, isn't that what I said? If not, then my apologies

[srg_13]

No, you said that if a company's servers are running an operating system that works, you shouldn't change it. I simply used a scenario of switching from Windows to Linux to demonstrate that changing operating systems can be very benificial to your company, although it would be a good idea to try installing that OS and setting it up on another computer

-Stephen