Linked by Robert Escue on Wed 2nd Mar 2005 22:28 UTC
The vast majority of operating system reviews are the result of a user spending a few days or weeks using a particular operating system and writing about their observations. This review is the result of my continued use of Solaris 10 (previously Solaris Express) from August 2003 to February 2005.
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Rob,
Most of what runs on Linux can run on Solaris, I can't possibly list every binary that works, but you can see what is available from www.sunfreeware.com, www.blastwave.org, and from Sun. And if you can't find a package, download, compile and install just like in Linux (with some possible dependency issues).
I don't know about Folding@Home or other distributed clients (I don't use them). Solaris would work for me as a desktop OS based on what I would use it for (web surfing, e-mail, writing documents, system administration). For gaming I obviously have a Windows box.
I am also looking at RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 and it has similar desktop tools as Solaris and Fedora Core, and it is being marketed as a server OS. Go figure.