Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 19th Aug 2008 14:44 UTC, submitted by M-Saunders
How does OpenSolaris, Sun's effort to free its big-iron OS, fare from a Linux user's point of view? Is it merely a passable curiosity right now, or is it truly worth installing? Linux Format takes OpenSolaris for a test drive, examining the similarities and differences to a typical Linux distro.
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It seems that the author's standpoint regarding "relearning the commands" is that Linux is the standard and Solaris is something strange. Of course, Solaris does things different than Linux. Why? Because it isn't Linux. That's nothing bad per se, but you have tho know the OS you're working with. Solaris is mostly targeted at professional users, while Linux is having more and more impact on novice users who do not see any need to know about the OS.
"I did find it frustrating to have to relearn commands that I've been using without thinking for years now (eg ifconfig), and right now I'm not convinced that for me it's worth the mental effort, especially given the relative scarcity of external software available."
When I first used Solaris (coming from a BSD environment) I found that generic UNIX knowledge does help you to find your way through the Solaris architecture, but you simply need to learn things in order to master the power of the Solaris OS. Qell, GUI frontends do help you here, but when it comes down to the basics, knowledge is the key. Most things you may find strange in Solaris are well intended, but you need some knowledge to understand why it has been done this way.