NexentaOS, Debian-based GNU/Solaris, has opened a pilot-program. "We'll open Nexenta web developer portal completely for the general public by mid-November. Today we are launching a Pilot Program. Solaris developers and the entire OpenSolaris community - you are welcome to participate in the Pilot!"
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Member since:Debian package management is cool (or so I heard). Sun userland - I never used solaris, but if it's the same as with FreeBSD, than that userland is already partly gnu, isn't it? Why is the idea dumb? Is every sun tool better than the debian/gnu equivalent - tht is, if there are nongnu tools for every userland util you might nedd: what tar are they using? some sort of sun tar - like bsdtar - or gnutar? gmake or some sun version of make? which top? (aix's top sucks for instance, is sun's top better?). Etc.
Do us a favor, go grab a good UNIX manual... it will do good for your knowledge..
Member since:2005-07-06
True vim is better and sometimes its nice to have -z option for tar these are simple additions to a Solaris system if someone can't live without it. Solaris doesn't have top they use prstat which is just as good or better then top. I do not have any problems using Solaris's package management system its clean and simple. My point is that GNU userland is not significantly better then SUN's as to go through the trouble of replacing it.
Member since:My point is that GNU userland is not significantly better then SUN's as to go through the trouble of replacing it.
My point is that I disagree and I'm therefore excited about a blend of the best from both worlds. I want to have my prstat and /usr/bin/(gnu)tar it too :-)
It's not JUST gnu tar, of course. It's the entirety of gnu and its debianfriends, well patched and maintained, which the sun oss tools don't seem to be.
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2005-09-10
Debian package management is cool (or so I heard). Sun userland - I never used solaris, but if it's the same as with FreeBSD, than that userland is already partly gnu, isn't it? Why is the idea dumb? Is every sun tool better than the debian/gnu equivalent - tht is, if there are nongnu tools for every userland util you might nedd: what tar are they using? some sort of sun tar - like bsdtar - or gnutar? gmake or some sun version of make? which top? (aix's top sucks for instance, is sun's top better?). Etc.
So if you going to make such offhand remarks, please explain.