macmarauder Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 i was searching around for info on what Linux Distro to put on my new computer and i came across this last night. i of course know about the company but i didn't know that they had a free OS. any of you guy ever try it or what do you think about it? http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/index.jsp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 SUN has been giving away their OS (solaris) for a long time for non commercial use. It now they give it out for everyone, and hope you will buy support. I have used Solaris for a long time, its a very stable server OS. as a Workstation, it is useable, but does not have the support Linux or BSD has in drivers. Solaris is designed to be stable and not to break application for previous versions. Because of this Change is slow.but if you want to play with it, it does well in vmware, Dual booting can be a pain to setup but once done is simple..I use Trusted Solaris at Work with The SunRay session server software (SunRay is a Thin client, great for offices, and schools)if you need any help just post away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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