max.spicer wrote:

> Oh yes, you just try patching the thing in order to try and maintain
> some semblance of a secure system!  Then realise that they've forgotten
> to provide a packaging system that actually works.  Hours of downtime,
> no proper dependency tracking, broken packages from Sun.  It's just
> ridiculous.  And that's if you don't want to run things like a recent
> Apache, MySQL etc etc.  If you do, then welcome (back) to compile
> land.

Live Upgrade?

> 
> And ZFS doesn't even work on the root filesystem.  Ho ho ho.

It does, I run ZFS root.

> And don't even get me started on Blastwave...

What's wrong with Blastwave?

> Honestly, Debian/Ubuntu is the way forward.  Solaris realise this -
> it's why they've employed Ian Murdoch.  About five years too late, but
> never mind.

Personally I prefer the Redhat flavours.

I think it is telling that if ZFS ever got ported to Linux I'd switch 
back to Linux in the blink of an eye.

R.

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