i think the network interface works a bit different, but i'm not sure. why not tell me about your experience ? you just got a job to manage solaris system ? each time you get usefull info, about similarities and difference, please tell us on this list. maybe one day there will be an howto on clug's newbie website.
personnaly i get a lot of trouble compiling Qt on solaris, but it was in 2000 and i dont remember the version. should be fixed by now. On Friday 27 June 2003 13:33, Shawn Grover wrote: > Thanks Aaron. In this particular case, it would be a sys-admin role. The > developers manage their issues separately. The idea is to simply keep > their network running as it is now. > > I understand that some of the tools may be different (like X windows). But > for standard sys admin stuff like setting up printers, maintaining printer > queues, user management, and general service management, I'm not really > seeing too many differences. Then again, I only had a short period of time > to scratch the surface. > > Thanks for the input. > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron J. Seigo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) What are the differences between Linux and > Solaris? > > On Friday 27 June 2003 12:59, Shawn Grover wrote: > > Am I missing something? One of the fellows there is stating that Linux > > and > > > Solaris are completly different. I'm not seeing this myself though. > > However, my experience with Solaris boxes is next to none. > > depends on what you're doing... > > files are often kept in different places... some headers are different, > which > matters if you are writing code... devices are handled completely > differently... the admin tools are completely different... the package > management is different... they have their own X implementation... many of > the command line tools have different options/switches (though you can > easily > just install the GNU tools and use those instead) > > there area a lot of similarities, to be sure, due to being UNIX. but there > area host of differences. whether they matter to you or not depends on > whether your are coding, doing sys admin, or just using it (web, db, > workstation, etc...) -- What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is brought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Gandhi -
