I would say yes. You'll solve >80% of anything you see as a problem in front of a Solaris box.
But you're be pretty well aquainted with FIND and MAN and GOOGLE after a week or two. The biggest real difference will be the hardware. But that usually won't be the problems you generally need to support. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Grover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CLUG (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:16 PM Subject: RE: (clug-talk) What are the differences between Linux and Solaris? > > So, if someone familiar with Linux was asked to support Solaris boxes, they > should be able to do so with a little ramp up time? That's the core issue > for us right now. I need to know if this is an accurate statement or not. > > Thanks for the response. > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Fenton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: (clug-talk) What are the differences between Linux and > Solaris? > > > He is right. Linux and Solaris are completely different. However, as > with most flavours of *nix, the common commands, look and feel are > similar. These days you can even run Gnome desktop on Solaris, so it > feels just like Linux. The default shell on most Solaris systems is > csh, but I always use the standard Bourne shell (bsh), and if you look > in /bin for *sh* you will see a variety of other shells available. What > I am essentially trying to get at is, if you are used to Linux, a Sun > box will feel quite familiar depending on the shell you use. > > Doug Fenton =8-)) > MSI Systems Integration Ltd. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:00 PM > To: CLUG (E-mail) > Subject: (clug-talk) What are the differences between Linux and Solaris? > > I have a situation where I may need to do some work on a network with a > number of Solaris workstations (running Solaris 8 I think). I have had > the > opportunity to take a look at the boxes a little, and don't really see > too > many differences from Linux, with the exception they are using the C > shell > (csh), instead of the default Bourne shell. > > 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. > > Thanks for any input. > > Shawn > >
