Richard: When new functionality goes into Solaris, sometimes support lags a bit in either x86 or Sparc. However I think Sun strives to minimize any negative impacts to the end user.
In the desktop space, I think probably the biggest annoyance on Sparc is the need to use the Xsun Xserver. Xsun supports less extensions than Xorg, including ones needed for a11y. I'm not aware of any significant differences in audio support between x86 and Sparc. I know the OSS team is working to support a reasonable set of sound cards on both Sparc and x86. However, some users may find that certain sound cards don't work with OSS. Fortunately, replacing a sound card isn't too expensive for those users who might be affected. And if you are using one of those really old Sparc sound cards and if you care about audio quality, you would probably want to get a new sound card anyway. Brian >> I wanted to share a bit of information about some >> media work that >> I have been involved with, and point out some areas >> where people in the >> community could get involved. > [...] > > Has some/any of this been tested on SPARC? Last I checked, > some key parts (i.e. OSS) worked much better on x86 than on SPARC. > I hope in the reasonably near future, both will if at all possible work > equally well. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
