Greetings. The entire Solaris Documentation collection is available through docs.sun.com. They have been updated for Solaris 10, Update 4 (just released) and that brings them very closely in line with the recent OpenSolaris builds. Two or three of these are very useful for beginner users. I would probably suggest the User Guide (though it is labelled "Advanced") and Java Desktop System Release 3, User Documentation as a good start, here:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10~1217.1#hic and here: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10~8.45#hic I do not know what rules Sun has about their use in classroom situations, however. Also, you will probably be interested in the documentation hosted by the OpenSolaris site itself: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/documentation/ and: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/documentation/tmp/ are good places to start. You may also find items of value here: http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page There are some valuable links here. For your needs, you may find the Resources section of most use. For programming in the (Open)Solaris environment, Rich Teer's "Solaris Systems Programming" is a fundamental resource. Those, together with Brian's pointers, should get you well on your way. Which books/documents you choose will really depend on what you are hoping to achieve. If you are simply wanting to teach users how to use OpenSolaris, Solaris Internals and Solaris Systems Programming will be of very little value. If you are wanting to teach programming to students new to OpenSolaris (but may have experience in perhaps Linux, for example) then documents like the Java Desktop user documentation collection may not be very useful. And so on... Browse through the docs.sun.com Solaris 10 collection and look through the links on the OpenSolaris.org and Genunix.org pages I've listed above to find material that is aimed at what you are wanting to do. The documentation on OpenSolaris.org and Genunix.org is constantly evolving. As people have time, they will add materials to these sites. The DocBook sources on opensolaris.org are being updated (and usually expanded) almost monthly. I hope this helps. Rainer Brandorr wrote: >Check this student guide: >http://opensolaris.org/os/community/documentation/reviews/OSOLINTROOS.pdf > >I would also look at "Solaris Internals." by McDougal and Mauro >http://www.amazon.com/Solaris-Internals-Core-Kernel-Architecture/dp/0130224960 > >Hopefully others can point out more docs.. > >Cheers, >-Brian > >On 9/8/07, Brandorr <brandorr at opensolaris.org> wrote: > > >>I'm going to forward this to docs-discuss, as there is some material >>particularly written to address the needs of University students. >> >>-Brian >> >>On 9/7/07, Ganesh Hiregoudar <Ganesh.Hiregoudar at sun.com> wrote: >> >> >>>Hi All, >>> >>>Could you please suggest me which is the best book on open solaris for >>>beginners which we can give it to university students in India. Also any >>>good material which I can print and give it to students/Professors from >>>opensolaris.org? >>>Appreciate your response. >>> >>>Regards >>>Ganesh. >>> >>>
