1) Freebsd and Debain can be installed as minmum, and then You can suit them as You like. What I don't like about Solaris is that it take up 5 GB or more for a standard installation. Why do Sun or OpenSolaris need so much initial harddisk just for the instalaltion ?
You can install a minimum Solaris installation, just select that option when you run the installer. Yes, the default full install is just short of 5GB, but the base install is, IIRC, about 1.2GB. I'm actually just checking.
2) The package system on Solaris is years behind the package systems from FreeBSD and Debian. Do the Solaris plan to evolve their package system, or will it remain in the current clumsy state ?
What is clumsy about it? I'm not saying it's the perfect solution, (and using pkg-get from www.blastwave.org hugely improves the situation), but it's a safe and reliable way to install packages and handle dependencies.
My only wish is that it had a 'do everything and don't ask me' mode, other than that it works fine.
It's not currently in OpenSolaris, but I know it is being worked on.
3) In my opinion Solaris would be superior to Debian and FreeBSD if it had a smarter package handling, and if it could be installed as a minimum system one could suit and build up by adding just the needed packages.
You can. Do the minimal install and add what you like. Or specify the packages you want to install during the installation process.
4) The Ultimate linux-killer would be if You could install and run Debian Linux packages with apt-get
Try pkg-get :) MC -- Martin 'MC' Brown, http://MCslp.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
