Speaking of Rosetta Stones, there is http://bhami.com/rosetta.html, but I'm not sure how up to date it is. Stephen's idea of a wiki page would give us something that is easy to keep up to date and easy to add details to as we discover a new item.
tom stephen o'grady writes: > one of the things that i've proposed before [1], which would when > attempting the jump from Linux to OpenSolaris, would be some sort of > Linux <=> Solaris Rosetta Stone. > > i.e., a document that tells me that what rc-update show will do for me > in Gentoo, svcs -a will give me in Solaris. these things aren't hard > to discover necessarily, but when you run into one after another > during install they can, in aggregate, be frustrating. as Adam says, > it's a potential barrier to entry for the Linux crowd. > > seems like a perfect opportunity for a wiki, IMO. > > - sog > > [1] http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/000831.html > > On 10/27/05, Adam Leventhal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One barrier when adopting a new operating system is the lack of > > familiarity with the local customs and traditions. With one's old > > operating system one accomplished a given task a certain way, but on > > foreign soil that knowledge has to be enhanced or at least augmented > > with the corresponding OpenSolaris methology. I'm hoping to create a > > community of users familiar with Linux who are interested in or have > > adopted OpenSolaris. My hope is that this community will be make the > > transition easier for themselves and others by answering the common > > questions (e.g. "ln -s truss strace"), _and_ will be a resource for > > people working on OpenSolaris to understand -- and address -- the > > comparative advantages and disavantages. > > > > Perhaps this should be a broader "Immigrant" (or "Refugee"?) community > > with sub-communities for the operating systems of origin (Linux, *BSD, > > Windows, BeOS, Amiga, etc.). > > > > I personally will find this tremendously useful as an OpenSolaris developer > > as I'm often curious about how other operating systems work, but don't > > have enough experience with them to feel that I can evaluate them fairly. > > Thanks. > > > > Adam > > > > -- > > Adam Leventhal, Solaris Kernel Development http://blogs.sun.com/ahl > > _______________________________________________ > > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
