On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 01:26:33PM -0800, Anton Brondz wrote: > Yes, Nexenta for example. > > It's very unstable, I tried to install it and the next time I booted the > computer it didn't even boot. In another case, Nexenta wouldn't even boot the > install cd. There are also a lot of bugs in GNU/OpenSolaris distributions, > like GNOME doesn't load, X crashes.
A system refusing to boot has nothing to do with some of the userland components being "unstable" (whatever that means). In this case it most likely means one of: the CD was built improperly by the vendor, some critical driver needed for your system isn't present (which could be the vendor's fault or it might just not be present in ON), or there's a defect in the kernel or one of the drivers being delivered. Not booting cannot possibly be the fault of GNU userland software, though I'll admit that if you tried to replace, for example, libc with glibc, you might not be able to tell the difference. That's not what Nexenta's doing, though. As for the other bugs you've noticed, you've hit the nail on the head: they are "a lot of bugs in GNU/OpenSolaris distributions." Solaris includes a big boatload of GNU software (some in /usr/bin, some in /usr/sfw) as well as more on the Companion CD, not to mention JDS (GNOME) itself, and none of it causes the kind of problems you describe. Please be careful when describing incorrect behaviour. Report it to your vendor with a complete, accurate description that includes how to trigger the specific problems you observe. Incorrect blanket assumptions like "GNU software + OpenSolaris is 'unstable'" may mislead others and do not help to resolve the actual bugs. -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" Solaris Kernel Team "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!" _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
