On Sunday 18 March 2007 06:46 pm, Carlos Silva wrote: > Probably if I were an IT or Sys Admin or a coder it may have been a > different story. Altough I am not any of these I have been using Linux for > over ten years the last six with it as my primary OS, and Solaris right now > reminds me of Linux ten years ago except for an exceptionally beautiful UI.
While I don't agree with your comments in regard to dating Solaris 10 years behind Linux, I do agree that it is still a bit rough to install and/or configure. That's ok, Solaris/OpenSolaris is making progress, and has come a long way to work on modern hardware. > I think it would be better served with a KDE UI, but that's extremely minor > in comparison with the mission critical items such as of just getting an > install to work and auto driver ID and install, which should just happen > out of the box if it's to be a serious contender for the desktop market. Yes, there are cases as yours that Solaris/OpenSolaris doesn't install without a hitch, and requires some fiddlin' with it to get it going. > I believe that's where Solaris is trying to head. It is advertised as "the > most advanced OS" and that could very well be but it's not the most > advanced DESKTOP OS. Well, ok...it's not a bad Desktop OS, in my experience. It has some technology in it today that are not available on any other platform. I think these underlying pieces will be key as we move into the future. Solaris/OpenSolaris is certainly playing catch-up in regards to install, configuration, and immediate usability...however, I'd rather have a fantastic OS that was hard to install than one that offers much less which is easy. IOW, I think Sun has taken a decent approach at the improvements they've worked on, they do have a limit to the actual resource working on it, but Sun has taken the approach to add a load of great technology while they work on the install/config problem. Sorry, that doesn't help you today...maybe in the future it will. Or maybe you can find other hardware or figure out why yours doesn't install. It's not clear to me exactly what problems you were having, maybe a non-GUI install would do, maybe something else. If you provided more information you might be able to get some help, if you're still interested in running the most advanced OS on the planet!<wink> -- Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 Engineering - IHV/OEM Group Advocate of insourcing at Sun - hire people that care about our company! _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
