It's painfully obvious that OpenSolaris and Solaris on x86 platforms lack drivers of all sorts. It also lacks an easy way to install software reliably. If making OpenSolaris/Solaris more like Linux can resolve both these problems then I'm all for it. If the "Linux-like" statement is just a marketing ploy, then it's just a waste of time and it'll signal the death knell of Solaris. The latter is just Sun jumping the shark with Solaris.
I've switched over to Ubuntu and everything just works. I have sound and native OpenGL (Radeon X800). The latter just required "aptitude install fglrx." In the end, I'd rather be coding/playing with things that interest me. The OS to me is an means to end, e.g., writing code and playing with OpenGL say, than managing all the packages that I need to achieve that end. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
