On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 07:08 -0700, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote: > Dear Ian Collins, > > > This isn't the place to discuss the shortcomings of Solaris 10, many of > > these have been addressed in Solaris Express and other OpenSolaris based > > distributions. Let the past rest and look to the future. > > I have seen looked at developer editions, some of the most recent > versions of it, some of the shortcomings that I had specifically > mentioned might have been resolved, but the essence of what I am > talking about is better understood by actually using Mac or Windows > Vista. ( this is with a PURPOSE, use windows or mac, suspending all > your technical background, imagine that you are dumb and use Windows > or Mac ) > > > > I have been trialling Solaris Express with an uncommon woman, a far more > > fickle user than your common man. The only thing preventing her > > adopting Solaris as her exclusive desktop is some windows only > > software. The main reason she and a number of other in bunt terms, > > computer illiterate, users want to to use an alternative desktop is the > > volume of malware directed at windows. They don't really care what > > their PC runs, they just want something reliable and safe to read their > > mail, pay their bills and write the occasional letter. > > That is very very interesting. But is she finding it easy to upgrade a > browser ? Does she like the idea of downloading the update and > following the command line routine of pkgadd etc. ? > > No, I am not so much comfortable with Solaris 10,. I might go along > with Indiana.
My parents both run Solaris on their computers - both working very nicely. As for browser update - SXCE is 'development' indiana will provide updates etc. in that sort of way through a flashy GUI - check for updates, tick off what you want, click on install, and if need be, reboot. All done. Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
