> *) i am wondering what would be the better road to
> take, should I download an run Opensolaris Indiana or
> SXCE75/76/77, or will they be available at all when
> indiana is released? How does indiana compare to SXCE

SXCE at least will be discontinued, SXDE will likely continue as will the 
express program

> and will it include the same
> polish/jds/packages/staroffice/etc. SXCE does

It will be a while before you would consider Indiana polished, keep in mind 
that the release this month is a preview release and will include some pretty 
drastic changes.

> currently? The idea of a package manager is really
> tempting for me, that is the one feature i am missing
> in SXCE.

You and I both

> 
> *) wil indiana have binary nvidia drivers (and compiz
> fusion 0.6 as well)?
> 

You will have to install the  nvidia graphics drivers from 
http://www.nvidia.com/object/solaris_display_100.14.19.html as they are not 
re-distributable (Indiana must be redistributable)

> *) do things like hibernate/resume/laptop hot
> keys/laptop stuff in general work properly in
> OpenSolaris (i have a dell precision m65 laptop).

I understand that Intel are currently doing some work around ACPI in 
OpenSolaris, in short, it is coming.
 
> *) is the SXCE x86 edition mainly 32bits, 64bits or
> both?

both
 
 
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