ok ... Can someoane help install my network card: marvell youkon(its a gigabit lan). i don't understand why solaris doesn't install network card driver. When i made an Vmware install solaris installed a driver for thar "virtual" NIC.
nobody unswered my question regarding installing Oracle database server on Solaris Express. I want to gain some skills on administrating solaris but the main object of my actity reamains administrating oracle databases. Thanks John On 1/21/08, Brian Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ken: > > >>> Since i could'n unsubscribe form this forum, i'm asking you if > solaris > >>> can be used as a desktop.Is there a repository containing 3rd party > >>> packets(like mp3 decoder).this is the minimum i require to pass to > solaris. > > Solaris ships with an mp3 decoder, since Sun has license to ship with > this. > This decoder isn't shipped with OpenSolaris, but one is available from > Fluendo's store for free: > > https://shop.fluendo.com/ > > Fluendo also does sell Windows Media Audio/Video plugins at a reasonable > price. It is likely that in the not-too-distant future they will also be > selling MPEG2 and MPEG4 plugins for Solaris. At the moment, they do not > have MPEG2/MPEG4 support for Solaris. > > The advantage of using these plugins is that they are legal to use. If > you insist on using non-free codecs (like ogg-vorbis), then you should > be responsible to pay the appropriate licensing fees to MPEG, etc. > > Spec-files-extra (SFE) does contain spec files for building quite a few > free packages and a few encumbered ones (such as libmad for MP3 support). > The encumbered ones can be found in the encumbered subdirectory which > contains this README: > > ---- > > The modules in this directory build source code that may be legally > encumbered, > or have a dependency on modules that may have encumbrance. > > Those who build, use, distribute, etc. code based on these spec files need > to > ensure that laws are not violated by doing so. Those who build modules > based on > these spec files take full responsibility for ensuring that laws are > properly > followed. Those people who provide these spec files are providing them > only > for those people who intend to use them with legal intent. > > Intellectual property laws very from country to country. It is > recommended that > you consult a lawyer if you have any questions, to ensure that your idea > of > "appropriate use" is valid, or to determine how laws affect you. > > ---- > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] >
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