Hi James, Just to clarify, As far as I know and people like me who is not too technical know, Opensolaris work on top of Solaris Kernel.
Can I remove Solaris Express Developer Community edition completely and install Opensolaris Regards Bijoy On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 6:08 PM, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bijoy writes: > > I am very new to solaris, not from tech industry. However just want to > learn > > Solaris out of my personal interest. It would be great help if you can > help > > me on how to install opensolaris instead of Solaris 10. > > In that case, I'd certainly recommend OpenSolaris over S10. > > You can go to http://www.opensolaris.org/ and click on "learn more." > The very first link goes to the download page. > > > Also just want to know What is opensolaris' advantage over solaris 10 for > > users like me > > It's too many things to mention by a simple email message, but, in > short, S10 is Sun's previous commercial release of Solaris, which was > launched in 2005. It has had several updates since then, but remains > effectively a subset of what's in OpenSolaris. > > By contrast, OpenSolaris is the current system under development. It > includes more device drivers (particularly for x86 systems), newer > features, and a bunch of other stuff. > > Inside Sun, the rule is that projects must integrate into the release > under development (which is "Nevada" -- also OpenSolaris) and then > "soak" before even being considered for inclusion in an older > release. And most new things are not permitted to be released on the > older platform. > > -- > James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 > MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 >
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