if you're running opensolaris 2009.06, i'd day you're running a very
old version of opensolaris.
In a month time, in march, a new version will be released, in the mean
time, you can check what it should be like by running the dev version
of opensolaris. The procedure to upgrade to dev is documented in [1]
One of the many things you will get when you update to the dev version
of opensolaris is a new sound subsystem which is much better than what
you have now and more support. If you're not happy with the packages
that exist in the dev opensolaris.org repository, there are others
with more software available, as an example, you have the contrib
repository [2]

[1] http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/en/index.shtml
[2] http://pkg.opensolaris.org/contrib/en/index.shtml

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 2:02 PM, George Silviu Enea
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there to all, dear friends!
>
> I`m new to OpenSolaris, and in the last 2 years I left Windows and tried 
> several Linux distributions. At the moment I`m using openSUSE 11.3 and I love 
> it, but... something`s missing... I didn`t found the perfect OS... yet...
>
> Came to know about OpenSolaris... I installed it, but everything seems to be 
> hard... the sound does not work.. cannot find any new updates... I used 
> OpenSolaris 2009.06
>
> But the reason I`m opening this thread is to ask which are the reasons for 
> using OpenSolaris, and what OpenSolaris offers for a everyday desktop user 
> that Linux or Windows does not offer... I enjoy OpenSolaris... but everything 
> seems to be so difficult for me to do (install programs for example). I 
> really want to know all the benefits it is offering, and if there is a reason 
> to pass all this difficulties...
>
> Please give me some reason, and I`ll use OpenSolaris, I`ll learn how works 
> and I`ll spread the word about it here in my country.
>
> Thank you so so much!!! Greatly appreciate it!
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