> >Wayne said: > >Now that you mentioned this great idea of putting > together a minimalist >distro, has anyone ever > thought about Milax? I have only taken a short cut > and >tried to install it in VirtualBox, but have not > succeeded. Has anyone >successfully installed and run > Firefox 3.6.6 and OpenOffice.org 3.2 in Milax? >The > website seems to indicate that we can run SVR4 and > IPS packages in Milax? > --------------- > > Milax and EON are minimalist (aka 'mini-me' distros) > or appliance-based distros. You also have server-type > distros like Schillix which against are minimalists > (i.e. usually don't come with the higher-level > packages to support general desktop > graphics/applications - or a condensed set of > packages for specifc purposes. > > Belenix, StormOS, Korona, and Jaris are a > general-purpose desktop-oriented Live CD/DVD > distributions. I didn't say they have everything > you'll need, but good starting points if you want a > desktop-oriented distribution. This gets into > graphics, CAD/CAM, Music/audio apps, etc. Think Mac > OS X. > > Otherwise, you'll want a server-oriented distribution > that just has what you need to run most of the > popular server-based applications. > > Otherwise, Oracle is providing us with the kernel and > core environment updates and we still have OSOL > 2009.06, OSOL 2010.03-b134, and Sol10u8 available. > > Whether you have VMWare, Xen, Virtuozzo/vzServer,VBox > or something else it just boils down to having the > right tool for the job. > > ~ Ken Mays
It is very inappropriate for me to comment on the various OpenSolaris distros because I haven't tried any of them recently. That said, I mentioned Milax more than a few times because I remember I read somewhere that one can cold boot an installed Milax to its graphic mode in about ten seconds. I have only tried the Milax LiveCD on VirtualBox, and OMG, this sucker is FAST! Even faster than Ubuntu. Again, the reason I specifically commented on Milax was because Katy's husband mentioned a "minimalist OpenSolaris distro" which, as I hope, can serve as the framework for a Solaris-based business desktop. This is something that I have been hoping for some time. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
