Am 11.08.2010 15:04, schrieb Edward Ned Harvey: >> From: opensolaris-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:opensolaris- >> discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gress >> >> Well I bought into Sun on their Workstation line. I don't need >> Servers. My MCAD program runs on Solaris and Windows only. I should >> switch to Windows? > > Identify the ways in which solaris/opensolaris are weaker for desktop > purposes versus other desktop OSes, and evaluate your needs, and possibly > get creative with solutions. Here's how I think of it: > > A. The ways solaris/opensolaris are weaker for desktop purposes. > (1) Just basic task switching, nothing flashy or fancy like Win 7 or Snow > Leopard. But certainly comparable with XP. You mean comparable with snow leopard, according to my last experiences in vbox. (most full blown compiz I've ever seen, no chance for ubuntu to come close here) > (2) Application compatibility. If you happen to care about MS Office, > Skype, or any other apps that don't support solaris/opensolaris. Try wine? as in linux? > (3) Credentials caching and single sign on. If you join a domain, leave > the network, work in a coffee shop, browse around to SSO intranet sites or > file servers ... Hm, last time I have had a look nfsv4 and kerberos/ldap support were fine with our AD > (4) Laptop compatibility, sleep/hibernate, wifi and so forth. > Ok, no experiences here. Would be awesome if osol performs well here while running as xvm dom0, would be a dream for laptops
Florian
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