Agreed. I would choose OpenSolaris and run Solaris 10 in a VirtualBox VM for those times you need to check out the differences.
Regards, Brian Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> What are the differences? Solaris is a proprietary software, so what >> limitations does a free version have? >> I don't want to use it as the main OS, I will keep Windows XP.. >> It is required in many job ads when I am looking at the job sites,... >> so I would like to get the experience with it. >> >> I have a regular PC, i386 ... >> > > Opensolaris is more current, up to date, a bit cooler. > > Solaris is more thoroughly tested, locked down, unchanging. > > Opensolaris is generally better, unless there's a specific need for solaris. > > If you're considering learning for the sake of job postings ... Learn > opensolaris, and tinker with solaris so you are aware of the largest > differences. > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-help mailing list > opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org > -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-help/attachments/20090831/ad7b41b3/attachment.html>
