> Device support in Solaris will be as follows: > > Intel SATA: assuming it is ICH7 or 8 it should work > out of the box > X3100 video: requires Nevada build 74 or later, so > don't use the current SXDE release (9/07). See below > for the difference between DE and CE. > Broadcom wireless: Only Windows has drivers for > these, Linux and Solaris use NDISwrapper along with > the Windows drivers to support these chips. See > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireles > s/ndis/ for the OpenSolaris NDISwrapper toolkit. > Realtek wired ethernet: Should be supported out of > the box. > Conexant audio: your best bet is OSS4 which you can > download from opensound.com . > > Note that you can get a list of what Solaris Express > Developer Edition (SXDE) 9/07 and Solaris 10 U4 > support by running the Sun Device Detection Tool 2.0 > from here: > http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.jsp > > Although it doesn't know about devices supported in > the very latest builds of SXDE / Solaris Express > Community Edition (SXCE). > > Since you are a developer, it would make sense to go > for the Developer Edition. The Developer Edition is > identical to the Community Edition except that it has > a different graphical installer, and installs the > developer tools at the end of the OS install. > > However there are some gotchas with DE: > > 1. It needs 768MB to run the installer - CE only > needs 512MB. > 2. It does not give you the option during install to > configure static IP or DNS - you must use DHCP. > 3. NWAM (NetWork Auto Magic - see > http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nwam/) is switched > on by default, which means you have to manually > disable it, then re-enable the default network > service if you want to manually configure your > network devices. > > As far as downloads go, you have 2 choices: > > 1. A slighty more stable and tested "official" > Developer Edition DVD - the latest of which is 9/07 > available from http://developers.sun.com/sxde/. > 2. A slightly less stable and tested Community > Edition DVD which also includes the Developer Edition > graphical installer and developer tools (Sun Studio, > Netbeans). You are given the choice of Developer or > Community Edition when the DVD boots. > > Cheers > > Andrew.
Thank Andrew for a detailed response. Could you or anybody confirm these things: - OpenSolaris uses Gnome 2.20? If yes, things on gnome-look will work with OpenSolaris, right? - Does compiz-fusion (or compiz) work on OpenSolaris and Intel X3100? (I love the opacify feature which allows me to write something in idea and read something else in acrobat / firefox. - Does avant window navigator work with OpenSolaris? Regards. This message posted from opensolaris.org
