I just got done distro hopping. Solaris 10 didn't support and couldn't detect my hardware at all. All of my hardware is 2-3+ years old, only new thing is the DVD writer and it's only marginally new. I giving debian a try this next go round.
On 10/5/05, Greg Felix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1) Substantial performance gain on identical hardware. > > 2) An ABI that hasn't changed in over a decade. If you download a > > sound driver for Solaris 10 today, it will work with Solaris 15 (or > > whatever) unchanged. This is a major frustration for me with Linux > > kernel upgrades. I have Cisco and nVidia binary drivers that I have > > to contend with on every little point release update. > > 3) Significantly faster bootup times -- I think OpenSuse 10 is doing > > something similar though. > > 4) Integrated virtualization -- similar to Xen or VMWare. > > > > 5) Consistency. There is one Solaris/OpenSolaris. There are 500+ > > linux distros -- 99% of which have incompatible packaging systems, > > library versions, filesystem layouts, etc. Granted that consistency > > can be achived by sticking with Redhat/Fedora only, or Debian only, or > > whatever. > > > > If Solaris was just the name of another Linux distro that provided all > > of the benefits I've listed above, wouldn't you want to try it? Is it > > the Sun thing that turns you off? > > You are contradicting yourself in the two paragraphs above. The first > claims that Solaris gives consistency and the second one lumps trying > Solaris in with the inconsistency that using multiple Linux distros can > introduce. Which I think is what Michael was trying to stay away from. > He probably currently has multiple boxes all using just one distribution > = for him trying Solaris gives him nothing BUT inconsistency. > > As for the rest of the items: > 4. He already has VMware > 3. How important really is bootup time on a stable Linux box. > 2. I don't know enough to argue with you about this one, but it seems to > me vendors of new hardware nowadays write drivers for Windows first and > Linux second. Solaris comes in at least third. > 1. Do you have numbers on how much performance gain? I'd be interested > in hearing more. > > Greg > > > > > -Bryan > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
