On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 10:04:20PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > Interested in Solaris, seems it's Suns Unix based OS, interested in 
> > opinions, usefullinks etc.
> 
> It's kinda like Linux, only suits choose it first, and it's proprietary. It

Complete uninformed mindless drivel!

In what way is Solaris proprietary?


> You can install Sun's GNOME 1.4 preview, or Ximian GNOME (or build it from
> source if you really have to). Sun won't be replacing CDE with GNOME until
> one of the 9.x point releases.

Sun will _not_ be replacing CDE with Gnone anytime soon, and most likely
not ever. They _will_ be including Gnone in addition to CDE in one of the
Solaris 9 maintenance updates (which will not be a point release - Sun
haven't done point releases for years).

  Scott
(Who chooses Solaris first in many cases, and doesnt (normally) wear a suit...)

-- 
SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/
More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Reply via email to