<quote who="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > Is it possible to run Linux applications through Solaris?
Sun's Project Janus provides (or will provide) a RHEL ABI on Solaris. Or you can just build FOSS apps on Solaris - it's just another *nix after all. > I was reading in distrowatch.com that a new distro, Nexenta, is seeking to > marry GNU and Solaris, which literally thinking this seems like a good > idea. It's Ubuntu (which in turn is Debian) built on the Solaris kernel. > Being new to Linux I am amazed at the number of distros available in the > marketplace. > > If Linux is ever going to compete with MAC/Windows on a commercial level > why not have a hybrid GNOME/KDE/SOLARIS (UNIX) distro, and essentially > take the best qualities of each? Because sometimes the whole is less than the sum of the parts. :-) Many would argue (with and without bigotry) that Linux has substantially more life to it than Solaris, despite both (now) being FOSS. Though I totally love the new stuff Sun are doing with Solaris, I tend to agree. Projects that do not have a single commercial interest behind them tend to succeed slowly but surely, because there are more stakeholders betting on it, and greater sense of shared responsibility and freedom. Lots of examples out there. :-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2006: Dunedin, New Zealand http://linux.conf.au/ Self-assertive pants are filled with confidence. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
