> <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. >
You can also look at http://www.sunfreeware.com - it has a large chung of FOSS stuff pre-packaged for various Solaris versions. >> 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 > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
