On 2005-08-31 at 19:42, Christopher Saul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > It would be interesting to know what reasons you have for preferring > Linux over Solaris in your environment.
I'm not the OP, but we currently run most of our desktops on Solaris/SPARC with Sun Rays and are looking at moving to either Solaris/x86 or Linux/x86 (we've been very happy with SPARC hardware but the value just isn't there). My main concern with Solaris/x86 is lack of application support. For example, Adobe has told me that they no longer support Solaris and there will be no future updates of software such as Adobe Reader for this platform. Our backup software, Arkeia, does not have a client for Solaris/x86. I have also found that it's a lot easier to get many free software packages built for Linux than it is for Solaris. I really like Solaris, and Linux still feels like a toy compared with it, but these issues may end up forcing us to use Linux. _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
