I would suggest you get a copy of Solaris for Intel and use it at home for a while to get the comfort. I have it working on a Toshiba laptop and it works fine. Also, there is a guide to Unix Systems and a System Administrators guide that I'll try and remember to send to the list on Monday When I get back to the shop.
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Scott Chilcote wrote: > Geoff Purdy wrote: > > I've been working almost exclusively with Linux at home and > > at work for the past two years. I recently changed jobs and > > my new employer is a Solaris shop. Since I've grown > > comfortable with Linux, I'm wondering what I can do to give > > Solaris a similar feel. > > > > I don't have root on any of the unix systems at work so I'm > > limited in the software I can install (i.e. I can't install > > XFree86 or GNU ls). > > > > An obvious first step was to switch my shell to bash. > > Anyone care to share other tips? Thanks. > > Hi Geoff, > > You're really only limited by the disk space you have in your home > directory. I used a Solaris system up until 2000 and was able to build > a lot of the applications I normally use in Linux. > > Although you can download these tools directly from gnu.org, Sun also > has a freeware tools site: > > http://www.sunfreeware.com/ > > You can build a lot of the GNU tools in your home directory. During the > configuration step, just use > > ./configure --prefix=$HOME > > Or if you prefer, a common subdirectory. > > I strongly recommend installing GCC for building the GNU tools. The > stock C compiler on the Solaris versions I used (up to 2.7) was just > sufficient to compile the kernel and not much else. A binary version of > GCC (such as from sunfreeware) is a good start, but I recommend just > using it to build your own GCC. Search for "bootstrap" in "info gcc". > > I was able to build Enlightenment and quite a bit of Gnome under Solaris > 2.6. The great shortcoming was the number of available colors, which > was pegged at 256 on the hardware I had. It was still running Solaris > underneath. I don't know which I enjoyed more; having a much improved > development system, or the sighs I used to get from the sysadmins who > happened to look in my cube ;-) > > If you plan to use the GNU tools for development on Solaris, there are > some more issues that need to be resolved. Let me know if this is the case. > > Best of luck. > > Scott C. > > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > -- --------------------------------------- Roy Vestal [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trilug.org/~rvestal I'm not a geek, I just play one on tv. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
