Hi there, Yeah, I'll be very interested by a presentation of Indiana :) And as Javi, it will be better if we can do the meeting during the evening... I think that a lot of people can be interested about it, so if we can lock a date asap, I can do the promotion on the campus !
See you, Cedric On Nov 21, 2007 11:31 PM, Javi <javier.f.conde at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > I'm sure some more people will join us as soon as we define a date for the > event. > > As you said, I prefer if we organize the event on a evening, better than a > saturday. > > Regards, > > Javi > > > On Nov 21, 2007 4:14 PM, Mark Furner <mark.furner at gmx.net> wrote: > > > Hi Gilles > > > > Well well, nice surprise. > > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2007, Gilles Gravier (Gilles Gravier > > <Gilles.Gravier at sun.com>) may have written: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Nevada and Indiana ... :) > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > Big DVD for full install. > > > > Yeah, hmm, it was rather a pain. But I found it easier to reinstall than > > to > > upgrade. (OK, I'm mainly a Linux user but without fear of trying things > > out > > and hosing my own gear). > > > > > > > > Indiana is "distro" based on OpenSolaris. Slim and trim. One CD > > > installation. Network based package manager (a great change from Sun's > > > > > old pkgadd). You install just one CD (fast download, fast install), > > the > > > CD is actually a Live CD so you can boot and run it off the CD. Once > > > installed, you can download extra packages form the net (a la > > Synaptics, > > > for those of you familiar with Ubuntu). > > > > Sounds very cool. Thanks for the clarification on Indiana vs Nevada. OK. > > This > > new package manager sounds cool. pkgadd was/is a drag compared to APT. > > I'll > > try this installer on said unfortunate laptop, at the risk of getting > > beaten > > up by the wife if she can't use it for a few days afterwards... ;-) > > > > > > > > I could come and do a short presentation of Indiana during next > > meeting > > > if people are interested. > > > > A presentation would be interesting, but oddly enough at the moment > > there seem > > to be only 2 takers for a meeting... > > > > Regards > > > > Mark > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > ug-chosug mailing list > > > > ug-chosug at opensolaris.org > > > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-chosug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ug-chosug mailing list > > ug-chosug at opensolaris.org > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-chosug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ug-chosug mailing list > ug-chosug at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-chosug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-chosug/attachments/20071122/1c70183e/attachment.html>
