On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Yi <yizhang84 at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm deciding which one to install: opensolaris or sxce. I noticed sxce has > b107 released, featuring x server 1.5.3 and mesa 7.2. I wonder if I install > opensolaris, can I upgrade to the b107 packages using pkg? Thanks!
Yes. But maybe you should install SXCE in the first place. Indiana (aka opensolaris.com) is only a subset of SXCE with some modifications, some enhancements and some other 'things'. SXCE might be discontinued at some point, but right now it still offers you the quickest and best way of getting a *complete* and in all aspects stable Solaris system, which is capable of building OS/Net out of the box, without any hassle (like broken or missing header files and mis-versionitis). If you prefer gdm over old dtlogin, well, it is also part of SXCE for years. You only have to disable dtlogin: # svcadm disable cde-login:default and to enable gdm: # svcadm enable gdm . And all the other "magic" (like nwam or the nice wallpapers ...) that is available as part of Indiana - or as postinstall-option, is in most cases already part of SXCE or in all cases, can at least be added to it afterwards. In the very long run Indiana will be the future. But to answer your question what you should do today (for use during the next months or this year) :: SXCE. Ok, this is only my very personal advice, though. %martin
