Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 17:18:02 -0800 () From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: Dennis Favro <scqdaf@globalserve.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Free Solaris Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.981226171525.-217467A-100000@direct-source.com.direct-source.com> In-Reply-To: <v04103601b2a727afe450@[142.214.65.175]>
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> > Ok, I've had some time to muck about with FreeBSD and its been > going pretty well. So now I've notice this free Solaris program > offered by Sun and I'm wondering if its worth trying. > > I'm curious, but is Solaris a difficult thing to use? Or would it > be easier to learn and a nice way to get into UNIX? > > (I prefer the philosophy behind FreeBSD, and I'd stick with it as > my operating system of choice -- but the learning curve is pretty > steep for someone who's making the leap into UNIX from the MacOS) I could be wrong, but I believe Solaris only works on Sun hardware. FreeBSD runs on Intel, Alpha, and soon Sun. OpenBSD will run on anything. :) Solaris and FreeBSD are going to be equally hard to use at first. Once you learn one though, the other will be pretty simple. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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