Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 11:20:55 -0700 (PDT) From: <keith@mail.telestream.com> To: Damon Hammis <squirrel@hammis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Off Topic Solaris question Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008031115030.8717-100000@mail.telestream.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008031410560.783-100000@markl.com>
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I run FreeBSD on 6 other servers as well as all my desktop machines. Would
never use anything else. I just need to learn Solaris (Slowaris) so I'm
not completely in the dark in future positions I may apply for. I've found
solaris and hpux to be the most asked for in OS experience and few if any
that ask for FreeBSD. Lucked out when I came here and was given the go
ahead to rebuild the servers any way I saw fit. So FreeBSD was my choice.
Not so with other companies that somehow think licenses and proprietary
systems are the better choice.
Keith
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Keith W.
At the helm <for better or worse>
My non work related site
www.cydonia.net
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On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Damon Hammis wrote:
> I much prefer Solaris for Sun vs Solaris for Intel. I have a PIII 450
> w/256 MB of RAM at home and idleing the system would be running in swap.
> It seemed incredibly boggy and slow when I tried running it. After about
> a week of that I said forget it and put FreeBSD back on.
>
> I love Solaris for what it can do. I think that it is a very stable
> operating system, but far too expensive for me or any business I would
> run. I think that you can get similar, if not better, performance and
> functionality out of FreeBSD.
>
> Just my $.02.
>
> --Damon
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> On Thu, 3 Aug 2000 keith@mail.telestream.com wrote:
>
> > I know this is TOTALY off topic but since I've had zero response from the
> > 'Solaris on Intel' list, I'll post here in hopes that someone here has had
> > some experience in this area.
> > I'm looking into learning Solaris and can't at the time aquire an actual
> > sun machine to do it. I have a spare P333 laying around that I'd like to
> > use for this.
> > My question is this. How different is the x86 version of Solaris from the
> > version that runs on an actual Sun machine? I'd hate to waste my
> > time learning it on x86 and have little or none of it port over to a true
> > sun box when I get around to purchasing one. Obviously there would be
> > hardware naming differences but other then that is it the same? Thanks for
> > any reply.
> >
> >
> > Keith
> >
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> > Keith W.
> > At the helm <for better or worse>
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> > My non work related site
> > www.cydonia.net
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> >
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