[geeks] FYI - OpenSolaris 2008.05 released

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Mon May 5 19:57:11 CDT 2008


Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 08:16:12PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> I haven't used it yet.  Is it better than the old Solaris x86?  
> 
> Not really.
> 
>> Can one install it with a non-Gnome desktop?  
> 
> Not yet, it defaulted to GNOME 2.2something.
> 
> http://www.mrbill.net/vmware.jpg
> 
>> I have a new-to-me dual-Xeon main fileserver (with 3.6TB of disk) to
>> bring up, but, sorry'n'allthat, unless Linux's nfsd has improved a heck
>> of a lot since the last time I tried to use it, I want Solaris on it.
> 
> Go with the latest Sol10 (5/08 came out a week or two ago).

And just deal with the Gnome desktop, huh...?  Oh well.  The box should 
be fast enough not to bog down too badly with it.


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