[geeks] opensolaris versus solaris GA

[Joshua Boyd]

On Apr 5, 2008, at 3:01 AM, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> One more question:
>
> Have any of you run both Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris?
>
> If so, did you find anything about running OpenSolaris inferior to  
> using the "official" releases from Sun?
>
> It seems to have a nicer installer, better documentation and help,  
> and a more active user community.
>
> I have read a lot about it, but Sun only says the primary  
> differences is that OpenSolaris does not provide a ready-to-run  
> configuration.
>
> There are projects which do, so is that really the only primary  
> difference?
>
> My main concern would be reliability, and the only reason I'm  
> considering this is because it seem like support is better.
>
> eek... 0300... yeah, I'll be real productive tomorrow...

FWIW, I run Sun's Developers Express, which is somewhere in between  
OpenSolaris and Solaris 10.  You get features more quickly, but  
they've had slightly more time to have the bugs shaken out compared  
to OpenSolaris.

Besides, as I understand to use OpenSolaris you start by installing  
Solaris 10 or Express, then you upgrade to OpenSolaris.