Open Indiana, for a "Sun at Home" server?
" Derrik Walker v2.0 " <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:53:49 +0000 (GMT)
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--===============7082999525357072953== Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_lIMvitMet2XbA+dDKcDJOQ)" --Boundary_(ID_lIMvitMet2XbA+dDKcDJOQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable I have a nice computer with a quad core AMD processor and 16 Gigs of ram t= hat I want to turn into a UNIX server. I am trying to decide which OS to put on it. I have been using mostly RHE= L at work for years now, but am an old time UNIX geek. I'm a long time fan of Solaris, =EF=BB=BFbut haven't had a running Sun sys= tem at home for a long time. So I was thinking Open Indiana. Anyone here running it? How does it compa= re to real Solaris? What about FreeBSD or RHEL/Cent OS? Can I install packages from the Solaris Freeware site on it? Thanks. - Derrik --Boundary_(ID_lIMvitMet2XbA+dDKcDJOQ) Content-type: multipart/related; boundary="Boundary_(ID_9eGswAm3nfB1nU8waVSB7w)"; type="text/html" --Boundary_(ID_9eGswAm3nfB1nU8waVSB7w) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <html><body><div>I have a nice computer with a quad core AMD processor and 16 Gigs of ram that I want to turn into a UNIX server.<br><br>I am trying to decide which OS to put on it. I have been using mostly RHEL at work for years now, but am an old time UNIX geek. <br><br>I'm a long time fan of Solaris, but haven't had a running Sun system at home for a long time.<br><br>So I was thinking Open Indiana. Anyone here running it? How does it compare to real Solaris? What about FreeBSD or RHEL/Cent OS?<br><br>Can I install packages from the Solaris Freeware site on it?<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>- Derrik <br><br></div></body></html> --Boundary_(ID_9eGswAm3nfB1nU8waVSB7w)-- --Boundary_(ID_lIMvitMet2XbA+dDKcDJOQ)-- --===============7082999525357072953== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Suns-at-Home mailing list [email protected] http://www.net-kitchen.com/mailman/listinfo/suns-at-home --===============7082999525357072953==--