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From ilug-admin@linux.ie Thu Aug 22 17:45:53 2002
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:36:41 +0100
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From: "John P. Looney" <valen@tuatha.org>
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To: ILUG <ilug@linux.ie>
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Subject: Re: [ILUG] Sun Solaris..
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On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 05:13:01PM +0100, Fergal Moran mentioned:
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> In a nutshell - Solaris is Suns own flavour of UNIX.
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Though I'm sure that this nice person would like a bit more detail.
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Solaris is quite different to Linux, though these days you can make
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solaris act a lot like linux with an extra CD of GNU tools Sun ship with
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solaris. It is based on the SysV unix family, so it's quite similar to
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other unixen like HPUX and SCO.
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Sun's hardware in general is more reliable, and a lot more expensive. One
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of the main bonuses you get by buying Sun is that you are getting your
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hardware and software from one company, so if you have a support contract,
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they have to fix it. They can't fob you off with 'that's a software
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problem, talk to the software vendor.' etc.
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If you are set on Linux, you most likely can do your own support. There
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is then a world of different hardware options. You can run Linux on Sparc,
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though some companies like RedHat don't maintain a sparc port anymore.
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You can also buy your machine from linux-oriented companies like DNUK,
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who do machines designed to run linux, and their own version of linux,
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that has a few extras for their machines. Or, you can get a machine from a
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cheaper company like Dell, and it'll most likely work, most of the time.
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John
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