From ilug-admin@linux.ie Thu Aug 22 17:45:54 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.netnoteinc.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8B1343F9B for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 12:45:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:45:53 +0100 (IST) Received: from lugh.tuatha.org (root@lugh.tuatha.org [194.125.145.45]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7MGjVZ15193 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:45:31 +0100 Received: from lugh (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA11100; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:42:54 +0100 Received: from corvil.com. (k100-159.bas1.dbn.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.100.159]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA11076 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:42:46 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: lugh.tuatha.org: Host k100-159.bas1.dbn.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.100.159] claimed to be corvil.com. Received: from corvil.com (pixelbeat.local.corvil.com [172.18.1.170]) by corvil.com. (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7MGgjn4090705 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:42:46 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from padraig.brady@corvil.com) Message-Id: <3D651472.7080101@corvil.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:42:26 +0100 From: Padraig Brady Organization: Corvil Networks User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020408 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ilug@linux.ie Subject: Re: [ILUG] Sun Solaris.. References: <45130FBE2F203649A4BABDB848A9C9D00E9C8A@enterprise.wasptech.com> <20020822163641.GN3670@jinny.ie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: ilug-admin@linux.ie Errors-To: ilug-admin@linux.ie X-Mailman-Version: 1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Id: Irish Linux Users' Group X-Beenthere: ilug@linux.ie John P. Looney wrote: > On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 05:13:01PM +0100, Fergal Moran mentioned: > >>In a nutshell - Solaris is Suns own flavour of UNIX. > > > Though I'm sure that this nice person would like a bit more detail. > > Solaris is quite different to Linux, though these days you can make > solaris act a lot like linux with an extra CD of GNU tools Sun ship with > solaris. It is based on the SysV unix family, so it's quite similar to > other unixen like HPUX and SCO. > > Sun's hardware in general is more reliable, and a lot more expensive. One > of the main bonuses you get by buying Sun is that you are getting your > hardware and software from one company, so if you have a support contract, > they have to fix it. They can't fob you off with 'that's a software > problem, talk to the software vendor.' etc. > > If you are set on Linux, you most likely can do your own support. There > is then a world of different hardware options. You can run Linux on Sparc, > though some companies like RedHat don't maintain a sparc port anymore. > > You can also buy your machine from linux-oriented companies like DNUK, > who do machines designed to run linux, and their own version of linux, > that has a few extras for their machines. Or, you can get a machine from a > cheaper company like Dell, and it'll most likely work, most of the time. Why do you say Dell is cheaper than DNUK? It gets a bit complicated though! http://www.levenez.com/unix/history.html Pádraig. -- Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie