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duds2008
July 4th, 2009, 05:17 PM
Hi people! I have just been trying out Open Solaris 2008.05 on a live cd. It is very similar to GNU/Linux. Does anyone know if it has any advantages over GNU/Linux? I know it does not have the same support as the community is a lot smaller. Have any of you tried it out?
Thanks for reading and advanced thanks for opinions/answers!
Duds.
PmDematagoda
July 4th, 2009, 05:29 PM
Moved to the Community Cafe.
T2manner
July 4th, 2009, 05:30 PM
I think it has some advantages if you're a developer. That's what their site said anyway.
kk0sse54
July 4th, 2009, 06:04 PM
It's a great OS, but my two biggest problems were lack of hardware support (audio didn't work for me) and a very small repo which had just enough software to provide you with a fully functioning system.
ibutho
July 4th, 2009, 06:09 PM
It's a great OS, but my two biggest problems were with it lack of hardware support (audio didn't work for me) and a very small repo which has just enough software to provide you with a fully functioning system.

I agree with you here. I couldn't get audio to work and support for wireless devices is not the same as Linux (or the BSDs).