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Re: Get yer` FREE copy of Solaris .....

mugstar — Fri May 11, 2007 5:18 pm

Author: mugstar

Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:18 pm

(re)ordered on April 25th, turned up today, posted from Germany. Now, if only I could find the time to play with it ...

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Is Solaris our friend?

phorneker — Wed May 09, 2007 2:17 pm

Author: phorneker

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:17 pm

I got my copy one week after I ordered it...and it is not OpenSolaris. What I got was the non-OSS version of Solaris 10. Thank you for getting me hooked on Solaris. Now I can develop for both Linux and Solaris.

Of course, hardware support is still a bit lacking, but I did manage to find a driver for the SoundBlaster Live!, but not from Sun. You will need to Google using solaris audio as keywords to find the audio drivers.

Here is the best part, Solaris 10 includes the X.org server, and the xorgconfig tool for configuration of video cards. You can select between Sun's version of the X server and the X.org server. I recommend using the X.org server to ensure compatibility for your video card and monitor.

Re: Get yer` FREE copy of Solaris .....

Huw — Fri May 04, 2007 5:41 pm

Author: Huw

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 5:41 pm

Solaris doesn't seem to like my monitor so I can't even install it.

Re: Get yer` FREE copy of Solaris .....

phorneker — Tue May 01, 2007 2:58 am

Author: phorneker

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:58 am

This would be interesting to see if I can port HPLIP to Solaris 10 to get my PSC1110 to work on Solaris. If not, well, I have an old Deskpro that I can install Solaris 10 on.

I have taken interest in Solaris as I have an old Dell OptiPlex GXpro that is running Solaris 8.

Re: Get yer` FREE copy of Solaris .....

kilikopele — Tue May 01, 2007 2:27 am

Author: kilikopele

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:27 am

Nobber wrote:

Mine took three weeks to arrive.

I actually tried installing it, too, but eventually gave up - it seemed to want to overwrite existing partitions, and I couldn't figure out how to persuade it not to.

Here's your problem. This is from the "Getting Started" pages:

"Before partitioning a system, you must do the following:

*

Ensure that you have at least 14 Mbytes of disk space for a system with more than one operating system.
"

So you'd better make sure you've got that 14MB in reserve.

Actually received the Developer Edition in the mail today. Nice promo for a game design contest. When I grabbed it out of my mailbox, I almost threw it away. It looked like an AOL disc.

Re: Get yer` FREE copy of Solaris .....

Nobber — Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:31 pm

Author: Nobber

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:31 pm

Mine took three weeks to arrive.

I actually tried installing it, too, but eventually gave up - it seemed to want to overwrite existing partitions, and I couldn't figure out how to persuade it not to.

Re: Get yer` FREE copy of Solaris .....

mrguitarmann — Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:50 pm

Author: mrguitarmann

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:50 pm

I got mine, it took less than a week. Actually I ended up with two...

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Is Solaris our friend?

kilikopele — Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:26 am

Author: kilikopele

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:26 am

Ok. Ok. Now I've re-ordered as well. We'll see if it comes. I may actually just try to torrent it instead.

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Is Solaris our friend?

shifty_ben — Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:52 pm

Author: shifty_ben

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:52 pm

mines here

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Is Solaris our friend?

mugstar — Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:50 pm

Author: mugstar

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:50 pm

I'll give it another shot - reordered today.

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Is Solaris our friend?

donoreo — Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:32 pm

Author: donoreo

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:32 pm

I reordered mine on April 13 and it arrived yesterday.

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Is Solaris our friend?

mrguitarmann — Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:48 pm

Author: mrguitarmann

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:48 pm

I've ordered mine, I have tried looking glass on ubuntu and found it to be quite doggish, I may set up a 'demo' install of Solaris and Looking Glass to show off to people...

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Is Solaris our friend?

mugstar — Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:20 pm

Author: mugstar

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:20 pm

No dvd, no email - gah!

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Is Solaris our friend?

mediamgl — Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:39 pm

Author: mediamgl

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:39 pm

I rec'd my disc pack on Thursday, 22 March

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Is Solaris our friend?

jjmac — Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:01 am

Author: jjmac

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:01 am

ummm, it would be a wrangle for the dvd, would it not ...

jm