[H-GEN] Free Solaris (was: package management systems.)

[Sarah Walters]

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On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 11:29:54PM -0500, Jason Parker-Burlingham wrote:
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> Greg Black <gjb at gbch.net> writes:
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> > Jason Parker-Burlingham wrote:
> > | Ian Pulsford <ianjp at optusnet.com.au> writes:
> > | > I do "make package" because FreeBSD builds, installs the software then
> > | > makes a package for me that I can put on another box.
> > | Phwoooar.  That's nice.  Does it work on just a per-package basis?  Or
> > | can I do a "make package" on all the www packages, for example?
> > Sure.  Just do this:
> >     cd /usr/ports/www
> >     make package
> 
> Okay, this makes me want to try a BSD again.
> 
> Kind of apropos of this, the Register says that Sun have started
> handing out copies of Solaris x86 for free, but Sun seems to want to
> get me to pay $20 (and download 3 CDs to boot).
> 
> I'm still wondering if it'd be worth my time to get the CDs and a
> spare disk to install it, just to learn how to run a Sun box.
> 
> Opinions?

I run Solaris at work, and personally I wouldn't bother. BSD is closer
to Solaris (IMHO) than Linux is, and unlike Solaris was built with i386
(yeah, yeah, and other platforms) in mind.

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Mrs Sarah Walters
Systems Group
Information Technology Services
University of Wollongong
Phone: +61 2 4221 3775


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