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

[Robert Brockway]

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On 12 Feb 2003, Jason Parker-Burlingham wrote:

> 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 have found (as a unix Sysadmin) that Solaris experience on a resume
still counts more heavily than Linux experience despite the ever-growing
popularity of Linux.  I believe this is because Solaris admin skills are
comparatively rare compared to Linux admin skills, and Sun hardware is
still very popular.

The 2 OSes are very similar to admin of course - just worth knowing the
differences to avoid unfortunate mistakes (hint:  avoid the use of killall
under Solaris, use pkill instead).  Similarly, don't change a Sun box to
runlevel 5 unless you want to go to the machine to power it back on.

Cheers,
	-Rob

-- Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: robert at timetraveller.org  ICQ: 104781119
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