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From: Sarah Kelly <sarah at uow.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Experiences with Solaris x86
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Hi all,

On 15 Nov 2001, 03:16:32 PM Raymond Smith wrote:
> I've been asked how Solaris x86 stacks up, particularly when compared to
> Linux.
> I know how great Linux is, so please, no advocacy.
> What I want to know is the pros and cons of Solaris x86. I have used
> Solaris x86 many moons ago and remember that it compared favourably to the
> SPARC systems, but we had problems on the install.

I would like to hear about this too. I use Solaris 8 (SPARC) at work, and
like it. As I'm more accustomed to it than Linux now, I'm considering 
installing it at home (x86). Can anyone give me a reason why I shouldn't do
this? Alternatively, why should I go BSD/Linux/??? instead?

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