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i think they have it for x86 also. check here. http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/specs.jsp
mangalassery
Ancient Member
posted: Dec. 16, 2005 @ 2:38p
Sun.com has the solaris OS v10 for almost all platforms. you would need to download their download manager for downloading the OS as it is huge(dvd version is more than 4GB) and most ftp clients crash after some limit.
Oracle 10G can also be downloaded for free from thier site. you should, however, not use it for production purposes.
GPL is growing!!!
Did you Know: GPL software dont have a copyright.... they have a copyLEFT !!!!
Thanks. Downloading it right now. Now, I have Windows 2000 and Linux installed on my system with Grub as my boot loader. If I install Solaris 10, will it have it's own boot loader so I can select between the 3?
Crap, I could have saved $500,000 If Identity manager was free last year. Thats ok. It might be free but if you need support, it is $200,000 plus per year for the software.
I would suggest that technichal people get to know this tool. Pretty cool besides the performance issue. You can make $150+ an hour consulting on this product.
I have an old Ultra 30 I use to hold up my bed, is this worth yanking it out for?
LodeRunner
Senior Member
posted: Dec. 17, 2005 @ 6:19a
Scubee said: There's so many free operating systems out there...
I say move to free stuff or the computer forum. I just don't see it as a hot deal.
Look at it this way, Solaris (and several Linux distros) are hella better than any POS Microsoft has ever made. Would you say that a (legitimate) free XP deal belongs in the free stuff or computer forum thread? A lot of people would consider $50 an absolutely scortching deal for a copy of XP, so I don't see how you can say that a free giveaway for a much better OS (at least for a geek, though probably for your grandmother) isn't hot.
... you would need to download their download manager for downloading the OS as it is huge(dvd version is more than 4GB) and most ftp clients crash after some limit.
The total size for x86 version is about 2.7gb after joining. There are 5 417mb files and a small file to download. You will need to join them after download to become an 2.7gb iso image.
puppyfriend said: I have an old Ultra 30 I use to hold up my bed, is this worth yanking it out for?
how much you want for it?
jewbastardi
New Member
posted: Dec. 17, 2005 @ 8:10a
FabulousFW said: Great! Now I wonder how many people's jobs will wind up in 3rd world countries to pay for this.
gigabytes upon gigabytes of code for free. i wonder how many man hours it took to write all that code. i feel sorry for anybody who thinks they can make a living in this profession. note to college kids and their tuition paying parents: learn to swing a hammer cuz much harder to install kitchen cabinets from overseas.
IrfanPathan said: Now ALL I need is a Free Sun Ultra or Blade.
I seocnd that
whoseurdaddy
New Member
posted: Dec. 17, 2005 @ 9:48a
I agree with this sentiment. While Linux is free, it is composed of freely contributed source code. Solaris however, is a product created by paid programmers. And those jobs will/are now outsourced overseas. I want a good deal like the next person, however, I will not sell out my country like that.
jewbastardi said: FabulousFW said: Great! Now I wonder how many people's jobs will wind up in 3rd world countries to pay for this.
gigabytes upon gigabytes of code for free. i wonder how many man hours it took to write all that code. i feel sorry for anybody who thinks they can make a living in this profession. note to college kids and their tuition paying parents: learn to swing a hammer cuz much harder to install kitchen cabinets from overseas.
You can usually find it used for around $10-15 online
whoseurdaddy
New Member
posted: Dec. 17, 2005 @ 10:29a
Since this is the shameless plug thread, I have a used 1995 Honda Civic for sale cheap. My wife uses it to go to work. They have Sun Solaris workstations there. PM me if interested.
igt123
Senior Member
posted: Dec. 17, 2005 @ 10:39a
Scubee said: There's so many free operating systems out there...
I say move to free stuff or the computer forum. I just don't see it as a hot deal. There is no such thing as FREE IMHO. It takes a lot of time to learn these "FREE" open source apps. Then you have to maintain it.
angryapple
Senior Member
posted: Dec. 17, 2005 @ 10:54a
Well this isn't really hot, because if you're paying any money for the free Solaris 10 you're being abused.
whoseurdaddy said: I agree with this sentiment. While Linux is free, it is composed of freely contributed source code. Solaris however, is a product created by paid programmers. And those jobs will/are now outsourced overseas. I want a good deal like the next person, however, I will not sell out my country like that.
wow.. that means that you look at lables before buying anything and only buy 'made in usa' things !! (i wonder if anything is left that is 'made in usa' anymore)
vrovner
Addicted Member
posted: Dec. 17, 2005 @ 2:22p
So I wanted to download this, but I don't see any download links after selecting Solaris OS 10? I click the download button, and no downloads listed! Anyone else having similar issues?
jitinarora
Broke Member
posted: Dec. 17, 2005 @ 3:32p
The downloads are free for those who sign up for the Sun Developer Network (SDN). If you want it delivered on CD/DVD you have to pay for it. I downloaded Solaris 10 for x86, burned it to a DVD and tried installing it. It seemed to detect most of my hardware. However, the install program is still a text program that runs in a window and is nowhere as user friendly as those of some flavors of Linux (specifically Mandriva and SUSE). I quit when I got to the disk partitioning step.
IMHO, a more useful download for most of us users will be Star Office 8. A Windows version is available and judging from the reviews, it is supposedly quite good. Supposed to have significant compatibility with Office documents and a neat PDF export feature. I have downloaded that as well and would have installed it right away if I hadn't bought a cheap copy of Office Professional from my univ bookstore (~$18) which I have already installed.
For the present, I am going to keep an eye out for future releases of Solaris and related software. If they improve on their installation and I upgrade my laptop RAM, then I expect that my next OS upgrade will be either a Solaris or Linux or possibly dual boot rather than a Vista.
Mixxen
New Member
posted: Dec. 17, 2005 @ 5:00p
vrovner said: So I wanted to download this, but I don't see any download links after selecting Solaris OS 10? I click the download button, and no downloads listed! Anyone else having similar issues?I am having the same problem
jitinarora said: ..IMHO, a more useful download for most of us users will be Star Office 8. A Windows version is available and judging from the reviews, it is supposedly quite good. Supposed to have significant compatibility with Office documents and a neat PDF export feature. I have downloaded that as well and would have installed it right away if I hadn't bought a cheap copy of Office Professional from my univ bookstore (~$18) which I have already installed. I'm not surprised. I'm intimidated by Solaris 10. It's too much of a "professional" OS for me. Star Office is intriguing. I'm using Open Office now and am VERY pleased.
kmith said: I'm not surprised. I'm intimidated by Solaris 10. It's too much of a "professional" OS for me.
no need to be intimidated - there are some subtle differences to linux but it's basically the same to maintain. If you know basic unix tools (sed/grep/vi/bash scripting) you'll be ok
Minimum of 256 MB of physical RAM (or 512 MB for PXE booting) Minimum of 2 GB of available hard drive space For SPARC platform-based processors, 250-MHz minimum For x64- or x86-based processors, 120-MHz minimum DVD or CD-ROM drive
Where can you get an pc with 120-MHz and 256MB of physical RAM?
ElCapitanAmerica
Member
posted: Jan. 7, 2006 @ 2:48a
> Solaris however, is a product created by paid programmers. And those jobs will/are now outsourced overseas. I want a good deal like the next person, however, I will not sell out my country like that.
There's a ton of US based developers and 'architects' developing Solaris, and yes there's a lot of outsourced labor there too, it's a mix.
As for Netbeans, I've met their dev team in person and think the company Sun bought was from Eastern Europe and a lot of them live in the US now (probably US citizens by now).
The guys who invented "dtrace" are not outsourced too, you're really way off here.
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