[ug-bosug] Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris

[Moinak Ghosh]

Sriram Narayanan wrote:
> [...]
> c) He pointed out that making Solaris Linux like would be an
> interesting problem to solve because on the one hand we'd want POSIX
> compliance and stability that Solaris provides, while on the other
> hand, we also want to use all those fancy apps that are released in
> the Linux world but which make use of POSIX extensions. He proposed
> zones as a possible solution to address this requirement.

   The point I see here is usability and not only Linux. Adopt the best of
   usability from Linux, MacOSX, Windows, *BSD ...

>
> [...]But apart from all this, his talk was mostly content free. This was
> the feeling of a majority of the audience and we were all talking
> about this in the hall as well as out of it. I've said this before and
> I'll say it again, simply because Ian Murdock represents a lot of
> Linux culture, heritage and thinking. Much is expected from a person
> of his stature and accommplishment.

   He is new to SUN, so give him some time. He is probably carrying
   a huge weight of expectations.

> I, for one, was shocked that he
> didn't even mention either Belenix or Schillix or Martux. All that he
> mentioned were SXCR and Nexenta. Loyalties to Belenix apart, I have
> felt as a Belenix end user and tester, that Belenix gives a quick
> start into OpenSolaris like no other distro. Even Linux distros for
> that matter - they all take longer to start on my laptop in LiveCD
> mode, have been put together by much larger groups of people, and are
> released after much longer periods of development.

   It seems that apart from Nexenta, none of the other distros get much
   mention on the other sides of the oceans (except maybe for some places in
   Europe). I doubt how many people know that marTux is the first
   OpenSolaris distro to get Xorg fully functional on SPARC. Martin Bochnig
   an intrepid German is doing exemplary work to get more and more SPARC
   display device support for Xorg.

>
> If anything, I actually came away feeling very proud of Belenix and
> the BOSUG, and am filled with lots of ideas of concrete action plans.
> More on that in another post.

   Thanks for the comments and interest. There is a lot that we can do in
   the OpenSolaris community.

Regards,
Moinak.
>
> -- Sriram
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