[ug-dfwosug] Future topics for consideration

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 15 May 2008, Bob Netherton wrote:

> VirtualBox - a way cool virtualization host service.  Just like what
> you used to have with VMware Workstation or GSX, only much lighter
> weight and on many more platforms.

VirtualBox is very interesting.  I would like to hear about how to 
officially get it working under Solaris 10.  Does it run out of the 
box on Solaris 10U5?  As a software developer, I am mostly interested 
in using VirtualBox to run Linux so that I can run 'valgrind' on my 
software to find any memory indiscretions and leaks.  Others may be 
more interested in running Microsoft Windows.

> OpenSolaris 2008-05.  What's it it, how to configure it, what about
> repositories, etc.

I would be interested to hear about the relationship between 
OpenSolaris and Solaris 11.  In particular, will there be a clean 
"upgrade" (downgrade?) path to upgrade current OpenSolaris systems to 
Solaris 11 or will it require a fresh install to get back on the more 
conservative Solaris path once Solaris 11 is released?

> Any interest in these or do you have any ideas for future topics.   I'm
> interested in hearing what some of you guys are doing.   Anyone playing

I would be interested in discussions of how to make Sun hardware go 
fast.  For example, last month there was an interesting overview of 
CMT hardware, but very little discussion of what needs to be done so 
that traditional applications can run well on it.

Bob
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