[ug-bosug] opensolaris vs sun solaris 10

[ravi kumar]

before posting following question in our list, i also
posted in forums at opensolaris.org (sorry for double
post). 

i am giving link so that it may useful to new users. 

http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=77306&#77306


Extending above topic,any of you having short step by
step tutorial to build opensolaris, i know we have
info but that is not that much ""NEWUSER" friendly.

any of  experienced guys have notes/ step by step
guide to build opensolaris, please update here. 

Thanks for your time
Unix.vc
 

--- Moinak Ghosh <Moinak.Ghosh at Sun.COM> wrote:

> ravi kumar wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I new to this group. I have some questions about
> > opensolaris. 
> >
> >
> > 1.is there any difference between opensolaris and
> sun
> > solaris 10 
> >   
> 
>    OpenSolaris is refers to the source code just
> like Linux refers to 
> the Kernel
>    source.
> 
>    Solaris 10 and Solaris Express are SUN's
> distributions of OpenSolaris,
>    just like RedHat or SuSE are distributions of
> Linux.
> 
> > 2.i heard multiple buids of opensolaris (solaris
> > express.. and like some other name ) what are
> those?
> > whats the difference ?
> >   
> 
>    Solaris 10 is the official stable supported
> release of Solaris 
> version 10 that
>    goes to all SUN customers. It goes through a
> rigorous testing and 
> validation
>    process.
> 
>    Solaris Express is a beta release train of
> Solaris 11 (codenamed Nevada).
>    Solaris Express is available as an unsupported
> beta for Developers and
>    Users who like to be on the bleeding edge.
> 
>    Obviously folks are encouraged to discuss
> OpenSolaris and Solaris Express
>    stuff on the technical mailing lists.
> 
> > 3.is solaris 10 is 100% open sourced like linux ? 
> >   
> 
>    Most of Solaris 10 is opensourced. However there
> are some additional
>    stuff including third-party software that are not
> available in source 
> form.
>  
> Regards,
> Moinak.
> 
> >
> > Thanks for your time 
> >
> > - Ravi 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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