Journey Into Solaris Land

abrooks29 · 05-28-2006, 09:34 PM

Just a quick question. I have been messing with Linux for years. Running 2 CentOS servers and 1 Mandriva workstation. I've always wanted to dive into and check out a solaris system. I understand that it can run on a x86 system but wouldn't a sparc system be better? I did a search on ebay and came across a Sun Blade 100 500Mhz with 512M ram pretty cheap. I guess I'm just not sure if it would be worth it. Any opinions on something like this.
Thanks.

mdhmi · 05-29-2006, 01:41 PM

You are correct - everything in Solaris works much better on the Sparc platform.

Mark

Brian Knoblauch · 05-30-2006, 06:35 AM

There's nothing wrong with Solaris on x86, runs faster than Linux distros that I've used, but Sparc is the preferred platform.

abrooks29 · 05-30-2006, 10:42 AM

Well, I've ordered that Sun Blade 100 machine and already downloaded the sparc cd's. I just hope I can have a positive solaris experience

mdhmi · 05-31-2006, 05:35 PM

Congrats. Post up if you have any questions about Solaris.

Mark