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Huge wrote:

> In article <379B6A49.63244EBD@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk>, Ian Northeast <ian@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> writes:
> >Ariel Tempest wrote:
> >>
> >> I have just ordered the free version of Solaris from the States.
> >> As a RedHat/Slackware Linux user in the past I was wondering if people would
> >> kindly point me in the direction of good tech resources and download sites?

The first thing to do is to get thee to  http://www.sunfreeware.com/  as the CD offer doesn't include some 'minor'
items......like compilers :-(
At the sunfreeware site, you can download gcc/g77 binaries for Sol7, then use those to compile a proper version for
your own system. It also has lxrun, which _should_ allow you to run Linux binaries Under Sol7 (don't know how good it
is, as I just compile from source......can't afford anything that, well, costs anything, really). It also
has.........wait a minute; you've got the URL.

>
> >
> >IMHO you'll find these a lot thinner on the ground than Linux resources.
> >
> >Try NG alt.solaris.x86, and http://soldc.sun.com/
> >
> >I tried it for a while and wasn't over impressed.
>
> OTOH, Red Hat on Sparc sucked donkey dick. After a week of crashes, stuff
> not running, SCSI failures and being unable to do loads of stuff that
> is supposed to work, I took Red Hat out and went back to Sol 7.
>
> --
>        "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
> The uk.transport FAQ; http://www.axalotl.demon.co.uk/transport/FAQ.html
>       [Substitute "axalotl" for "nospam" to email me]

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Huge wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>In article &lt;379B6A49.63244EBD@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk>,
Ian Northeast &lt;ian@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> writes:
<br>>Ariel Tempest wrote:
<br>>>
<br>>> I have just ordered the free version of Solaris from the States.
<br>>> As a RedHat/Slackware Linux user in the past I was wondering if
people would
<br>>> kindly point me in the direction of good tech resources and download
sites?</blockquote>
The first thing to do is to get thee to&nbsp; <a href="http://www.sunfreeware.com/">http://www.sunfreeware.com/</a>&nbsp;
as the CD offer doesn't include some 'minor' items......like compilers
:-(
<br>At the sunfreeware site, you can download gcc/g77 binaries for Sol7,
then use those to compile a proper version for your own system. It also
has lxrun, which _should_ allow you to run Linux binaries Under Sol7 (don't
know how good it is, as I just compile from source......can't afford anything
that, well, costs anything, really). It also has.........wait a minute;
you've got the URL.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>&nbsp;
<br>>
<br>>IMHO you'll find these a lot thinner on the ground than Linux resources.
<br>>
<br>>Try NG alt.solaris.x86, and <a href="http://soldc.sun.com/">http://soldc.sun.com/</a>
<br>>
<br>>I tried it for a while and wasn't over impressed.
<p>OTOH, Red Hat on Sparc sucked donkey dick. After a week of crashes,
stuff
<br>not running, SCSI failures and being unable to do loads of stuff that
<br>is supposed to work, I took Red Hat out and went back to Sol 7.
<p>--
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "The road to Paradise is through
Intercourse."
<br>The uk.transport FAQ; <a href="http://www.axalotl.demon.co.uk/transport/FAQ.html">http://www.axalotl.demon.co.uk/transport/FAQ.html</a>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [Substitute "axalotl" for "nospam" to
email me]</blockquote>

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