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In article <3tmma8$1ec@yage.tembel.org>,
Michael Shields <shields@tembel.org> wrote:
>In article <pingpongDBBB8v.E21@netcom.com>,
>Robert Shain <pingpong@netcom.com> wrote:
>> Could someone tell me the advantages of Solaris.
>
>Do you already have hardware?  Linux runs on Intel systems (common PCs),
>and Solaris runs on Suns only.

not quite.  Linux runs on PC's, and is now in testing on DEC Alpha's and 
as of the announcement in my mailbox this morning, also on the 
PowerPC's.  So far, Linux runs *best* on a PC, as far as I can tell, if 
someone has seen different, let me know :)

Solaris 2.4 runs on sun Sparc workstations (as well as non-sparc's I 
think, but I am not positive on this), and the Solaris 2.4 for X86 runs 
on the Intel x86 platform.  

I have run both, using my 486/66dx2 w/ 24MBram, 1.7GB scsi + IDE drive, 
and as far as I can tell, solaris might be more highly supported, and 
possibly more stable (Altho, my Linux box seems rock solid on 1.2.11 at 
the moment), it is DEFINATELY not faster.  Solaris 2.4 x86 was CRAWLING 
on my system compared to how fast I could run Linux stuff.  Especially 
running a compiler.  

Linux's hardware requirements are significantly less, 4MB ram and about 
50MB of disk space to get the system up.

Solaris requires 16MB ram to intall, running it realistically needs 
24-32MB ram, the more the better, and a complete solaris install is 
somewhere in the neighborhood of 280MB, without any compilers or 
development tools.

-dave