anyone use solaris? Pros Cons input, etc?

I used it twice in my life, it is really like linux. cons...too many. Pros...security and fast?

dragon, hows it to work with... i have never worked in Solaris (i am a j2ee pro). I have been planning to buy a new Outrageous Performing Home Desktop (oh well, Dual Core multi socket Xeon, yea right not Quad core, i hate quad cores cuz of their stupid price tags), so my dumb P4 laptops sittin empty, i was planning on installing Solaris on that ... will teh rig work ?


Rick

The good things in solaris will eventually be ported to linux.

Basically compared to Linux and the BSDs, it has no significant advantages.

I've used Solaris a fair bit. Like Xerxes said, no significant adavantage over Linux, unless you just want to chalk up 'Solaris' experience on your CV (Resume).

For personal use, Linux woud be more fun, as there are more apps. But what the hell, do it, play with and see for yourself.

There is a small tool you can download to verify your hardware will run the x86 version, before downloading the several GB's of install media you need. Worth trying first to save you some time.

In fact, I might have to do this, I have spare hardware, and I haven't played with Solaris 10, .... thanks for the prompt!