RE: [ILUG] Re: SOLARIS for x86

From: Dermot Hanley (dhanley at domain irish-times.com)
Date: Thu 23 Sep 1999 - 12:13:31 IST


On 23 September 1999 11:57 dear sweet Kate wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 11:48:10AM +0100, Liam Bedford mentioned:
> > I can copy it if you want.. it's the desktop version.. and it sucks
> > compared to linux/BSD on the same hardware (it seems to
> want 2x the memory
> > and more processor to do the same thing), but it's available.
>
> I dunno - the DCU netsoc have been running it for years, and for a
> multiuser OS, it rocks.

Except for it's device driver support for PC devices, such as (oh let me
see now) network cards (such as the Intel Pro/100 card) which result in
the box just dropping off the network for no obvious reason. :P

Dermot

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Dermot Hanley, Systems & Network Administrator
The Irish Times - Electronic Publishing Division


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