Comments on: OpenSolaris 2008.11 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/12/10/opensolaris-200811/ Usability an' that Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:46:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: calum http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/12/10/opensolaris-200811/comment-page-1/#comment-573 calum Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:13:58 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/?p=367#comment-573 My scant understanding of such things is that ZFS does not require or use a swap slice by default, but you ought to ask the installer community at caiman-discuss@opensolaris.org. It may also be that Solaris Express is the better OpenSolaris distro for you at present if you need finer control over the install process. My scant understanding of such things is that ZFS does not require or use a swap slice by default, but you ought to ask the installer community at caiman-discuss@opensolaris.org. It may also be that Solaris Express is the better OpenSolaris distro for you at present if you need finer control over the install process.

]]> By: stickit http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/12/10/opensolaris-200811/comment-page-1/#comment-572 stickit Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:31:19 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/?p=367#comment-572 what an appalling waste of time.. just how hard is it to get this OS to run in a reasonable amount of ram? Given that I went to the effort to supply the machine with a disk containing a 1gb swap slice why does the installer not notice it or use it or ask the user for instructions. Utter Garbage what an appalling waste of time.. just how hard is it to get this OS to run in a reasonable amount of ram? Given that I went to the effort to supply the machine with a disk containing a 1gb swap slice why does the installer not notice it or use it or ask the user for instructions. Utter Garbage

]]> By: calum http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/12/10/opensolaris-200811/comment-page-1/#comment-537 calum Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:26:34 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/?p=367#comment-537 @fogman: that's unfortunate, although of course that's why we put the Hardware Compatibility tool on the desktop of the LiveCD environment, so you can check if all your hardware is supported before you install. It's certainly quite unusual to hear of a wired ethernet device that isn't supported. But we're still improving hardware compatibility all the time--we know Linux has a big head start on us there--and I wouldn't be surprised if we also produce a "Live DVD" version at some point that does include much more software, including a full development environment. Don't forget there are also other OpenSolaris distros out there apart from Sun's, which may meet your needs in the meantime-- they're listed on http://opensolaris.org/os/downloads. @fogman: that’s unfortunate, although of course that’s why we put the Hardware Compatibility tool on the desktop of the LiveCD environment, so you can check if all your hardware is supported before you install. It’s certainly quite unusual to hear of a wired ethernet device that isn’t supported.

But we’re still improving hardware compatibility all the time–we know Linux has a big head start on us there–and I wouldn’t be surprised if we also produce a “Live DVD” version at some point that does include much more software, including a full development environment.

Don’t forget there are also other OpenSolaris distros out there apart from Sun’s, which may meet your needs in the meantime– they’re listed on http://opensolaris.org/os/downloads.

]]> By: fogman http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/12/10/opensolaris-200811/comment-page-1/#comment-536 fogman Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:56:59 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/?p=367#comment-536 Sorry to say that, but i tried OpenSolaris 2008.11 and it totally failed. I could not connect to the internet, due to missing drivers for my WLAN USB stick and also due to missing drivers for my Ethernet device. There are source-code avaiable for both devices, but the missing development environment was the raison, that they couldn't be installed. It would be nice, if someone would package a dvd with all the binary drivers out there and also includes development files. A better documentation is also welcome. So, i'm waiting now another year, till i will give OenSolaris my next try. Sorry to say that, but i tried OpenSolaris 2008.11 and it totally failed.
I could not connect to the internet, due to missing drivers for my WLAN USB stick and also due to missing drivers for my Ethernet device. There are source-code avaiable for both devices, but the missing development environment was the raison, that they couldn’t be installed. It would be nice, if someone would package a dvd with all the binary drivers out there and also includes development files. A better documentation is also welcome.
So, i’m waiting now another year, till i will give OenSolaris my next try.

]]> By: calum http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/12/10/opensolaris-200811/comment-page-1/#comment-535 calum Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:01:56 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/?p=367#comment-535 The final release of 2008.11 should work better with 512Mb (the release candidates did require 768Mb to install, though). If you have performance or installation issues with a 512Mb setup, please report them at http://defect.opensolaris.org -- we can only fix the problems we know about. The final release of 2008.11 should work better with 512Mb (the release candidates did require 768Mb to install, though). If you have performance or installation issues with a 512Mb setup, please report them at http://defect.opensolaris.org — we can only fix the problems we know about.

]]> By: Tom http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2008/12/10/opensolaris-200811/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Tom Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:56:12 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/?p=367#comment-534 Make a version that works with 0.5 GB RAM and I am in. ATM it just sucks for me. Linux with Gnome works just great with 512MB. Make a version that works with 0.5 GB RAM and I am in. ATM it just sucks for me. Linux with Gnome works just great with 512MB.

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