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October 4th, 2005
How is Linux Different than Solaris
Differences between Linux and Solaris
Linux is also just a kernel by itself, while Solaris is a whole operating system. You could, for example, compare Solaris to Slackware for something more accurate.
They also have different names for partitions. In Solaris, as well as in BSD, they are called Slices. They also have different default shells with the Bourne shell being the default for Solaris and Bash for Linux.
A few commands are also different, like pkill (process kill) in Solaris is equivalent to killall in Linux. They use, however, the same kill signal with 15 being a soft, default one for both Operating System. Another one is the lp for Solaris (line print command), being lpr on Linux.
A few files have different sets of permissions by default too. They also use different types of file system, with UFS being common for Solaris and EXT2, EXT3, ReiserFS and many others being common for Linux.
They have different requirements for Login and passwords. Solaris and Linux passwords must be at least six characters in length and different from the login ID. The first six characters of the Solaris password must contain at least two alphabetic characters and at least one numeric or special character. Linux passwords can be any combination of alphanumeric or special characters and there is no requirement for what the first six must contain.
Linux also defaults the home directory to /home/user, while Solaris defaults them to /export/home/user.
Hardware support for Solaris/X86 is very, very limited when comparing to X86/Linux as well.
the imax | 9:33 pm | Uncategorized | Comment (1)
October 4th, 2005
Sun, Google Join Hands for Office Software
Google and Sun are to make StarOffice apps available to Google users.
The decision will be part of a larger technology partnership between Sun and Google that will build a network to provide Web-based apps, in competition with Microsoft.
A joint conference between the two giants and their CEOs is taking place later today in California where the news will be officially released.
Company representatives have been tight-lipped, causing rampant speculation - most of it of the usual kill-Microsoft kind. Microsoft has made no bones about its aim to unseat Google as the leading search-engine company. Sun, too, sees Microsoft as one of its chief rivals in the software market, and has been having trouble getting widespread adoption of its software portfolio, including its answer of Microsoft Office - StarOffice.
The company has just released a new version of StarOffice that includes better inter-operation with Microsoft Office.
Sun also believes it has momentum for StarOffice. In particular, a recent decision by the US state of Massachusetts will see its government agencies move to open office file formats - which Microsoft Office currently do not support.
A deal between Google and Sun could give Google the technology it needs to rival Microsoft in providing applications as services, while giving Sun an edge in the applications business.
the imax | 8:51 pm | Google | No Comments