[UFO Chicago] Solaris 10 vs. Linux: Get the Real TCO Facts (fwd)

[Daniel Kelly]

Nevermind guys I realized the make utility I'm using is not GNU make!
Installed it and the ball is now rolling on SyncTerm.

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Daniel Kelly <daniel.jp.kelly at gmail.com>wrote:

> Alright guys, so I have a fresh install of OpenSolaris 2008.05 (.11 has
> some bugs with my laptop which are documented and not worth dealing with).
> So, overall I like it but can one of you direct me to some information on
> how to compile linux or bsd programs for this OS?  I'd like to compile
> SyncTerm (http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/) for it.  I'm not sure I even have
> to since I see a Solaris binary there, but it looks like its a Sparc binary
> so I can't use it.  There are also Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
> binaries and of course source code.  The source code doesn't have ready made
> configure scripts and makefiles, and I don't know how to set up the build
> environment.  Anyone know any good guides or faqs out there?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan Kelly
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Daniel Kelly <daniel.jp.kelly at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> "Something vaguely memorish"
>>
>> I've been getting a feeling from this thread that I got when I logged onto
>> a BBS via telnet about a year ago.  Nostalgia.  Even toying around with
>> MacPorts on OSX brings me that feeling, and I was never a Unix user, I
>> started out on DOS/Win 3.11.
>>
>> I can relate to the RPM nighmare, I gave up on Mandrake relatively quick
>> as a noob.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Brian Sobolak <brian at planetshwoop.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, March 27, 2009 1:06 pm, Christopher D. Heer wrote:
>>>
>>> > Having said that, I've got a few older boxes lying around and I'm
>>> tempted
>>> > to try BSD and others, but I'm curious as to what it is the proponents
>>> of
>>> > BSD, Solaris, etc. really like over Debian-based Linux, or even Linux
>>> in
>>> > general.
>>> >
>>> > What's the hardware/driver situation like?  I'm thinking of things like
>>> > printers, scanners, and even video...is this relatively painless these
>>> > days?
>>>
>>> <!--  warning -- something vaguely memoirish follows -->
>>>
>>> I first tried FreeBSD in 1997 when I copied 17 floppies from the UIC
>>> computer lab and then subsequently stayed up all night loading them onto
>>> my *blazing* Packard Bell, only to have the thing fail on me at about
>>> 5:45am.
>>>
>>> In 1999 I installed various flavors of Linux.  I worked at a tiny company
>>> and pirated an old PC to play with.  I installed Red Hat, Mandrake, Suse,
>>> BeOS (not linux but fun) etc etc.  They were fun to play around with what
>>> came out of the box, but installing software *for me* was a nightmare.
>>> RPMs didn't work too well.
>>>
>>> I switched to FreeBSD and have been running it off and on ever since.
>>>  The
>>> reason I switched (and stayed) are:
>>>
>>>  - _Social Engineering_  As I said at the meeting last night, I like that
>>> I can keep all of the URLs for support and technical materials in my
>>> head and the development process is orderly.  (In particular, I liked
>>> freebsd.org/handbook, freebsd.org/ports, and questions at freebsd.org)
>>>
>>>  - _GNU_ I was frequently exhausted by some Linux fora that would go at
>>> great lengths to tell me how awesome GNU/Linux was, only to have my
>>> compile fail.
>>>
>>> FreeBSD is fantastic for server needs.  I've run mail servers, web
>>> servers, etc. off a DSL connection and appreciated running a real Unix
>>> server.
>>>
>>> It's typically a bit behind Linux on support cutting edge hardware, but
>>> hardware support, especially for an older computer, is good.
>>>
>>> brian
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>>
>>
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