Re: FreeBSD and Solaris.. the differences?

From: Kevin Stevens (Kevin_Stevens_at_pursued-with.net)
Date: 02/02/04

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To: Mark Gladman <mark@fantoma.net>

    On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Mark Gladman wrote:

    > I've got to start doing some Solaris stuff as a part of my classwork in
    > a few weeks time, and was wondering if anyone knew of any good web-pages
    > which show the differences (user-side) between Solaris and FreeBSD?
    >
    > Cheers!
    > Mark

    http://www.sunhelp.org

    Not specific to your request, but a good general resource.

    Off the top of my head:

    -A lot of software goes in /opt by default.

    -Similar tool to sysctl is ndd.

    -Various compilation issues due to the fact that Sun doesn't use gcc by
    default, and doesn't COME with their own compiler (commercial offering).

    -Lot of NIS stuff still lurking.

    -System startup is controlled by script execution, in my IMHO where key
    system variables are stored and documentation of user script additions is
    somewhat confusing.

    -In general, Solaris is set up by default with the assumption that the box
    is a participant in an enterprise Sun environment. This affects the
    services that run by default, etc. It makes it initially confusing, as it
    is not clear what does what and what the dependencies are.

    -Patch system for maintenance.

    KeS
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