On: An Oracle branded VirtualBox Released - Oracle aren't going to kill this project

[j_baker]

Last time I experimented with OpenSolaris, it seemed as though it was very useful for Java development, but not a whole lot else. It might have changed since then though.

[rbanffy → j_baker]

It's a decent Unix OS. It's as comfy as any modern Linux distro.

Much nicer than, say, AIX for a development desktop.

[nailer → rbanffy]

What does it do better than Solaris 10, which seems about the equivalent of AIX or HPUX in terms of installation, package deployment, and toolset maintenance (as little as possible).

[rbanffy → nailer]

A newer Gnome, mostly.

[chollida1 → rbanffy]

> Much nicer than, say, AIX for a development desktop.

Interesting observation. In what way do you think Solaris is better for dev than AIX?

[rbanffy → chollida1]

Gnome.

Last time I used AIX, I used CDE. I assume I could install Gnome (I did it on an SGI, long ago) but I never got to.