OpenSolaris 2009.6 Review (R.I.P OpenSolaris)

I know i said i would be doing distro reviews of linux, but this had to be done! Although OpenSolaris is NOT linux, i still think with a large enough developer base and community, this OS would have thrived. Oracle are real idiots! First suing Google over Java patents in Android, now cancelling a very large opensource project.
Links:
OpenSolaris reborn by the developers: http://illumos.org/
Oracle sue Google over Java patents: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100813/bs_nf/74751
Oracle Dumps OpenSolaris: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20100814/ttc-oracle-shelves-opensolaris-6315470.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• linux
• bsd
• opensolaris
• oracle
• google
• java
• opensource
• illumos
• android
• kernel
• tech
• computers

[lindsaymobil22]

@Septagotius You can do that, or you can see if you can get the driver only (without the installer)

[Septagotius]

@lindsaymobil22 Alright, so i'll probably have to extract the driver from windows disassemble the installer, right?

[lindsaymobil22]

@Septagotius It should if you have the proper .inf driver from windows, after all, ndiswrapper is just a wrapper to make the driver function under linux

[Septagotius]

@lindsaymobil22 Doesn't ndiswrapper not support wusb adapters?

[lindsaymobil22]

@Septagotius What about using ndiswrapper and using a windows driver with that?

[Septagotius]

@lindsaymobil22 it worked in Ubuntu 9.04

Then nothing else, not even with the non-free drivers

[lindsaymobil22]

@Septagotius Is it not supported by Linux or BSD?

[Septagotius]

I'd drop my freakin Wintendoes if I could get my wireless adapter working on it, but no OS besides XP supports it

[Deliciousfruit233]

Fuck you, Oracle.

[lindsaymobil22]

@TheFatdemon3 That is because it is using the GNOME Desktop Enviroment, many Linux Distros, BSD variants and many other unix-like OS's can use GNOME. But i can assure you OpenSolaris is totally different, for a start, it's not even Linux!