A message from the BSD gods?

[lgrant]

I’ve been interested for a while in trying OpenIndiana, since it comes from the other side of the Unix tree, and it would be interesting to see how it differs from the BSDs.

I am running into all sorts of problems trying to install it, and I am beginning to wonder if this is the BSD gods sending me a message.

 

[Beastie7]

What exactly are you trying to figure out? Aside from a few fundamental differences (or features); BSD and System V are essentially cousins. BSD being an extension to original Research Unix.

 

[bakul]

You may get more help elsewhere. Try https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenIndiana/

 

[lgrant]

Actually, I wasn't looking for help; I was venting (and expressing my affection for FreeBSD). But thank you, nonetheless. And all is good now.

 

[lgrant]

What exactly are you trying to figure out? Aside from a few fundamental differences (or features); BSD and System V are essentially cousins. BSD being an extension to original Research Unix.

The startup system looks more like Linux (IIRC, I haven't used Linux in a while). In any case, I have always heard good things about Solaris, so I wanted to see what it looks like. But I have been using FreeBSD for a while, so I'm not planning to change.

 

[Alain De Vos]

openindiana is dead.

 

[cracauer@]

The Solaris derivatives today seem to lack sufficient personpower for the large and complex codebase they have. Just my observation. I would have concerns about keeping up with security for starters.

Also, SunOS 4 forever!

 

[Cath O'Deray]

openindiana is dead.

June:

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