> Solaris is a SUN operating Unix type system.
> They have it for Intel based and Sun Spar Stations.
>
> Star Office is a free Office Suite from Sun.
> It runs on Linux, Solaris, Windows.
>
> It is about 80 to 85% compatible with Microsoft's office.
>
[Bob Foxworth] As of several months ago, you could go to a
Sun Microsystems web site and order a distribution for $75 which
came with 2 install CD's, (bootable install from CD), multilanguage
support, an options CD and a StarOffice 5.1 CD as well as an Oracle
8i
CD which I think was limited functionality, as well as a full single
user
license. I think the price has dropped somewhat since then, and they
are on the 3rd release version of Solaris 8 (SunOS 2.8). You can get
it
for Sparc or Intel HW platform. I think it's good for a student of
Unix OS's
to learn several variants, and this one seems closer to the old AT&T
code in the command switches, directory structure etc. Installation
is a
little tricky e.g. selecting monitor type, type of network card -
for example
I had a 3c905 which it found OK, although it was not listed as an
initial choice,
also when you give it an IP, it wants to do a reverse DNS lookup,
and if you
are on a private 10-type network behind NAT box, the install fails
and
you have to configure it with no network, and manually edit the
files
afterwards, and the files have different names in many cases. But it
is
a great way to learn, and you can argue that it is 'real Unix' as
compared to
a 'unix work-alike' (I don't think that is a big deal for people
like us). So I
would suggest it for that reason, to learn a bit about how it runs,
and not
to run hundreds of apps (assuming you are on Intel HW).
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