Solaris versus Centos


 
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Operating Systems Solaris Solaris versus Centos
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Old 06-27-2010
Solaris and Centos learning process

hi guys

In a few days I will be working in a new Job my new chief told I will be using Solaris and since I know Centos-Red Hat-Fedora

I would like to know if Solaris is that different from Centos and my other linux Flavors...

by the way any good solaris manual


thanks a lot

Last edited by karlochacon; 06-27-2010 at 03:08 PM..
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Old 06-27-2010
On basic administration level it is quite similar. But more advanced thigs can be very different. For comparison of tools available in those systems check: Rosetta Stone for Unix
Solaris manuals can be found at Sun Microsystems Documentation
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