Solaris

hi,
I recall reading somewhere that Solaris is a sun modified linux distro. Does Solaris use the same kernel as those found on linux distros?

is solaris freely available for ibm pc's (i3/4/5/686)? if so where?

what are some of the advantages of solaris os as far relative to windows or any linux distro? I wonder why solaris os is found in engineering offices?

definitely NO!

solaris10 is free for download:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

i don't want to talk about any advantages, but your engineering answere is easy:
solaris is running on nearly every 2nd UNIX mashine worldwide (every 3rd unix-based) and it has been the premium development platform for many companies for over 15 years now.

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris...ng_Environment
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

greetings PRESSY

so this sounds great. Are there any online resources that do a good job explaining how to install Solaris 10 with Windows XP to make a dual boot machine?

thanks again,
armen

also, are there open source communities/repositories that support development of software Freely distributable for the Solaris OS?

So how can there be a single solaris 10 version for both x86 and 64 bit arch?

I thought the 64 bit arch used different addressing so I am not quite sure if there is a 32bit pc version for windows users?

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1236.1?

http://www.opensolaris.org/
http://sourceforge.net/
http://www.sunfreeware.com/

it belongs on your cpu type which kernel is loaded. if you are using a 64bit cpu then the 64bit kernel and libararies are installed, if you use a 32bit cpu then........
the most binaries under solaris are still 32bit binaries to provide a better compatibility. in any way solaris provides a native performance on sparc and opteron systems to 32bit applications. (in a short way: a 32bit appl only get the 32 register to use, not like on a itanium or powerpc system which need a co-processor for that purpose) if you really need 64bit everywhere feel free to recompile the opensource programms using the "new" 3.4 gcc which can produce 64bit code... (-m64) ;-)

greetings pressy

thank you pressy for u'r help thus far,
any idea on how much memory(gig) does Solaris full installation take?