SHORT: Where is a OpenSolaris newbie to go? Is SX*E a dead-end and should I not bother using anything here at the moment?
EXPLANATION: I am a use of Solaris since version 8, or closer really to 9. and I just started looking into OpenSolaris. So I'm a OpenSolaris newbie. I installed SXDE (which I believe I can safely call Nevada). Looks rather finished and complete, other than no functional package updater. I went this route over Indiana as I wanted to install on a sparc. Oddly I used 6 CDs for this "Developer version" install, but got no developer tools....as if discs 2 through 5 were ignored. But anyway...then I read about Indiana, and how its wireless capabilities may be something to look into if I want to go mobile with a laptop. I got a LiveCD of Indiana working on a IBM T41, but am stuck at a login screen on a Dell 4150 )read through docs, and there is no mention of what to use for a default user). But on the IBM, things looked pretty, while of course a far cry from completeness from Nevada. Sure, it's only a preview. Why though? From my newbie point of view....and after reading a ton of the fights about Indiana vs. OpenSolaris, and trademarks, and betrayed community....and on and on....why is Indiana not using Nevada as a foundational starting point, function-wise? Or is it? I'm very, very unclear with what is going on here in OpenSolaris land. My newbie mind can't see why the comeplet(er) version SXDE is being shelved and Indiana is being started? What I really need is a geneologic map to understand the relationship between Nevada (a finished-looking product that will likely soon be discontinued, according to what I've read in this forum) and Indiana (a successor of Nevada that strangely looks like a subset of Nevada...even though I know this is only a developer preview). So I have a choice between a version that is about to be discontinued (SX*E), or waiting until next Spring for hopefully a release of a fully functional product, which may be called OpenSolaris, Sun OpenSolaris, Indiana, OpenSolaris Reference....or....? In other words, what do you guys hope for newbies to do? Rob This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
