OpenSolaris 2008.05 sucks big time! … WIP …

Posted On May 6, 2008

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*  The installer CD takes ages to load.

(KNOPPIX/ Hardy Heron Desktop loads much much faster!)

* The rounded GNOME buttons look plain ugly.  Hire decent artists.

* no gcc on CD! wtf Sun?

* Retarted package manager. Damn slow!

Does it really download single files one by one? Come on at least publish software in archives. Just copy/use apt at least!

* The shutdown option from GNOME menu doesn’t work always!

* GCC version in repository is 90+MB !!! and is stuck at version 3.4.3

In which age are you living, Sun? At least give us 4.x

* This release is horrible. Better luck next time! *

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  1. brian

    - next to no audio drivers
    - next to no drivers for lan cards

    Pathetic . One crippled release after another .The lack of support for lan cards is particularly pathetic . How is one to even attempt fixing problems with the OS if the garbage can’t even do the basic task of connecting to the internet ? Can it be that hard to include drivers for common hardware that has been out for years now ? If you can’t do any better Sun , stop wasting your time and my bandwidth .

  2. eligere

    Hi Brian,

    >>> next to no drivers for lan cards

    Agreed about the LAN drivers.

    >>> next to no audio drivers

    For audio did you try OSS (http://www.opensound.com/)?
    I think it should solve audio related issues on solaris.

    >>> Pathetic . One crippled release after another .The lack of support
    for lan cards is particularly pathetic . How is one to even attempt
    fixing problems with the OS if the garbage can’t even do the basic
    task of connecting to the internet ? Can it be that hard to include
    drivers for common hardware that has been out for years now ? If you
    can’t do any better Sun , stop wasting your time and my bandwidth.

    + Its slow as hell!

    After using FreeBSD 7.0 on 64MB RAM and being used to running
    Ubuntu Server, CentOS I find opensolaris to be very slow even on
    1GB boxes. It is just me?

    Lets hope they do better next time!

    –
    dsk

  3. Mark

    I can’t even get it installed. Though I’m running Solaris Express Developers edition on the laptop I’m trying to install OpenSolaris on.
    It’s a boat load of fuck, to quote the angry nintendo nerd,
    BTW I can install Belenix on it, but f&cking sound doesn’t work. Belenix live works, but my damn wireless stops.
    I’m sticking with SXDE.

  4. GunSlinger

    No LAN support.. enough said. Package system is down even when you get the LAN driver working. Ok, SUN you are a step to late in gathering this marketshare, while we appreciate (as a majority) your attempt at the open source market…. stick with what works for you. Backing existing distros would further your reputation much more than releasing a broken (not well thought out) distro.

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