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I heard that there is thing called "Linux" and "FreeBSD" that is also free for non-production personal use. I have a feeling that Solaris is a bit of a late bl

• nix23 5y ago
  • ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
    > I heard that Linux and FreeBSD is also free for production use, but maybe you know more....NOT We try to avoid that kind of crappy reply here on HN.
    • nix23 5y ago
      >We try to avoid that kind of crappy reply here on HN. We try to avoid that kind of crappy comment here too, first look at yourself...maybe?
• chungy 5y ago
  > I have a feeling that Solaris is a bit of a late bloomer. Compared to Linux and FreeBSD? Not a chance, Solaris was running circles around them in the 1990s when Linux was still a toy operating system and FreeBSD was figuring out their infrastructure. These days, FreeBSD has adopted nearly all of the cool technical advantages Solaris has, and Linux seems to be actively hostile to adopting such things (ZFS, DTrace, ACLs...).
  • znpy 5y ago
    > Solaris was running circles around them in the 1990s when Linux was still a toy operating Thirty years have passed. I was born in the 1990s and I’m old enough to have a house on my name and probably kids in the very near future.
    • nix23 5y ago
      Response was to that comment : >>>I have a feeling that Solaris is a bit of a late bloomer. Meaning it was not late but early. >Thirty years have passed. And yet you still use unix based systems....