-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 29/03/2011 15:00, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > > > A friend of mine who is a long time Linux user but with > an interest in OpenIndiana and OpenBSD and NetBSD > asked me to send the following. Message. > > A.S. > > ---------------------- > Apostolos Syropoulos > Xanthi, Greece > > ---- > > >> Gary Gender wrote: > >> For example, init 0 on Linux vs init 5 >> on Solaris and init 5 vs init 6. I'm not sure if all of them can be >> resolved for everyone. I came from the other end... A long time >> Solaris admin going to Linux. Why didn't everyone scream that Linux >> doesn't do the right thing? > >> The problem is always legacy stuff. If you change the behaviors then >> expect that things that people wrote for Solaris to fail. For example, >> napp-it, webmin, etc. > > +1 > ---------------------- > Apostolos Syropoulos > Xanthi, Greece > Why should solaris change the commands to immitate linux ? Who said > the linux behavior is correct and the solaris one is wrong ? > > Neither a install-time choice is needed/correct. What if i use the > "linux way" in my box and then go to fix some problem on my friend's box > that didn't choose the linux way ? > > The proper "fix" is to educate solaris users. I know that the manpage > for reboot has all the information, but a put_OS_here user will suppose > the behavior is the same and won't read the manpage. Also, it is difficult > to read 100 manpages in order to use the system. A wiki page or tutorial > or whatever that contains useful information would be the best solution IMHO > to get things started and from then ofcourse there are the manpages.
What rubbish! Suppose I spend all day administrating solaris boxes and then I have to administer a linux box occassionally. Clearly, following your logic above, the linux boxes need fixing because it is different and I won't read a man page for some reason. Unfortunately for your logic, that is exactly what I do. I spend 95% of my time using solaris, 1% of my time using linux and 4% on other flavours of stuff. They all have slight nuances and I have to learn them. It's not hard. - -- Al Slater -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (SunOS) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2R8i0ACgkQz4fTOFL/EDYeHACglxIa3Mf88s5pAGvuzu3LymFH +FQAnjX1WLpJ5t5TDcsq9lUsRkRyuCwZ =xMDb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
