free :)

slack66 · 07-18-2003, 08:38 PM

hi

iwant to learn sun solaris....is there a free download of sun os???if so were can i find the site??? newbaby

bentz · 07-18-2003, 09:12 PM

Solaris isn't free, so the only place to 'download' solaris would probably have to be a warez site.

www.techgirl-net.com is a great place to get started learning how to configure a Solaris server.

2damncommon · 07-18-2003, 10:55 PM

http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html
Free, kinda, sorta. (Good enough?)

nakkaya · 07-19-2003, 06:14 AM

guess they know no one will be able to download it. so its free

trickykid · 07-19-2003, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bentz
Solaris isn't free, so the only place to 'download' solaris would probably have to be a warez site.

And remember that LQ will not tolerate any links or the such to any warez site or ever encourage the use of warez software. Regards.

fishsponge · 07-31-2003, 10:46 AM

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Originally posted by 2damncommon
http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html
Free, kinda, sorta. (Good enough?)

good link 2damncommon.... Solaris is indeed free for a single CPU system (for home use, for example). i'm not sure how much it costs for multiple CPUs or whole networks, but it's certainly available for free download. It's about US$20 for Intel though.

and nakkaya.... what do u mean nobody will be able to download it?!? i downloaded it just the other day, and it worked fine

acid_kewpie · 07-31-2003, 03:22 PM

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Solaris is indeed free for a single CPU system (for home use, for example)

no, it's free for a sparc machine.... you have one do you? ;-) $20 for 5 licenses on x86 hardware.

fishsponge · 07-31-2003, 05:20 PM

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Originally posted by acid_kewpie
no, it's free for a sparc machine.... you have one do you? ;-) $20 for 5 licenses on x86 hardware.

ah... yes, i do have a SPARC machine actually, an Ultra 1 Creator

and i guess i didn't make it too clear that it's free for SPARC only, but i thought the fact that it cost $20 for Intel implied that

forgive my bad use of logic