Moving to Solaris 10 on a PII machine
Hi,
I am thinking of installing Solaris 10 on a PII 550MHz machine. Is it advisable or should I go for a PIII 750MHz.
My other question is can I have a Windows2000 machine as a client for the Solaris 10 machine.
My goal is to develop desktop applications in Java using Solaris platform. Since I am new to Sun products any feasible approach. [trying to be less dependent on Microsoft :) ]
I am thinking of installing Solaris 10 on a PII 550MHz machine. Is it advisable or should I go for a PIII 750MHz.
My other question is can I have a Windows2000 machine as a client for the Solaris 10 machine.
My goal is to develop desktop applications in Java using Solaris platform. Since I am new to Sun products any feasible approach. [trying to be less dependent on Microsoft :) ]
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If you're planning to have your IDE on W2K, then yeah, I'd prolly put both Apache and MySQL on Solaris 10. You could really economize and ditch the GUI from Solaris 10, and basically strip it down to just Apache and MySQL and probably a compiler (say, gcc) so you could update Apache or MySQL or add new modules to either one. And in that config you could probably get by with the slower machine and throw the faster one to the gaping maw of Windoze for the IDE.
As for 3rd party software on Solaris ... ever hear of Oracle? A quick Google search turned up this listing of 90 products --> http://www.calibex.com/serv/calibex1/buyer/outpdir.jsp?nxtg=e5282_CC8F94B3B697D7F9&search=solaris+software
As for 3rd party software on Solaris ... ever hear of Oracle? A quick Google search turned up this listing of 90 products --> http://www.calibex.com/serv/calibex1/buyer/outpdir.jsp?nxtg=e5282_CC8F94B3B697D7F9&search=solaris+software
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Oracle. :) I am an OCP Internet Application Developer 6/6i. The search listing was good, but I prefer free goodies in the bag for my development. So if you know some free sites listing solaris software do let me know. Thanks.
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Your comments were of great help.
This point seemed interesting "Put Apache on Solaris and the Windoze machine can be an "HTTP client". Simple. Is that all you want?"
What I want to ask is using this method could I develop on Windows with NetBeans IDE connected to MySQL. Now how would my environment look like, i.e.
a) Solaris 10 having Apache server and MySQL db
Windows 2000 having NetBeans IDE
b) Solaris 10 having Apache server
Windows 2000 having NetBeans IDE and MySQL
Also could you guide me on what kind of software development is usually done using Solaris OS. As I havent been able to find business applications from 3rd-parties.
On JSP bit, I am more focused on moving towards mobility development in Java. So probably wont be focusing on that for the moment. Just to get settled in, I have taken the one step at a time approach by starting from desktop development. Any recommendations.