Free Solaris Software DVD Kit

Yes, you read it right. Sun is giving away free solaris dvd kit

Click on the below link to order. I ordered mine

*www2.sun.de/dc/forms/reg_us_2211_391.jsp

Regs

S

thanks ...lemme see wat is this...

thanx , ordered....

thanx very much

S

Won't they be charging shipping ?

yeah,thx for the NEWS

thanks.afaik solaris is best @ ppc platforms...

H

lemme see...

If if remember correctly, this news was also announced on Slashdot a month back. I dont know how much time they are going to take, 6 months? 2 years?

Will thank you with reps if it arrives

ny1 got it till now???

J

thanks dude

Lets hope to get it soon. I have ordered anyways

Submitted my request too...

submitting

me too ordered..

submitted mine
lets c if it reaches in time

me too ordered

Hope to get it soon

@rajiv.. hey.. u r also there at the pcq forums right?
ps. tx for those dvd covers

No use. It says 10 business days. Ordered 1 & a 1/2 months back. Still not got it. Neither have two of my other friends who ordered it on same day as me.

even i didnt get it...

akuCRACKER said:
@rajiv.. hey.. u r also there at the pcq forums right?
ps. tx for those dvd covers

Thanks buddy

M

I got the pack yesterday. It has 1 solaris 10 DVD for SPARC, 1 for x86/64 and 1 DVD of developer tools.

Even kalpik told me yesterday that he received his too.

tech_your_future said:
I got the pack yesterday. It has 1 solaris 10 DVD for SPARC, 1 for x86/64 and 1 DVD of developer tools.
Even kalpik told me yesterday that he received his too.

3 discs, I just got one

tech_your_future said:
I got the pack yesterday. It has 1 solaris 10 DVD for SPARC, 1 for x86/64 and 1 DVD of developer tools.
Even kalpik told me yesterday that he received his too.

3 discs, I just got one and it took more than 2 months

T

Damn it is asking for my telephone no which i dont have.

ordered....says that it will reach within 2-4 weeks...lets see

Odered !!!

Got it yesterday

Yup.. I also got it day before yesterday.. So that officially makes me the first person on thinkdigit to get the DVD

lool... i also got it today...
any1 tried it?? some1 temme if its good...
oderwise i ll be installing it in a week..

M

pathiks why did you order it when you had no idea about it?
Solaris is a really great OS but well it's not something meant for desktops. It's more of a server OS so it will be lacking in a few things.

IMHO its the most secure os
also it knowledge is helping as when u perform a job system admin or any other computer related job.

If u are'nt any then stay away

i tried to install in my laptop.. but unsuccessful. display dint come properly.. will try on desktop later.

M

gary4gar said:
IMHO its the most secure os

hmm then what about openbsd. Here's what they claim "Only two remote holes in the default install, in more than 10 years!"
It just went from one to two recently.

i got my dvd today..

i got my dvds yesterday...
in that two dvds were of solaris operating system 10

is that os is fulll version and is available free why>

ordered mine too

M

arunks said:
i got my dvds yesterday...
in that two dvds were of solaris operating system 10

One for sparc from that. So, not too useful

arunks said:
is that os is fulll version

yes

arunks said:
and is available free why>

why are so many OS'es out there free of charge. You need to learn about Open Source to know why.

tech_your_future said:
pathiks why did you order it when you had no idea about it?
Solaris is a really great OS but well it's not something meant for desktops. It's more of a server OS so it will be lacking in a few things.

arey yaar cos i had heard a lot abt it and wanted to try it...
but now wen i got it i m oversaturated wit oses....

so ll install it if some1 recommends it...

I got all both the sets, the developer edition with 1 DVD and the other set has 3 DVDs

just received my packet, includes 3 dvds :=)

@all: If you people wanna find out more about Solaris, please have a look at the demo at *www.sun.com/software/solaris/

It is being touted as "The most advanced OS on the planet" (hmm.. something GX and Arya should see

). Well i went through the demo and im really impressed with all the features mentioned there.. Some of them are "Predictive self healing" and "DTrace", which dynamically traces the execution of all programs. Even their filesystem "ZFS" is impressive.. They say the partition size limit on ZFS is more than the total storage capacity on the entire earth! Now that IS something! I really want to try this out, but currently am just not getting the time.. But i DO recommend all of you who got the DVDs to al least try it out for a few days.. I know it wont replace my current desktop, but i would really like to see some of its innovative technologies in action

M

kalpik and I do recommend you to send me your hard disk to try solaris. Unfortunately I am out of disk space and I have plenty of time.

Hehe.. Sure! Tu mere ghar aa ke le ja!

any1 wit free hard disk space in mumbai??

i have lots of space(320+80gb)
but u have to take it from jaipur not from mumbai

Thanks....

S

YeeHaw!! I got mine discs yesterday.
So sad my monitor can't handle it. I tried after downloading the same. Guess I need to wait till I get a new monitor.
But for the timebeing, I gonna install it on VMWare today.

I m still waiting...

L

The Developer Edition requires 768 MB RAM

I received my solaris DVD in just 10 days

guys just recieved the Solaris package of 3 DVD's in just 20 days....thats preety quick....

Arrgh!!! I did not get it even now.

got this bout a month back

~Phenom~ said:
Arrgh!!! I did not get it even now.

bad luck probably........

~Phenom~ said:
Arrgh!!! I did not get it even now.

Sometimes, it does take 2-3 months to get the disc

A

i have recieved only i dvd and not 3 dvd set

Akhil Jain said:
i have recieved only i dvd and not 3 dvd set

The Developer edition comes first and then it takes around 10 days for the 3 DVD to come, they dont despatch both together

got both 1 n 3 dvd pcks about 20 days back . Thnx fr the info . D 3 DVD pack was really wonderful . Gr8 packing , case n evrything

got it today.... got to try it out

How come the DEVELOPER EDITION consists of 3 DVD pack?I got only one..Can some one who received tell me the contents of 3 DVD pack

thanks for this information.i have ordered developer cd .lets wait and see.

P

I got my dvd pack today

no postage costs included

purujitb said:
I got my dvd pack today

no postage costs included

It was free

GOt my DVD pack yesterday

i also got a contest dvd on which they say code some c++ and win exciting prizes

L

What is the system requirements for installing the OS