Jax RCFB Sun Solaris Page

Important Disclaimers

Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc .

Contents

• Solaris Links
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Books
  • Platforms
  • Third-Party Software
  • Third-Party Information
• Solaris Tips

Solaris Links

• Sun Microsystems
  • Open Solaris ... Solaris is going Open Source!
    • Live Upgrade for Idiots helps you live upgrade your OpenSolaris system.
    • OpenSolaris for System z
      
  • Gnome Destkop for Solaris
  • Netscape for Solaris
    
  • Solaris Info
    • Big Admin is Sun's info site about system administration.
    • Solaris Developer Connection Discussion Forums
    • Solaris Security
    • Solaris Source
    • SunSolve Patches & Documentation
  • StarOffice is Sun's freely downloadable desktop suite (word processor, spread sheet, database, slide show).
  • Sun Blueprints provides papers and books about best practices administering Sun computers.
  • Sun Developer Connection
  • Sun Documentation
  • SunFreeware.Com is the Sun-sponsored site for downloading Gnu binaries for Solaris
  • SunHELP
  • SunSource.net is a site devoted to Sun's involvement in Free & Open Source projects.
• Books
  • Solaris Internals
    • Richard McDougall & Jim Mauro ISBN 0-13-022496-0
    • Tools download mentioned in book
    • Performance Dynamics Company is Richard McDougall's performance consulting firm.
      
• Platforms
  • Sparc Microprocessors
    • SPARC International, Inc.
    • Sun Microelectronics
  • Sun Blade , an inexpensive personal SPARC platform for Solaris 8
    • Inexpensive memory for the Blade
    • Unofficial Sun Blade FAQ
  • Various Resellers since the prices on remanufactured and used Suns seems to be dropping fast! Just listing these here, no recommendations.
  • Sun authorized resellers are listed here
  • Sparc Product Directory
  • System Z Open Solaris is Solaris to run on IBM mainframes, e.g., on top of z/VM.
    
  • Tadpole Computer makes Sparc Solaris laptops.
  • A few sites we've noticed for picking up used and remanufactured Suns
    • eBay is where Sun auctions off remanufactured units.
    • Solar Systems
    • TkTech
    • Workstations.Net
• Third-Party Software
  • ANDIRand is a Linux-style /dev/random for Solaris.
  • Community Software for Solaris offers binary packages of Free Software for Solaris.
    
  • Garret D'Amore's Ethernet Drivers for Solaris support certain cards not directly supported by Sun.
  • GNU of course is the ur-source for Free Software source.
  • ObjectREXX for Solaris is the great object-oriented language based on the classic REXX language of mainframe, Amiga and OS/2 fame.
  • SourceForge has much Open Source Software source.
    
  • Webmin is open source software for Web-based administration of Unix machines. Solaris is supported.
• Third-Party Information
  • Bob's Old Sparc Pages is about early 90's SPARC platforms.
  • Groupe d'Utilisateurs du Système d'Exploitation Solaris
  • Inside Solaris is a web-and-print publication.
  • Solaris FAQ
  • Solaris FAQ from the University of Amsterdam is old but gold.
  • SolarisGuide.Com is the "unofficial guide to Solaris".
  • Solaris Resources at Kempston has (among other useful items) info on how to use Solaris for a dialup PPP connection.
  • Stokely Consulting has info about Solaris serial port usage, and about Unix in general.
  • Sun FAQs by David Tong is especially helpful about frame buffer devices.
  • SunHelp info and resources about Sun computers and operating systems
    • Sunhelp Forums for user mutual support and discussion
  • Squirrel Sun Stuff has info an useful tools.
    • Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ covers issues of the NVRAM for older Sun Workstations.
      • Warning: The Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ uses Amazon Honor System which effectively gathers business intelligence about your web surfing without your permission.
  • SunStuff.org Online Sun Information Archive is great for hard-to-find info.
  • Many newsgroups exist, among them:
    • news:comp.sys.sun.admin
    • news:comp.sys.sun.announce
    • news:comp.sys.sun.hardware
    • news:comp.sys.sun.misc
    • news:comp.unix.solaris
  • UNIXguide is a great site for all sorts of Unix issues except for value-subtracted feature of annoying popunder ads.
    • Especially the Sun Infrequently Asked Questions!

Solaris Tips

• Building 64-bit GCC 3.0 updated for gcc 3.4.2
• Building TN5250 Terminal Emulator on Solaris 9
  
• Using ssh-agent in CDE