[waynejkruse10]

I have no idea whats better?

[charles@pcfix]

This depends on what you mean by better!

Solaris is Unix, If you want a desktop OS go with linux. If you want a powerful server, development distro. Try Solaris.

[waynejkruse10]

Does Linux programs work on Solaris?

[Deathwalker]

Most should, as Solaris 10 now has linux support built into the kernel.

[waynejkruse10]

sounds good, so Solaris is basicly a very reliable linux distro with corporate backing?

[Polymorphic]

if you have ever actually run Solaris, most would say to go linux (as would I). solaris can be a complete PITA to get running properly, and once running, getting native development packages can be quite expensive (think thousands for sun's compiler suite and toolchain). sure, you can use GCC, but you pretty mush have to distribute glibc and any other libraries you use with whatever you develop. There is Linux Binary Compatibility built in, but anything that requires kernel modules will fail.

Solaris, I'm sure, does have SOME uses over linux, the main thing i can site, is that, for unix purists, the "true" UNIX kernel is a draw, but a good BSD or properly configured Linux system is just as good in my experience for almost all tasks.

For a bit nicer (IMO) UNIX, try HP-UX. the drawback is you will need PA-RISC box or (for really old versions - 10.2 or earlier), a 32-bit 680x0 system with MMU.

[Tyler1989]

Sun10 surpassing Linux by far. Use it and love it.