Comparison: Solaris vs Linux
Dr. Nikolai Bezroukov has published a paper. According to author, "Due to the architecture of Solaris kernel and I/O subsystem there are several open source applications that can run on Solaris better then on Linux. Among them are all multithreading applications and most open source databases. Solaris also significantly improves the security of open source applicators due to built-in protection from stack overflows.
All-in-all Solaris is powerful, stable, conformant to standards OS that can run many open source applications as well as Linux and some (mainly multithreaded applications) better then Linux. Like in cases of Red Hat and Suse the cost of support is extra, but it is more reasonably priced. Security patches are free which makes Solaris similar to Windows...
Interesting stuff, do not forget to read full paper. Found via osnews.
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When did you publish this? Why is there no date on this article? Or is everything you write timeless? It’s very old thinking that Solaris is secure or better performing. Comparing to Linux, I can believe it. But Solaris cannot hold a candle to FreeBSD on the same hardware.
Erick,
>Why is there no date on this article? Or is everything you write timeless?
There was a small bug in template code. It has been fixed now. Thanks for heads up.
I am also not a big fan of Solaris. Personally I use RHEL for servers and OpenBSD for firewall/gw. FreeBSD is wonderful operating system. However I would like to point out following case study:
http://joyeur.com/2006/06/21/sunshine
After all the years of trying out both Linux and Sol, I dont understand why you guys think linux is all powerful and all that. I think it’s the otherway.
Things do run better on solaris. You can test this by either reading some specs or doing your own specs. Second, Linux is way too unorganized to be reliable OS. In every version, Linux comes with too many changes and not even all linux flavors have same commands[forget about having same options]. The utilities change with every minor version like chameleons. Linux is just a overloaded plastic bag waiting to explode in anoyone’s face.
I have been trying to use fedora as desktop for past 4 weeks and i think it’s crappier than windows. Things are extremely slow and extermely buggy. sessions hang like bats during the day. I have restart the gui everyday before leaving. What are you so bragging about linux? From where i stand i fail to see it’s strength. Everything in linux is copied from other OS. No innovation, no originality. I think people favor because they want to brag about themselves being nerds and all that.
What tools does linux have that help you more than Solaris has? Name a few please. I am dying to hear about them and compare. Linux doesn’t even a have structure consistant with SVR4. Everyone agrees that Openoffice doesn’t even come close to MS-office. If it is so much better, i dont see why people still pay to MS.
Face it, no matter what, unless there is a governing body and a strict adherense to standards, linux will never be truly mainstream compition. It’s just a pain in real sysad’s butt