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Differences between Solaris 2.6 and 8.0

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by donalconlon

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Hi ,
My boss wants to put me on a training course for Solaris 8 and the Solaris box we have has version 2.6. Since neither of us know much about Unix can anyone explain the main differences between the two versions and if going on a training course for v8 would be useful for v2.6. Thanks.

Donal

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by ann777

Lots of differences in 2.6 versus 8.0:

Security, operability, etc. all has gotten progressively better with each major release. See:

http://www.sun.com/software/whitepapers.html

What are you using your Solaris box for? If you really "don'tknow much about unix" and the training is geared toward 8.0, then probably your 2.6 box won't be able to do as much as the 8.0 training might imply.

by some guy in seattle

The primary difference between 2.6 and 8 is that 8 has support for 64-bit applications, as opposed to 2.6 which had no 64-bit functionality (2.7 or Solaris 7 was kind of an intermediate OS in that it could run either).

Hope that helps,

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