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Try reposting this in the 'Q&A' forum. The 'Discussion' forum is for matters of general discussion, not specific problems in search of a solution. The 'Water Cooler' is for non-technical discussions. You can submit a question to 'Q&A' here:

http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/questions/post?tag=mantle_skin;content

There are TR members who specifically seek out problems in need of a solution. Although there is some overlap between the forums, you'll find more of those members in 'Q&A' than in 'Discussions' or 'Water Cooler'.

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Solaris is a Flavor of Unix.Where as Linux is a Unix Like System that was developed as a alternative to Unix. If you have to administer a Solaris System you'll need to Learn Solaris Unix so I would look at Solaris as the first alternative.

However saying that most Unix Commands are the same and most are used in the Linux Environment. For that matter even quite a few Windows Commands will work in Unix or Unix Commands will work in Windows. I've lost count of the number of times I've typed a Unix command into a Windows System and got some sort of response. The same applies the other way too.

Col