JamesBranam's Blog
Wednesday Nov 12, 2008
Installing Virtual Box and OpenSolaris
Hi all,
Today has been a very interesting day for me so far. I arrived at work about three hours ago, and I've already installed Virtual Box and Open Solaris on the new Mac I got yesterday.
I was easy to do, and I'm satisfied with the results. Here's how I did it:
- I went to http://www.virtualbox.org/, download Virtual Box. It was extremely easy. Be sure to download the manual when you do. It's in PDF format.
- Then I went to http://opensolaris.org and downloaded OpenSolaris. Also, very easy. Then I went about my business of installing JDK 6 and NetBeans.
Cheers!
--James
Posted at 02:29PM Nov 12, 2008 by branajam in NetBeans | Comments[3]
Yesterday I had to learn that recent OpenSolaris build (b101a) already comes packed with latest JDK available via IPS and ready to go:
[kr@n428 15:25:50] ~> java -version
java version "1.6.0_10"
Java(TM) Platform, Standard Edition for Business (build 1.6.0_10-b33)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 11.0-b15, mixed mode)
They're fast. :>
Posted by Kristian on November 12, 2008 at 03:27 PM CET #
I done the same thing. For some reason opensolaris seams sluggish. Ubunutu is snappy and barely feels virtualized. I found the same result on two different computers, both vista. One is a dual core with 2g of mem and the other is a quad with 4g. They all had the extra tools installed.
Posted by James on November 12, 2008 at 06:52 PM CET #
Hi James,
you started it - did the same thing, downloaded VirtualBox and OpenSolaris is downloading right now. Look forward to trying it out!
Cheers.
Posted by brixtonasias on November 13, 2008 at 04:43 PM CET #