Wednesday Aug 30, 2006
Wednesday Aug 30, 2006
Sun Grid is based on Solaris 10. Somehow, somewhere you will need to have access to a x86 Solaris 10 based machine to prepare your jobs (Except if the jobs are all Java programs and you feel very confident with your scripts!).
I do all my development on an Ultra 20 Solaris 10 based machine. While lots of people have heard how great Solaris was on the server, I am not too sure people realize that Solaris is also a GREAT development platform on the desktop. I use an Ultra 20 using an AMD Opteron processor with two cores running at 2.4 GHz and 2 Gigabytes of memory running Solaris 10. Did I mention these boxes were really inexpensive?
Solaris 10 comes with JDS (Java Desktop System), a customized version of GNOME.
Here are some of the Software tools I use. Most of them are available at Blastwave:
Give it a try! Did I mention no viruses?
I do all my development on an Ultra 20 Solaris 10 based machine. While lots of people have heard how great Solaris was on the server, I am not too sure people realize that Solaris is also a GREAT development platform on the desktop. I use an Ultra 20 using an AMD Opteron processor with two cores running at 2.4 GHz and 2 Gigabytes of memory running Solaris 10. Did I mention these boxes were really inexpensive?
Solaris 10 comes with JDS (Java Desktop System), a customized version of GNOME.
Here are some of the Software tools I use. Most of them are available at Blastwave:
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- GAIM - including the encryption plugin
- Acrobat Reader
- Macromedia Flash Player
- Open Office
- Real Player
- GIMP (Image Editor)
- The incredible Netbeans
- VNC Client and Server
- Subversion
Give it a try! Did I mention no viruses?
Posted by infonaut on August 30, 2006 at 10:15 AM PDT #