Wenn man unter #Solaris ein Systemupgrade durchführt, dann wird automatisch eine neue Bootumgebung erzeugt, die nach dem Neustart aktiv ist. Bis zu diesem Neustart, den man daher lieber nicht noch monatelang hinauszögern sollte, bleiben die alten Dienste und Daten weiterhin aktiv und werden nicht mit den neuen Versionen abgeglichen.
Auch nicht etwaige PostgreSQL-Datenbanken.
Bitte fragen Sie NICHT, warum ich das jetzt eigentlich schreibe.
(Missmutig in Backups kramend gesendet.)
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my essay for @aeon.co on the science of alien languages and science fiction has gone live! This thing is over a year in the making. Give it a read and let us know what you think!
#xenolinguistics #alien #language
#scifi #philosophy #solaris
Is it time to chart a new path...
@sirwumpus yeah, I can only imagine.
95% of the garbage that people still call me despite saying "I don't do Windows!" on my CV still only want to offer me that shite.
Tribblix Milestone 37 released
Tribblix, the illumos distribution that aims to provide a retro feel with modern components, has just released a new update, Milestone 37.
At the system level, the max PID is now 99999, so you may see larger PIDs. Usernames exceeding 8 characters are now accepted without warnings. Files with dates after the Y2038 transition are now permitted on ZFS.
Notable default ve
https://www.osnews.com/story/142775/tribblix-milestone-37-released/
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#Kroatien 2025 - #Solaris allein
Musste eine Pause machen. Mir wurde alles zuviel, zuviel Grundrauschen im Kopf und ich habe auf die Bremse getreten.
Teaser: https://www.andreas-edler.de/blog/2025/07/kroatien-2025-solaris-allein/
Ausführlich: https://www.andreas-edler.de/blog/urlaub/kroatien-2025/
Output from terminal
Still no luck finding the Safenet HSM CDs [1] but we did stumble upon some other gems. #FreeBSD #Solaris #retrocomputing [1] https://social.nlnetlabs.nl/@nlnetlabs/114822757727528094
#Solaris x86 n00b question:
What tools are available for adjusting audio volume levels on Solaris 2.6? My sound card's PC speaker input defaults to "blow the speakers out every time I hit tab" and I need a way to change it. I couldn't find anything in the SunFreeware archive.
Random #RetroComputing #Solaris tip:
If you have a Gotek, you may need to disable it in your BIOS to get Solaris to boot from your hard drive (or equivalent). If the Solaris bootloader sees what looks like a floppy drive with a disk inserted, it will assume you are trying to boot from it.
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Lovers of old #sun hardware go with #solaris 11.4.81 CBE and give a fuck on #openindiana which is for years not capable of booting on something that should be in their DNA. You better install Solaris, Windows and Linux than Openindiana. What a waste of time and it gets worse with every single rolling release. Fuck!
I recall a few versions of Solaris, a unix-like OS, that was called Slowaris, which should tell you something.
Today, Windows11 takes that doubtful crown.
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In #Solaris development (I arrived at Sun during 2.6) there was a phase, "performance is a lifestyle." It meant you had to think about it all the time, and integrate it into your work. Your classification of "security community" has a similar phrase, one that would also get quoted inside Sun, "security is a lifestyle." You have to think about it all the time, and integrate it into your work, or at least document why you can't at this time, i.e. state the trade-offs.
Using Sun Ray thin clients in 2025 •