Shape4985@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-25 days agoWhat is your favourite open source software that you discovered in the past year, that you can no longer live without?message-squaremessage-square331fedilinkarrow-up1524arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1517arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite open source software that you discovered in the past year, that you can no longer live without?Shape4985@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-25 days agomessage-square331fedilinkfile-text
Mine is Local Send which is a FOSS alternative similar to air drop that works across a variety of devices.
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIf they’d released the x86 version of Solaris when it became clear that SPARC couldn’t keep up with Intel and AMD that could have been a possibility. Solaris was such an amazing OS.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoDoes oracle own the Solaris code now?
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoThat’s my understanding. It’s a long time ago but I believe they bought out Sun when they were facing bankruptcy.
If they’d released the x86 version of Solaris when it became clear that SPARC couldn’t keep up with Intel and AMD that could have been a possibility.
Solaris was such an amazing OS.
Does oracle own the Solaris code now?
That’s my understanding. It’s a long time ago but I believe they bought out Sun when they were facing bankruptcy.