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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mine is Local Send which is a FOSS alternative similar to air drop that works across a variety of devices.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ZFS. It's come so far, and it has so far to go. but it's a good concept for sure.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel like if Sun had come out on top (instead of fucking Oracle), the tech space might be a better place

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does oracle own the Solaris code now?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That's my understanding. It's a long time ago but I believe they bought out Sun when they were facing bankruptcy.