Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 What's New summarizes all features in the Solaris 10 operating system (OS) that are new or have been enhanced in the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS.
Note - This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures. The supported systems appear in the Solaris OS: Hardware Compatibility Lists. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.
In this document these x86 related terms mean the following:
“x86” refers to the larger family of 64-bit and 32-bit x86 compatible products.
“x64” relates specifically to 64-bit x86 compatible CPUs.
“32-bit x86” points out specific 32-bit information about x86 based systems.
For supported systems, see the Solaris OS: Hardware Compatibility Lists.
This book provides introductory descriptions of the new Oracle Solaris features for users, developers, and system administrators who install and use the Oracle Solaris OS.
Certain optional features and products that are described in this document might require individual licensing for use. Refer to the Software License Agreement.
For further information about the features that are summarized in this book, refer to the Oracle Solaris 10 documentation at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris.10.
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The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
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The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
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