Solaris 8 10/01 What's New Supplement

Chapter 1 What's New at a Glance

The Solaris 8 10/01 What's New Supplement highlights new features that have been added to the Solaris 8 operating environment for the Update releases.

This book is the only new supplement available for the Solaris 8 10/01 release. Previous update supplements documented how to use new features. This book provides feature summaries only.

The Solaris 8 10/01 What's New Supplement covers the following topics:


Note -

Some features in this Update release may not have documentation other than man pages. For additional reference, follow the links for documentation on the Solaris 9 operating environment Early Access page at:


http://www.sun.com/solaris/programs/solaris9ea


When accessing Solaris 9 documentation during the beta period, you may be asked to accept a restricted usage license.


New Features in the Solaris 8 10/01 Release

The Solaris 8 10/01 What's New Supplement briefly describes all features released in all Solaris 8 updates.

The following list identifies features that are new in this Solaris 8 10/01 release.

New Installation Features

New Features for Desktop Users

New Features for System Administrators

New Features for Software Developers

Early Access

Feature Description 

 

EA directory

This release includes an Early Access (EA) directory with EA software. For more information, see the README on the Solaris Software CD 2 of 2.