The way Lxrun works is relatively straightforward. First, Solaris x86 users install Lxrun on their systems. Depending on which distribution of Linux they want to emulate (Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake ...

With Sun's Project Janus, a mix of Linux and Solaris applications will be able to run on the Solaris 10 operating system.

Looks like Sun's sticking to its promise to make sure Solaris plays well with Linux--the company's working hard to plug Linux interfaces into its server operating system.

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Sun has been trying for years to restore the luster of Solaris, a version of Unix that peaked in popularity in the late 1990s, but that since has faced a strong challenge chiefly from Linux.

SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems will build software into its forthcoming Solaris 10 version of Unix to run Linux applications unchanged. The software, called Project Janus, ...

Sun refuses to reconsider licensing Solaris under GPL 2.0, and Linux Torvalds says Linux will not migrate to GPL 3.0, closing the door on any chance of co-mingling of code between the two ...

With an incremental update to its Solaris 10 OS, Sun is extending the platform’s virtualization capabilities to accommodate Linux and Solaris on the same computer. Sun will add to the Solaris ...

Oracle may end up merging the best of OpenSolaris with Linux once it takes control of Sun Microsystems, but it is unlikely to kill off Sun's widely used Solaris OS, analysts said.

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Executives from Sun Microsystems Inc. outlined their response to the growing popularity of Linux, speaking at the launch on Monday of the most significant update of the ...

Solaris-Zones became available with the release of Solaris 10 (later Open-Solaris). With these early releases, only a “native” Solaris zone could be defined, installed and executed. With the August ...