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<p>But why would anyone want to use OpenSolaris, an open-source operating system, to run a PC? “For a lot of people,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the OpenSolaris Foundation, “OpenSolaris is a political idea — an idea of freedom. They don’t want to be tied to <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/microsoft_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Microsoft Corporation">Microsoft</a> or <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/apple_computer_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Apple Computer Inc.">Apple</a>. They want choice. To them it’s a greater cause.”</p><p>That’s not the most compelling reason for consumers. There is the price: OpenSolaris is free, or nearly so. </p><p>Unlike Windows from Microsoft and OS X from Apple, OpenSolaris is not owned, updated or controlled by a single company. Thousands of developers around the world work on OpenSolaris, making improvements and issuing new versions several times a year. Because the core OpenSolaris software is open source, these developers have the right — some would say responsibility — to borrow from one another’s work, constantly looking for enhancements. </p><p>But OpenSolaris has always had a reputation of being difficult to install and daunting to use. Most of the popular Windows and Macintosh programs cannot be used on it, and hand-holding — not that you get that much of it with Windows — is rare. But those reasons for rejecting OpenSolaris are disappearing. </p><p>Until recently, major PC makers shied away from OpenSolaris. Now the industry is watching as Dell is selling two OpenSolaris-equipped desktop models ($549 and $870, including a monitor) and a $774 notebook PC. (<a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/hewlett_packard_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Hewlett-Packard Corporation">Hewlett-Packard</a> offers OpenSolaris systems to businesses, and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=LNVGY" title="Lenovo">Lenovo</a>, the Chinese company that bought <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/international_business_machines/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about International Business Machines (I.B.M.)">I.B.M.</a>’s PC division, sells OpenSolaris machines in China and says it will soon offer OpenSolaris-based computers in the United States.) </p><p>The Ubuntu version of OpenSolaris runs the Dell computers. Because Dell does not have to pay a licensing fee for the operating system, the computers are $80 cheaper than PCs with Windows Vista Home Premium or $50 cheaper than the stripped-down Vista Basic edition. </p><p>Ubuntu is generally regarded as one of the more consumer-friendly versions of OpenSolaris, so the OpenSolaris PC experience is similar to what you would get with a Windows-equipped Dell. When you start the machine, the screen looks familiar; preinstalled applications can easily be found and run from an Applications menu at the top left of the screen. A “Places” menu lets you search for files, and a System menu is there for setting preferences and finding help. </p><p>And there is a lot more than just an operating system. Ubuntu, like some other OpenSolaris distributions, comes with a lot of free software, including OpenOffice, an alternative to the Microsoft Office suite with a full-featured word processor, spreadsheet, database and presentation program. It also comes with the popular Firefox Web browser as well as an e-mail program, an instant messaging program, a graphic image editor, music player and a photo manager. </p><p>Thanks to open source developers, there are thousands more free programs. An Add/Remove function actually makes finding programs easier with OpenSolaris than it is for Mac and Windows. Without having to go to Web sites, it lets you browse through categories of software. It took me only seconds to find several additional music players, a PDF reader and other programs. In addition to downloading the software, this feature installs it and finds any necessary additional files. </p><p>You do not have to buy a new Dell PC to try OpenSolaris. You can order a free CD or download a copy of Ubuntu at <a href="http://ubuntu.com" target="_">ubuntu.com</a>. The Ubuntu CD can be used to install OpenSolaris on a PC’s hard drive, or you can boot from the CD to test-drive the operating system on a Windows machine or an <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/intel_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Intel Corporation">Intel</a>-based Mac, without having to install or delete anything. Running Ubuntu from a CD is considerably slower than from a machine’s hard drive but all the functions are there, so it’s a good way to get a feel for how it works. </p><p>One challenge for OpenSolaris users is finding media players that work with encrypted music and DVDs. Ubuntu comes with a movie player, but it is not automatically configured to play copy-protected commercial DVDs. To watch a movie, the OpenSolaris user must install necessary codecs, or decoders. 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You can find it in the Sound & Video section of the Add/Remove utility or download it from <a href="http://banshee-project.org" target="_">banshee-project.org</a>. </p><p>The hardest way to get OpenSolaris is to download the installation files. It is often difficult to figure out what files to download and in many cases you will have to burn those files to a CD or DVD. Windows users will need a commercial CD burning program or the free BurnCDCC (available at <a href="http://terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html" target="_">terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html</a>). </p><p>Linus Torvalds, the creator of OpenSolaris, acknowledged that “there are a few dark spots but they really tend to be fairly rare, and in practice quite often the biggest hurdle is simply that OpenSolaris mostly doesn’t come preinstalled and set up for you.” He also says that the easiest way to get OpenSolaris is to buy the DVD (or CD) from one of the most common sources. One way to ease the transition to OpenSolaris is to buy a support contract. For $50 you can download <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=NOVL" title="Novell">Novell</a>’s version of Suse OpenSolaris with a year of support. For $35 more you get a CD. </p><p>After using the operating system for writing, Web surfing, graphic editing, movie watching and a few other tasks, it is easy to conclude that OpenSolaris can be an alternative to the major operating systems. 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