Solaris 10 (more)

Okay, FIRST thing you do with Solaris 10: cry. You have left the lush lands of Linux(tm), and entered the hard, cruel Solaris(tm) world. That said, it can be quite nice, but brutally difficult to figure out. This is not like the difference between Spanish and French, this like like the difference between English and Russian. TOTALLY DIFFERENT. Okay, now that that bitter pill's been swallowed, more hints:

a. export PATH=/usr/ucb/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
b. change root's shell to bash (vi /etc/passwd, there is no chsh in Solaris 10)
c. load packages from either Blastwave.org (which I prefer) or sunfreeware.com (which works)
d. READ THE INSTALL files and scripts from those sites, particularly for GNU software - you usually have to execute some commands (like openssh) or run a script (like gcc)
e. Google is your new BEST FRIEND. Trying to compile Apache? I hear ya. Okay, go to Google and search on a few of those errors you got. Boy, was THAT fun....
f. unless the Solaris(tm) box you're working on is running the world, realize that it's not the end of the world if you can't get the Stupid Thing to compile. You'll figure it out in the end.

The *ONLY* thing keeping me working on Solaris 10 is the zones functionality. Xen can't beat it, and for system security purposes it's great (sounding). But boy is it a different world here...