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If you are creating a host that will be used for building C/C++ binaries then have a look at this posting.

If you are creating a host that will be used for building C/C++ binaries then have a look at this posting.

• top. Yes, prstat is superior but people coming from Linux world are used to top. End of story.
• GNU tar. This is simply a must. Most packages are made with GNU tar and there's a small (but important) incompatibility between Sun's tar and GNU tar. Make it a habbit always to untar packages you've downloaded using GNU tar rather than Sun tar.
• GNU binutils. Some open source packages will need them during their build phase.
• GNU coreutils. Solely because of date.
• GNU findutils. GNU's find support more options than Sun's ditto.
• GNU awk. Subtle differences to Sun's awk/nawk.
• GNU diffutils. Different from their Sun counterparts. In particular patch.
• GNU grep. More advanced than Sun's grep.
• GNU sed. Subtle differences to Sun's sed.
• Vim editor. Because people coming from Linux expect to find it.

• top. Yes, prstat is superior but people coming from Linux world are used to top. End of story.
• GNU tar. This is simply a must. Most packages are made with GNU tar and there's a small (but important) incompatibility between Sun's tar and GNU tar. Make it a habbit always to untar packages you've downloaded using GNU tar rather than Sun tar.
• GNU binutils. Some open source packages will need them during their build phase.
• GNU coreutils. Solely because of date ..and because GNU tail can follow rotated log files.
• GNU findutils. GNU's find support more options than Sun's ditto.
• GNU awk. Subtle differences to Sun's awk/nawk.
• GNU diffutils. Different from their Sun counterparts. In particular patch.
• GNU grep. More advanced than Sun's grep.
• GNU sed. Subtle differences to Sun's sed.
• Vim editor. Because people coming from Linux expect to find it.