Installation guide

TABLE 2–1 Solaris 2.6 Features at a Glance (continued)
Feature Description
Printing The Solaris 2.6 print software offers a better solution than the LP print software in
previous Solaris releases. System administrators can easily set up and manage print clients
using the NIS or NIS+ name services. This means print administration can be centralized
for a network of systems and printers. New features include:
- Redesign of print packages
- Print protocol adapter
- SunSoft
TM
Print Client
- Network printer support
Hardware Support
PCMCIA PC Card PCMCIA delivers a PCMCIA supplement into a Solaris Device Driver Kit to enable OEMs
and third parties to develop PC Card device drivers that will be source-compatible across
all Solaris platforms.
Nomadic Support
filesync
filesync ensures that data is moved automatically between a portable computer and a
server.
New Features in Previous Solaris
Releases
This section describes features introduced in previous Solaris releases.
Solaris 2.5.1 Release
Table 2–2 describes new and enhanced features of the Solaris 2.5.1 release, the
previous release.
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Information Library for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) ♦ August 1997