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Re: [PLUG] Linux on SPARCstation 1+
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> Has anybody done it? I'll be acquiring the use of one of these machines
> as a personal server.
An SS1+ is a pretty wimpy box. I remember 486Dx2-66's being faster when
running Linux 1.0.
Of course, it's still an interesting (and functional) box.
> Anybody had any experiences with this? Any thought, comments, etc, as
> to which OS is the better choice? I've heard Very Good Things about
> BSD's TCP/IP stack (not to mention OpenBSD's security).
I know some people running OpenBSD on old SPARC boxen. I hear nothing
but rave reviews and Odes to Joy. [pun intended ;-)]
Z.
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