Re: [PLUG] Linux for SPARC?

[Magnus <chrish@trilug.org>]

On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 09:11 AM, Jeffrey J. Nonken wrote:

> I want to try Linux on my wife's SPARCStation 20.
>
> What I'd like to see:
> - Supports SMP.

Generically Linux does this.

> - Relatively easy to install. Doesn't have to be Windows easy, but I
> don't want to have to do EVERYTHING by hand. If possible, I'd like it
> to install a GUI desktop without much trouble.

Would you consider Red Hat 7.3 easy?  Check out Aurora.  It's a port of 
Red Hat 7.3 to SPARC & UltraSPARC.

> - Relatively easy to run. My wife is a smart lady, but not a true
> geek. I'll be finding most of the answers, at least the first time.
> I'd prefer to do that on MY system, not hers.

Yeah, methinks you want Aurora.

> That said, I'd say the SMP is probably the most important. This box
> is like a pair of 486s, so I'd rather be able to use both of them.
>
> Anybody have any recommendations? Thanks.

If you like Debian, it is also available on SPARC & UltraSPARC.  If 
your tastes run towards more of a pure BSD UNIX, OpenBSD will run great 
on this machine *but* will only use your first processor.

--

C. Magnus Hedemark
"From the Fury of the Norsemen please Deliver us, Oh Lord"

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