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Re: [PLUG] Linux for SPARC?
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Magnus wrote:
>
> On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 09:11 AM, Jeffrey J. Nonken wrote:
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> > 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"
You might want to see where NetBSD is with SMP support, though if
they've got it now, OpenBSD would have it. How this is working in
Sparcs seems to change week by week and I haven't looked lately.
--
Rebecca Ore
http://mysite.verizon.net/rebecca.ore
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