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Re: [PLUG] Linux for SPARC?
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:43:11 -0400, Magnus wrote:
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>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.
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>Generically Linux does this.
Good to know.
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>>- 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.
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>Would you consider Red Hat 7.3 easy? Check out Aurora. It's a port
>of
>Red Hat 7.3 to SPARC & UltraSPARC.
Haven't tried 7.3 specifically. I've not much experience overall,
yet. I'll check it out.
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>>- 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.
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>Yeah, methinks you want Aurora.
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>>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.
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>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.
My only experience with Debian so far has been less than exciting.
I'm not sure I'd count a distro that doesn't properly install my
standard hardware (like a PS/2 mouse) as "simple to set up." It
didn't like my RealTek 8129, either, but all the other distros were
quite happy with it.
Doesn't mean I'm not willing to try again some time. And it may be a
different story for Sun SPARC hardware. But it's definitely near the
bottom of my list.
As for BSD, I've been told that NetBSD now supports SMP on SPARC. But
for this setup I wanted to try to stick with Linux.
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