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RE: [PLUG] Linux for SPARC?
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Just to give another opinion on this, I had until a few months ago, only
installed redhat and suse on intel chips and suse and yellowdog on ppc. I
had never tried debian and had no plans on it.
I was able to figure out (with some help from this list) enough to get
debian running on a couple of sparc machines. It worked so well, that it
was put on the alpha machine as well. I think debian is given a reputation
for being impossible to do, but, it is not nearly as hard as many people
would want you to think (unless you are paying me to set it up for you, then
it is hard).
It does require a bit more expertise than most other distros, but, you will
be happier in the long run. The only time these machines have gone down is
for kernel updates and power outages.
-brad
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Michael Bevilacqua
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 3:33 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linux for SPARC?
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 03:09:37PM -0400, Jeffrey J. Nonken wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:56:28 -0400, Michael Bevilacqua wrote:
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> >>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."
> >
> >Agreed. But then who said it was simple?
>
> .. That's a very odd thing to say in this context. Never mind, I'll
> figure this out myself.
I apologize, I have a bad habit of misreading/misinterpreting
thoughts. :-(
What I meant to say was Debian isn't simple to install, and they do seem
to slack off compared to other distro's installers. I feel this is
justified to the strength of apt and dpkg (Debian's Package Management
System) which outperforms all other package management systems I've
dealt with to date.
If you can get beyond the install difficulties in Debian, you may find
that you won't ever have to install it on that box again, respectively.
> I'm sure it'll take me a while, but that's OK. 20 years from now I'll
> be a better sysadmin.
It took me a while. I'm on the average much slower compared to the
majority of the people on this list. If I can do it, you can do it.
--
Regards,
Michael Bevilacqua
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