[Gllug] Linux on Sparc

[adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk]

doug at pigeonhold.com wrote:
> Wiehe, Simon wrote:
> > Anyone got any experience of running Linux on Sparc hardware that can recommend
> > a good distro? I like the install features of Ubuntu because I don't tend to
> > get too much under the covers and like the way it normally just works.
> 
> I've run Debian on sparc in anger on a few U5s, and it worked very well.
>  Not tried any other distros on it though.
> 

When I was still using it I ran Aurora on my Sparcstation20. I used it because a) it worked on difficult hardware (though actually it would only run for a few days before crashing - but the port I was using was pretty crufty if maintained after a fashion) and b) it was Red Hat like so I knew what I was getting.

I have every reason to believe their support for 64 bit machines is quite good.

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