[Gllug] Recommended distro

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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Joel Bernstein yowled:
> SPARCv7 vs SPARCv8 CPU architectures. 
> 
> SPARCv7 is *ancient*, but it's a lowest-common-denominator compile
> target, much as i386 code will run on any later CPU, SPARCv7
> instructions will run on later SPARC CPUs.
> 
> SPARCv7 CPUs were superceded by the first SPARCv8 CPUs in about 1992.
> We're talking about old tech here.
[...]

Thanks for that: I didn't know the dates. :)

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