[Gllug] Sun Sparcstation - is it any use...?

[Steve Nelson]

On 8/11/05, John Edwards <john at cornerstonelinux.co.uk> wrote:

> > How can I go about getting some variety of Linux on the box since I
> > don't know how it is currently configured?
> 
> Debian runs well on them, except that dselect can take minutes to
> startup. Slackware may also run.

Slackware hasn't run on SPARC for a very long time.  There is a
splack!, which is based on Slackware 8.x but its pretty primitive. 
For linux the two main contenders are Debian and Gentoo.  I've not
used Gentoo, but I have 4 SS5s, two of which run Debian beautifully.

However, if you really want to fly, netbsd on SS5s is absolutely superb.

S.
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