Re: Which distribution to use?

[Josh Grebe <josh@brokedown.net>]

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Herbert,

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/sparc/
http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/

ultralinux.org is really out of date.

Josh


herbert@wengatz.de wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> I just got an Ultra-30 and an Ultra-10 for myself at home. I want to install Linux on at least on of the two machines.
> 
> All I did find on the web about Linux on Sparc seems to be about 2-3 years old, which makes me somewhat sad...
> 
> Which is the distribution that supports currently those boxes best?
> 
> I'd like to have (due to very little spare time) an almost hassle-free
> installation. I'm used to SuSE, Knoppix, Slackware and RedHat (experience decreases in that order) and of course lots of Solaris (any).
> 
> I'd like to try Gentoo (is there a port to Sparc?), but have had some troubles in installing Debian on x86, so I shy a little away from that...
> 
> By the way, they both have a Creator 3D card and I'd like to use that, too...
> 
> And, last but not least: Anything special about the compilers?
> 
> Any recommendations?
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Herbert
> 
> "Think. - This part is not optional." - Pavel Honzek in a cluster course :-)
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