Re: Which Linux distribution for a SparcStation20?
Alan Perry <[email protected]>
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Guido Bolognesi [Zen] wrote: > On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Hauke Fath > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> sun4m is still a first class citizen for NetBSD. I am pretty happy with a >> NetBSD 4 installation on the ss20 which is my 24/7/365 home server. >> > I was suggesting the same. I've been running Net for years on my ss20 > dual-75mhz, > rock-stable. And then, 5.0 has just been released! > As I sidenote, I remember that (at least a few years ago) the *BSD > family had a far better > memory management on Sparc32 systems compared to linux. > Dunno if it still holds true, though. > My vote would be for running NetBSD as well. I am running NetBSD and Solaris 7 on my sun4m machines. I am also running RedHat on one, mostly because I couldn't resist the urge to get a box that says RedHat SPARC Linux, but I haven't booted it in years. alan