[NTLUG:Discuss] Distribution

[Val W. Harris]

MadHat wrote:

>I did some searches and found that nothing appeared to be current (that
>I could find), and I would prefer something made this century.  I found
>a great deal on a box that is pretty beefy and want to utilize it to its
>fullest (dual 450  and 2G ram with 2 18G SCSI).  I replace a lot of
>components when I do an install, but didn't want to stat off that low.
>
>I was more looking for personal recommendations from experience.
>
>Thanks
>
>From a security standpoint, I can understand wanting a current distribution.
A LinuxCentral search for SPARC lists "Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (Sparc)".
Is 3.0 the current Debian release?

http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=2  has a SuSE release for
Sparc.  It's
appears to be version 7.3 rather than 8.1 though.

Sorry my personal experience isn't timely.  I loved running Linux on my
Ultra.
That was one of my favorite perks of that job.  Make sure you have
enough cooling
where ever you install it.  That's far too nice a box to lose to
"thermal stress".

I'm jealous!

Val

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Val W. Harris                                      vwharris at airmail.net

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