[geeks] Linc is cool

[Ken Hansen]

Well, Linux on UltraSPARC machines is only useful for, IMHO, getting lots of "fun" apps on a serious box is record time. Solaris on a UltraSPARC hardware (of suitable robustness - reasonable memory/HD space) is a fine performer.

Linux on SPARC in general is a novelty - I wonder how many SPARC installations of Linux opted for the "Everything" option when choosing the packages to install? A system based on an "everything" install is not, in my mind, destined for a serious production application.

Linux on an SS/5-110? Sure.

Linux on a Ultra 2/2300? I don't think so.

Linux on a Starfire server/mainframe? *WHY*?

Just my $.02 worth,

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua D. Boyd [mailto:jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 4:49 PM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [geeks] Linc is cool


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And if you still need to ask why, then you might also want to ask why
people put linux on Ultra machines.