[geeks] Daily Dose of Unix

[Chris Byrne]

My internal mental debate is oscilating back and forth between an Octane
and an Ultra 60. 

I know Solaris the best of any commercial UNIX. I know Ultra 60's pretty
well, and for equivalent power level the U60 is going to be cheaper, and
easier to find. I've had an Ultra60 before and I know I like them (other
than the noise. They are noisy beasts for a workstation).

In theory these are all advantages, but in some ways they are disads.

1. I want to know Irix better, and what better way than to have one at
home
2. I've never owned an octane(I've had a couple of O2's) and I really
want one
3. I've been working with Solaris for a long itme, and I'll be using it
very day at work, so something different may be in order

The only major catch on the Octane is the price, and the price of Irix.
If I'm gonna get an Octance I want dual with MXE, and they're still a
bit on the high side, plus Irix media aint cheap. 

Oh and binary availability is quite a bit lower than with Solaris, but
that's not too big a deal.

Chris Byrne





> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org 
> [mailto:geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Huhn
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:51
> To: The Geeks List
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Daily Dose of Unix
> 
> 
> "Chris Byrne" <chris at chrisbyrne.com> wrote:
> > So any suggestions as to what my first new (or new to me) 
> box should be?
> > Realistic suggestions for a person living in an apartment, 
> and who has
> > to by a car that is. 
> > 
> 
> I'm a fan of Irix boxen, but any decent Ultra-Sparc based Sun 
> box would be
> nice too.  Irix makes a better desktop OS than Solaris, and 
> depending on the
> hardware is liekly to give you some multimedia capabilities 
> (if you care
> about that sort of thing).  Personally, a low-end Octane 
> (r10k-195Mhz) would
> be the first one I bought if I needed a good Unix workstation.
> 
> -- 
> Kurt                     
> kurt at k-huhn.com         
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