[geeks] Opinions on the HP C3x00?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:18:13PM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> 
>> [0] Not that running AIX is a Bad Thing, but if you want to run Linux,
>>      you can wave bye-bye to any snazzy framebuffer or wicked-fast I/O
>>      cards.
> 
> IMHO the best thing to run Linux on is a cheap PC. There really is no
> difference in "look and feel". Unless you cannot get the original operating
> system, and it keeps the machine from going to the scrapper, I would not
> bother. The same with *BSD. 

As far as NetBSD goes, I think there's another reason why one would want 
to run it.  If the original operating system on the machine is too old.

For example, I don't think I'd want to do real production work on 
Ultrix/MIPS.  I wouldn't bat an eyelash before doing real work on 
NetBSD/PMAX, though.

Peace...  Sridhar