[SunRescue] Re: [Sunhelp] Linux on SPARC

[Dale Ghent]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Paul Khoury wrote:

| Okay, I hope I don't create too many flames with this one - I think 3 Solaris boxes is pretty good
| for now, but I'm thinking of trying UltraLinux - anyone have a suggestion on which distribution
| is good?  A friend suggested Mandrake, but I'm unsure on what to use.  Or should I just
| stay with Solaris on it?  The machine is a SS1+, 660MB drive, 32MB of RAM, but that's going
| to 64MB hopefully this weekend.

All things considered, you'll prolly have more fun with the SS1+ with
Linux on it than with any recent Solaris. As to which distribution you
should use, I have no good idea. I used RH S/Linux in a past life, and
found it adequate/fast enough for a LX.

/dale