[SunRescue] Q on "optimal" OS for Sun4c machines, now that Solaris won't run

[HarryReganharry.regan at usa.net]

I've become an OpenBSD convert in the last year.  I've got it running on an
IPC and an IPX.  I've got RedHat Linux running on another IPX and between the
two environments, to me, OpenBSD just "feels better".
I can get the whole OS with X and GCC loaded and functional on a 500 MB disk,
and all the weird apps I wanted to run (I had source!) just plain compiled. 
The 2.6 disto comes with nmap, ssh, apache, perl and lots of other stuff.  


> On any lesser 4c class machine I would opt for OpenBSD first. 
> It just plain works, and works perfectly. Throw in a floppy and 
> install off the inet and away you go! This assumes you can port
> anything you need that is not proprietary. OpenBSD has about 1000 
> ports up, and almost anything you can get source to will compile 
> fine. Netscraper is usable if you have a set of the right Solaris 
> libs handy.

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