[Sunhelp] Linux on Tadpole.

[Gregory Leblanc]

I wouldn't think that there would be too much problem just putting a stock
RH6 on there, install from CD is easiest.  I can't imagine that it wouldn't
at least run in text mode, but I'm not sure about X video.  I'm more
familiar with Linux, but solaris has some nice features.  It certainly never
crashes (not yet anyway), and the applications are more mature.  All of the
software I use on Linux is beta, because there isn't any non beta software
yet.  :)  Well, not entirely true, there are a bunch of server apps, but I'm
assuming that you mean for desktop/workstation use.  There's no office suite
that I will even use, but GXedit is pretty good, and Gnumeric is decent.
They're both beta, as far as I'm concerned though.  If you want stable, I'd
say solaris all the way.  Fast, well, that's very subjective.  maybe
somebody else will comment..  :)
	Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DsaHQ at aol.com [mailto:DsaHQ at aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 2:14 AM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [Sunhelp] Linux on Tadpole.
> 
> 
> Hey, slap me around for this if you want, but how does one go 
> about putting 
> Redhat on a Tadpole 3GS?  See I would've tried it a long time 
> ago, because I 
> like Linux a lot more for personal use, but I don't have the 
> guts to try it 
> because I don't have the Solaris 2.5.1 media plus the Tadpole 
> patches.  I 
> sent a message to Tadpole asking if it was even possible, and 
> they said no.  
> I've read auctions on eBay of Sparcbooks that offered Linux 
> as a choice, so I 
> know that it can be done.  HOW??  Also, does anyone know 
> where I can find 
> 2.5.1 and the Tadpole patches?  Or maybe even make me a copy, 
> since 2.7 is 
> free for non commercial applications, and this is for 
> personal use only!  By 
> the way, HONESTLY, which is a more stable, and faster OS, 
> Solaris or Linux?
> 
> Thanks for reading this long post and my ignorance..
> 
> Jeff
> 
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