[rescue] starter SPARC systems

[Robert Rose]

>In Message: 4 From: "Zach Malone" <Diff at Mac.com> Subject: Re: [rescue] Just
>a thought - what would be a good starter SAPRC  system these days? ....
>
> > I just installed Solaris 7 on an LX with 16mb of RAM at my workplace.  I
> > must violently disagree with you, any install which takes over 2 hours to
> > complete, is a little long IMHO (I gave up after logging in as root, and
> > waiting, and waiting, and waiting...), maybe if you tried installing
>Solaris
> > on an LX which had some RAM, or you didn't try using X, it would be
> > preferable.  Nonetheless, I am not trying that again soon.
>
>Yeah, I'll bet Sol7 on a 16-MB LX would suck planets through pipettes....
The problem isn't X as such, it's the window manager.  2.6 on a 24Mb IPC
was quite usable, BUT I was using OpenLook, not CDE.  With a nice, light
window manager (twm?), I'm sure 2.7 would be OK on a 16Mb LX.

The differences in CDE appear minimal between Solaris releases, so if people
only want to learn CDE, give them an older Solaris release with less bloat.

Yes, I still have the IPC, it's now headless running OpenBSD and doing SSL
duties for me until I get organised and add some cooling to my multia or I
find a dirt cheap AlphaStation 200.

Rob.