[SPARCbook] re: linux on GX

[Stuart Duncan]

Perhaps they don't know that the older versions of Solaris can be
usefull aswell?

I have a SPARCbook2, so Linux is out of the question for the moment... 
Solaris is just as good, though...  My SPARCbook CD came with a version
of GCC that was modified for use on the Tadpole SPARCbook..  With this,
I can compile and run anything I want.

I use Afterstep instead of owlm, it has navigator, acrobat, etc..  It's
fine :)

Cheers,
Stuart Duncan

Len Rose wrote:
 
> Not being sarcastic or anything, genuinely curious.
> 
> If I wanted a portable that could run Linux( OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc) , I'd rush
> out and buy a modern, incredibly fast X86 laptop.
> 
> If I wanted a portable that could run Solaris SPARC applications I'd use (I do)
> a very slow Tadpole.
> 
> Can someone help me understand why people take these very slow Tadpoles and
> install Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc. when they could be using faster X86
> laptops?
>