[SPARCbook] Linux users???

[Michael M Delaney]

Dosent Tadpole have fairly decent docs on their web site?  I don't know
how to code drivers (yet), but it seems like about everything we would
need is their.  If I'm wrong, let me know, it'l save me a lot of time
tring to get it working  :)
thanks,
Mike

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Matthew Haas wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Thomas Roehr wrote:
> >
> > I am curious how many in the group are using Linux on their SparcBooks.
> >
> 
> I originally gave Debian a shot on my 3GX, but *QUICKLY* switched to
> NetBSD because of a rather complete lack of power management. In the long
> run I wouldn't mind running Linux on my SPARCbook (when it gets necessary
> support) in a dual/triple boot scenario along with NetBSD and SunOS...
> 
> But now, unless I missed some major announcement, Linux lacks power
> management, PCMCIA, video support, modem, probably serial & ISDN support
> for the SPARCbooks (due to proprietary stuff)... in fact, aside from
> getting into text mode, it probably has decent sound support (as the sound
> chip is the same type (I believe) as in the LX, which I readily enjoy
> audio on under Linux).
> 
> I found NetBSD and OpenBSD to be VERY accomodating to the incoming Linux
> user... originally being a Slackware Linux user, I felt very much at home
> with these *BSDs.
> 
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