[huskerlug] Re: Linux on SPARC

GENTOO!!!!
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-install.xml

-Cesar Delgado
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> From: huskerlug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:huskerlug-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ben Chavet
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 11:45 PM
> To: hlug
> Subject: [huskerlug] Linux on SPARC
> 
> We have a bunch of old Sun machines where I work and I'm interested in
> putting
> linux on them.  For some of the machines it will mean bringing them
back
> from
> the dead, for others it will be a migration from Solaris.  Most of
these
> machines are workstations in our computer lab which nobody really
uses,
> which is
> why I'm interested in introducing something new.  It might sparc some
new
> interest in these machines (pun half-way intended :)
> 
> Looking around, it seems that most of the major distros have dropped
SPARC
> support quite a while ago.  Does anybody have any suggestions as to
which
> distro
> would work best.  I'd like to have a package-based distro of some sort
> just to
> make software installation a bit easier.  Although I realize that most
> projects
> don't package for SPARC anyway, so I'd be willing to play around with
a
> source-based distro.
> 
> Any tips or suggestions would be much appreciated.
> 
> --Ben Chavet
> 
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