Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 13th Jun 2008 21:56 UTC
The Register has reviewed OpenSolaris, and concludes: "Sun has made good on its promise to deliver OpenSolaris, the company's Unix-based answer to Linux, with a company-supported, commercial update arriving in mid-May. Although far from a complete product, the latest OpenSolaris is impressive and in the long run could prove a viable alternative to Linux."
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I've never tried Linux on Sparc. I run NetBSD on my Ultra 10 and I really like it. I used to run Solaris, but got rid of it, ZFS is cool, etc., but Solaris was just too much of a pain in the ass.
So if any of you have old Sparc hardware, give NetBSD a try. It has a small memory foot print, it's simple to use and it's pretty fast.