Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 13th Jun 2008 21:56 UTC
Sun Solaris, OpenSolaris 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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RE: Comment by dizzey
by rom508 on Sat 14th Jun 2008 02:30 UTC in reply to "Comment by dizzey"
rom508
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2007-04-20

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.

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RE[2]: Comment by dizzey
by colonel crayon on Sun 15th Jun 2008 21:17 in reply to "RE: Comment by dizzey"
colonel crayon Member since:
2008-03-23

NetBSD is awesome. I just wish that it had NVIDIA drivers.

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