Re: which distro for sun netra x1???

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Author: Joseph Sinclair
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: which distro for sun netra x1???
Ubuntu has a SPARC port (server version, not desktop).

You might also look at OpenSolaris, although that is still under the foolish CDDL, so you might not be particularly comfortable on that basis.

Randy Melder wrote:
> Group,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can make a recommendation for a distro for me
> to install?
>
> Basically, this super cheap sun box is sitting in my test rack totally
> dark. It's got:
> 500 MHz UltraSPARC IIe
> 512MB RAM
> 2x80GB IDE drives
> LOM (no video, no keyboard)
>
> Here's some really old installation instructions.
> http://040.digital-bless.com/texts/installing_debian_linux_on_sun_netra_x1.html
>
> I would prefer to install CentOS on it, but there's no port. So...
> other than Debian, what do people suggest???
>
> thanks!
>
> ; ) .randy
>

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