ultra sparc and linux

[Robert Bushman]

JM2C:
I switched one machine from Windows to Debian
a couple weeks ago. It was my first Debian box.
I have since converted 3 Mandrake machines, and
will be transitioning my last 3 machines (two
Mandrakes and a FreeBSD) within two months.

The installation process is *not* user friendly.
After that though, it is a dramatically superior
distribution, IMO. The apt toolkit makes
upgrades and adding software a breeze.

If nothing else, and you've got the patience,
I'd recommend giving it a couple tries before
resorting to one of the easier distros. The
worst thing that can happen is that, like me,
you will become unsatisified with the RPM
based systems.


On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Anthony Hologounis wrote:

> Well, now that that is settled, what is the linux distro of choice for
> the sparc platform?
>
> I have an utlra 5 to play with and would rather run linux then solaris.
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
>
> George Toft wrote:
>
> >Google is your friend:
> >http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/bsa/position
> >
> >US Retail Market
> >January - December 2001
> >1. Redhat: 39,95%
> >2. Mandrake:  33,08%
> >3. Suse:  23,02%
> >4. Corel:  2,33%
> >5. Caldera: 1,12%
> >6. Turbolinux:  0,50%
> >
> >Market share, by definition, means commercial.
> >
> >
> >However, looking more broadly, as someone else has done here:
> >http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1407&lang=en
> >on can see that Debian has a higher implementation rate than I had
> >previously been made aware of.
> >
> >
> >As far as SuSE being the leading distro in Europe, I could not find any
> >European statistics.  I remember reading it some literature they sent me
> >some time ago.  Oh well.
> >
> >
> >George
> >
> >
> >Derek Neighbors wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>Go with what you know.  If you don't know either Debian os SuSE, I
> >>>would suggest SuSE - it has more market share (#1 distro in Europe),
> >>>and is a more mainstream distro.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Granted Im biased being a Debianite, but I would like to see the numbers
> >>that show SuSE has more market share.  It certainly is popular in Europe
> >>(I dont know if #1, #1 in Germany perhaps). More mainstream perhaps if
> >>mainstream == corporate.  I dispute still that is has more marketshare.
> >>
> >>Numbers I looked at a while ago had 1-3 as
> >>
> >>1. Red Hat (by a lot)
> >>2. Debian
> >>3. Mandrake
> >>
> >>(and 2-5 were all really close)
> >>
> >>An interesting side note is its nearly impossible for real numbers,
> >>because on like traditional software a vendor cant tell you 'units
> >>shipped', the stores cant tell you 'units bought' and with mirrors and
> >>cheap CD-R 'units downloaded' is likely in accurate.  An example is I
> >>have 10 machines or so running Debian right now, but I borrowed a potato
> >>disk from a friend sometime ago and burned me a copy.
> >>
> >>-Derek
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