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List:       gentoo-sparc
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-sparc] SparcStation 2
From:       Steven Gill <steven () exogenesis ! dyndns ! org>
Date:       2004-08-17 18:37:18
Message-ID: 1092767838.7570.12.camel () localhost
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I don't know what version of Solaris is installed but I'll just use that
:-) see if the whole Sparc thing is worth spending any hard-earned cash
on.


Steven.

On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 17:43, Keith M Wesolowski wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 04:58:07PM +0000, Steven Gill wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Jameel, I think I'll just leave Solaris on and experiment with
> > that :-)
> 
> Unfortunately no decent version of Solaris will run on 4c boxes
> either.  The last release to support them was 8, which had none of the
> cool features present in 10, and its performance on small hardware was
> monumentally bad.
> 
> Linux has a horrid mm implementation on 4c that leads to severe
> performance degradation, but you'll not likely notice this because
> even without it you'll get tired of waiting for your shell to start
> and turn it off.
> 
> If you really can't afford something better, run your favourite BSD on
> it (Open, Net, SunOS).  Otherwise the only use for a 4c box is as a
> monitor stand.
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