Linux for Sparc

[Cydor]

What is a good, and where can I get, a version of Linux that'll run nicely on a sparc 5?

Its an good old pizza box that I've not had running since the old version of solaris went with the last drive I blew up

Now I've found a replacement I want to resurrect the old bird to do... well dunno yet, but I'll find summat

UltraLinux is a good information source for Linux on the Sparc platform. Most popular Linux vendors offer a Sparc distribution. Debian would probably be your best bet IMHO.

http://www.ultralinux.org/

BSD is also another viable option. Many people claim BSD offers better performance on the Sparc platform as compared to Linux, but I have never tried deploying BSD on the Sparc platform.

Robert Richmond

[SpookyEddy]

Not forgetting that you can download Solaris 9 for free if the Binary Code License its distributed under is acceptable to you (media kits also available for a price).

Regards

ed

[e980238]

I currently have gentoo running on my ultra 5 and I couldnt be happier. There is some great documentation at gentoo.org too.