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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.conterra.com!news1.wtn.mci.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dbtech.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-22.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-12.sprintlink.net!interpath!news.interpath.net!bogus From: kpneal@interpath.com (Kevin P. Neal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Q> netBSD or Linux for old Sparcs? Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 21:54:02 GMT Organization: It's a Bedroom--Not A Lab Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4t3hlh$gb@redstone.interpath.net> References: <4t3215$7c3@Germany.EU.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: raleigh-034.interpath.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 In article <4t3215$7c3@Germany.EU.net>, jh@Germany.EU.net (Joerg Heitkoetter) wrote: > > >Hi there, > >the subject line says it all; we want to make use of our old Sun >Sparcs, but don't want to downgrade to Slowlaris 2.5, so the path to >go is either netBSD or Linux for Sparcs. Any opinions which one's >"better"? (for arbitrary values of "better".. ;-) > NetBSD. Where "better" equals "more mature implementation on the hardware". See also: preference_personal (a better answer would be: What do you want to do with the machines? but I don't want to open that can of worms). -- XCOMM Kevin P. Neal, Sophomore, Comp. Sci. \ kpneal@interpath.com XCOMM "Corrected!" -- Old Amiga tips file \ kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu XCOMM Visit the House of Retrocomputing: / Perm. Email: XCOMM http://www4.ncsu.edu/~kpneal/www/ / kevinneal@bix.com