You could try NetBSD. It works good on the Sparcs. Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: <jethro at yaron.org> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Debian on Sparc > Hi, > > Quoting Nate Sanders <nate at nerp.net>: > > > How does Debian work on a SS20? I have yet to see someone running it > > on a sparc. How well does it run? I would be using this as a workstation > > mainly. Just need X, Sound, and BitchX :-] > > I haven't run debian on a SPARC, but Linux is Linux, right? I ran Red Hat on > SPARCs a bunch. > > It runs fine, and you can get X going pretty easily. Linux will run on-par with > Solaris would on an SS20, but X _will_ be slow unless you've got like a ZX > framebuffer in it. > > -Yaron > > -- > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list