Re: your mail

To: Matt Rose <mattrose@folkwolf.net>
Cc: "Canavan, Paul \(O&M\)" <Paul.Canavan@DIGIFONE.COM>, "'debian-sparc@lists.debian.org'" <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: your mail
From: Joshua Uziel <uzi@uzix.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:36:24 -0800
Message-id: <[🔎] 20001103113624.G5334@gimp.org>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.10.10011031208390.24966-100000@sidhe.folkwolf.net>; from mattrose@folkwolf.net on Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:13:21PM -0500
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* Matt Rose <mattrose@folkwolf.net> [001103 09:14]:
> 	A Sparc5 170 works really well with debian.  I've heard
> <completely unsubstantiated> rumors that the linux kernel doesn't work
> well with the sun4c platform, but that's about it.  the SS5 that I have is
> sun4m.  All in all, IMHO Linux on sparc is better than linux on the x86,
> or solaris on sparc, for that matter.

Debian on my SS5/170 would lock up for no known reason after about 2
days if I left it idle... no messages, no nothing.  This was with
potato, a little before its release.  Meanwhile, my SS5/70 and SS5/110
are rock solid for me...

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