Re: Debian on Ultrasparc 1/170E
Hi All,
It all depends on what we are trying to achieve.
I have installed Debian on Ultra1s and used them as
programming workstations (Qt, Php, Glade) and also as
DHCP and/or DNS servers; they work fine and the
graphic capacities with an ordinary suncg6 card and a
17'' Sun monitor are satisfactory for the price
paid...
This doesn't mean, of course, that we should compare
things that are not comparable; I don't think anybody
should expect to see an Ultra1 behaving like a
PentiumIV...
Cheers,
Joseph
--- Jim MacKenzie <jim@photojim.ca> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin" <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>
> To: "Jim MacKenzie" <jim@photojim.ca>
> Cc: "Debian Sparc" <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Debian on Ultrasparc 1/170E
>
>
> > Fast enought to be usable is always a bit of a
> length of string type
> > question. I would have thought the 'desktop
> experience' would be
> > comparable to a PII 400Mhz machine, if that's not
> fast enough then
> > changing to a lighter weight desktop environment
> might help.
>
> Yes, it is a very relative thing. PII-400-ish is
> fast enough to be usable
> for me - and this machine can take a gigabyte of
> RAM, which won't hurt
> either.
>
> I want to do it more because it's cool than because
> it's practical, but if
> it can be both, bonus!
>
> Jim
>
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