On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 07:12:44AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > BTW, why would anyone install the Debian on Suns if the machines come > with > Solaris right out the boxes? The only reason I'm asking about Debian on > Sun is that I think it's an interesting alternative since the Classic > where I have an access to doesn't have Solaris on it (the CDs I mean).
I have an ELC sitting behind me but no Solaris, and a few Sun/3s of various vintages. None of them have a copy of SunOS or Solaris, since they were all second hand. There's probably a lot of people in my boat. I imagine I could get one of the cheap licenses from Sun, but I thought I'd take a look at the Debian port (NetBSD in the case of the /3s) first. There's also the fact that Debian is less revolting (or at least more familiar - though they might be the same thing) to use than Solaris. It ships with a compiler for one thing, avoiding one of the more boring parts of bootstrapping a Solaris system. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/
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