Debian on Ultrasparc 1/170E
Hi all. I'm new to the list. I have a Sun Ultra 1/170E that I got quite inexpensively a few weeks ago. It has 640 MB of RAM and about 4 gigabytes of disk space. I've installed Debian etch on it without a GUI and it's working quite well. Given the amount of RAM in it, I'm wondering if this would make a viable workstation rather than a CLI-based server. I don't have a monitor, keyboard or mouse for it but have a couple of NEC MultiSyncs that I could adapt to it easily enough, and I understand a Type 5 keyboard and mouse won't cost too much. If it'll be fast enough and usable with Gnome or KDE, I think it would be a fun box to use that way. (My primary desktop is a PIII-450 with 768 MB RAM, and I think Ubuntu runs quite respectably on it [I couldn't get Debian to properly recognize my video card]... and I have Gnome on a PII-400 with 384 MB and find it to be very usable.) (I have a really good laptop, so no need to take a collection for me.) Thanks in advance. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on Ultrasparc 1/170E
On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 13:52 -0600, Jim MacKenzie wrote: Hi all. I'm new to the list. I have a Sun Ultra 1/170E that I got quite inexpensively a few weeks ago. It has 640 MB of RAM and about 4 gigabytes of disk space. I've installed Debian etch on it without a GUI and it's working quite well. Given the amount of RAM in it, I'm wondering if this would make a viable workstation rather than a CLI-based server. I don't have a monitor, keyboard or mouse for it but have a couple of NEC MultiSyncs that I could adapt to it easily enough, and I understand a Type 5 keyboard and mouse won't cost too much. How much hassel it will be depends a bit on what kind of graphics hardware it has (support for some of the less common cards is variable) and whether it requires a 13W3 monitor or not. You can normally find what you'd need on ebay for a relatively small amount of money. As a way of getting a working desktop machine, it's probably a little more costly than buying a second hand PC w/ all bitzen, as a learning experience / fun project it's price-less. If it'll be fast enough and usable with Gnome or KDE, I think it would be a fun box to use that way. (My primary desktop is a PIII-450 with 768 MB RAM, and I think Ubuntu runs quite respectably on it [I couldn't get Debian to properly recognize my video card]... and I have Gnome on a PII-400 with 384 MB and find it to be very usable.) (I have a really good laptop, so no need to take a collection for me.) 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. In short, YMMV HTH Cheers, - Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on Ultrasparc 1/170E
- Original Message - From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jim MacKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Etch install on Raid5
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X.org 7.1 available in unstable
Hi, Yesterday the new X.org 7.1 server and a corresponding set of sparc drivers have been uploaded to unstable. Since this is likely to be the X.org version etch will ship with, please test them and file bugs if you find any problems (please make sure that you running xserver-xorg-core 2:1.1.1-6 or later and the driver version, like xserver-xorg-video-sunffb, 1:1.1.0-1 or later). Thanks. -- Jurij Smakov[EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
