Re: Debian on Ultrasparc 1/170E
Am Mittwoch 20 September 2006 23:29 schrieb Martin: > whether it requires a 13W3 monitor or not I suggest a normal (TFT) monitor with resolution >=1152x900 (for cg6, other framebuffers might support lower resolutions, e.g. the cg14) and a 13W3->VGA adapter. Well unless you have a monitor with BNC input. Those with 13W3 are rather rare but not actually needed. HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jim MacKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Debian Sparc" > 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] > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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" 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]
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]
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]
