[SLL] linux-list Digest, Vol 50, Issue 5

[David Fetrow]

> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:54:01 -0700
> From: Glenn Stone <technoshaman at liawol.org>
> Subject: Re: [SLL] Best Linux for Sparc Ultra 10?
> To: linux-list at linuxjournal.com
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> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 09:13:55AM -0700, Tim Maher wrote:
>>
>> I've got a Sun Ultra 10 (i.e., a Sparc box with PC-style hardware) on
>> which I'd like to run Linux as a web server.
>>
>> Can anybody tell me:
>>
>> * which Sparc distros of Linux are most robust, most actively
>>  supported, most compatible with PC-style hardware, etc.
>
> Right off the bat?  I'd guess Debian.  (That's a sparc32, right?)  Gentoo
> and Slack also work there....

  For the record: If a SPARC says "Ultra" it's 64 bit (but 32-bit runs
  fine).