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  1. 09-28-2005 #1
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    best distro for sun machines

    I have a bunch of ultrasparc sun machines that I would like to put linux on but I haven't been ableto find any up to date versions for sparc. Any tips?
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    http://www.ultralinux.org/dists.html. I hope that is what you are looking for.

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    yeah... found that they all seemed very out of date and/or unsupported and/or dead links
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    I seem to remember Debian having a Sparc version. If you're just looking for an OS in general (not necessarily Linux) you could also try the latest version of Solaris.
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  5. 09-28-2005 #5
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    I have installed solaris on a few of the machines but solaris isn't very user friendly for guests who might want to use a guest computer. I am looking for something a thwould seem a little more familiar.
    Thanks for your answers so far
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    Gentoo?

    Well I know it may not be user friendly, but kde would sure help...
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    Debian for Sparc - http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/. I don't know if that applies to you but if it does, super!

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    i found this:

    http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/...n/Users-Guide/

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    http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html
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