[Techtalk] Old Ultrasparc 5...

Kathryn Andersen kat_lists at katspace.homelinux.org
Fri Oct 5 23:22:37 UTC 2007


On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 09:51:16PM +0100, Benjamin A'Lee wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 03:29:12PM -0400, Walt wrote:
> Given a choice between an old PC and the Sun, I'd choose the Sun. I don't
> know how well X11 would run on one, though, since I never bothered (apart
> from anything else, the graphics card needed putting in a home).

We have a couple of Ultra 5's still running at work.  Certainly X works
fine on Solaris, and CDE isn't *that* bad a window manager (though I'd
rather have Fvwm).

Kathryn Andersen
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