[TriLUG] Best place for SPARC ISOs

[Bill Vinson]

Just a point about Linux on SPARC.  Linux has a memory management bug on 
at least the older SPARC 4c and 4m  hardware(from my knowledge this 
still exists).  Not sure what systems it fully extends to.  This bug 
cause a slow down where apps don't run as well as they should.  The 
*BSDs do not seem to exhibit this behavior.  It might be worth comparing 
to see what works best for you.  I use OpenBSD personally.  The NetBSD 
installer is similar to OpenBSD's but it has some real rough edges that 
make Debian look like the most user-friendly distro installer in 
comparison :)

Not trying to bash Linux, but the bug doesn't seem to rate highly enough 
to be fixed (probably no time to track it down)

Bill

On Monday, April 22, 2002, at 02:40 PM, Vestal, Roy L. wrote:

> From: M. Mueller [mailto:mmueller at signalnetware.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:29 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] Best place for SPARC ISOs
>
>
> Any hints?  I want to try RH6.2 and Debian.  Is there anything local and
> fast?
>
> Also, can someone post the trilug archive searching method again, 
> ple-a-s-e?
>
> I wanted to search the archive before I asked, but...I misplaced the
> previous
> email.
>
> TIA,
>
> --
> Michael Mueller
> Signalnetware, Inc.
> www.signalnetware.com
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