On 12/29/2009 11:28 PM, Slack-Moehrle wrote:
Timo,
I have an old ultra sparc 5. Are there any CentOS versions that support Sparc?
IIRC there was CentOS 4.6, but I'm not sure. Is it a 'Sun Ultra 5' or a 'SPARCstation 5'?
It is a Sun Ultra 5
He also says that ZFS rules all
Yap, it's nice. If he wants ZFS and maybe wants to become a great hacker, he may want to have a look at FreeBSD for sparc64; it's not a first tier architecture, so there maybe some adventures during installation/use, but it could be worth a try... ;)
Ah, I forgot about FreeBSD.
FreeBSD has got the most mature ZFS implementation of the BSDs; however, NetBSD also got ZFS now (you have to use -current for this), and is the 'more geeky' BSD, if I may say so. I like it most of the BSDs. Also, their sparc64 port is very good. I ran it on the U10 I had.
and is pissed Apple did not adopt it.
Nah, they didn't need it for their iPods. Or do they still build computers (or, 'Mac'-labeled PeeCee hardware)? SCNR.
I think I saw that my local Apple Store did have one computer for sale..maybe more :)
Just kidding.
-Jason
Timo