On 12/29/2009 11:13 PM, Slack-Moehrle wrote: > My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a > lot of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. He wants to have his own > domain and server on the web and I have enough Static IP's, so why > not foster this interest. Hi Jason, > 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'? > Or recommendations? I know OpenBSD does, Yes, and it does it perfectly. > but I am more versed in > Solaris and versions like Slackware or CentOS or Ubuntu. Solaris support will end with Solaris 9, maybe you can tweak it to run Solaris 10, but I'm not sure. I had an Ultra 10/440 some years ago, I think I remember that there were issues back then. > 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... ;) > 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. > Kids will be kids! > > > -Jason HTH, Timo