Subject: Re: multi processor
To: None <rmk@rmkhome.com>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@arkham.ws>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/08/2002 00:09:23
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:16:23PM -0700, Rick Kelly wrote:
> der Mouse said:
> 
> >NetBSD supports a much wider range of machines (at least assuming that
> >what I've heard, that Solaris has dropped support for sun4 and sun4c,
> >is true).
> 
> Yup. Solaris 8 dropped Sun4 and Sun4c. Solaris 9 drops Sun4m.

not true.  sun4m was not in the 9 Beta, but seems to be in the 9 Final.

> >NetBSD is significantly lighter weight (more important on older
> >machines without gobs and gobs of RAM).
> 
> And CDE is a monster.

so use OpenLook like the rest of us who use solaris on the desktop. :)

-brian