Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.6/Sparc as desktop for BSD newbie?
To: leam <leam@reuel.net>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 02/05/2003 18:01:55
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, leam wrote:
> Well, I'm happily enthused about NetBSD as a server. However, I'm
> wondering about converting my U1 desktop at work to it. As an SA for
> solaris machines, is NetBSD 1.6/Sparc suitable for a desktop work
> environment with X, and all the basics?

Assuming that X works on the machine (I don't know which gfx board you
have, and which gfx boards NetBSD/sparc64 supports), I'd definitely say
that's a nice workstation!


 - Hubert

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