[ale] Linux and Sun

[sdaemon at shaftnet.org (Matt Balaun)]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Jeb Barger wrote:
> I am looking to move my webserver from IIS to Linux, and was thinking
> about sun sparcstation <sp?>, and I was wondering if it would run Linux?
> I thought this would be a cheap and efficient solution.  Does anybody
> have any other suggestions and will a sparcstation run linux?

You *can* run linux on a sparc, but you'll get better performance running 
Solaris/SunOS on it.  Last time I checked, Linux just wasn't delivering 
the same level of performance as Solaris when run on Sparc hardware.  This 
was, however, on a Sparcstation 10.  Your mileage may vary on more recent 
hardware.

-Matt Balaun


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