On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:00:47 +0200 (CEST) John WHITE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Afternoon all, > Can I preface this post by saying I am new to sparc and have only dabbled in > installing Debian (although I have been building PC's for >9yrs and using > flavours of linux for 7 yrs). > I installed Solaris 10 on my Ultra5 and then though it fun to install Debian > - which went fine -no problems there. Linux seemed to run faster but of > course the current stable version is fairly 'old'. > What is he current availability of newer or unstable packages - is there > quite a comprehensive selection? > Can I (or how do I/do I have to) compile packages for sparc (I have done this > for i386)? > Any other gotchas?? > Pl remember I am new to Debian/SPARC and > > John White > Cheshire, UK John, welcome to the Sparc Debian Family! I run the latest Sparc port (Sarge) her on a Sun Ultra 5 desktop at home (I am actually replying to your original email posting on it right now <G>). As long as you run "apt-get upgrade" and "apt-get update" on a fairly regular basis (run the program as root of course) the you should not have any problems with any of the latest updates. Peace, Robert Wolfe, OpenSource Solutions http://www.osshome.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
