> I was recently given a sun Sparc Station 4, 17" sun monitor, and
> external 4 DVD stacker.
>
> Here's the problem: I'm not really sure what OS to run on it. I use
> gentoo on my laptop, desktop, and servers, but it seems like a lot of
> compile time on a ~100Mhz processor.
>
> Ideas? Thoughts? Opinions?

Yeah - NetBSD. Really. I'm running on SS1+, SS2, SS5 and a SS20.
Runs well and its small enough to do a network install - even over
a dial-up connection. X runs fine with a lightweight window manager
like twm or wmx but you'll only get 8 bpp on the monitor.

-beaker

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