Believe me, you'll want a x86 platform to run youtube videos... (it needs
the flash plugin)

FLASH! you know, that one from Adobe!

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Michael Sokolov
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I thought there were linux distros for SPARC...
>
> I'm actually in the process of trying to install Splack (SPARC port of
> Slackware) onto a Sun Ultra 5.  Right now I'm stuck at the point of not
> being able to boot from the install CD, but I suspect a mechanical
> problem with the CD-ROM drive in this eBay-sourced unit as it makes
> really ugly noises.  (But it was $61 total with shipping, so I can't
> complain.)  Right now I'm 80 miles away from the machine, but next time
> I come to that site, I'll have a new IDE CD-ROM drive with me (of a
> PeeCee commodity variety) and that'll be the moment of truth: will it
> work?  (The Ultra 5 is new and PeeCee-like enough to use IDE instead of
> SCSI, but it still remains to be proven experimentally whether a PeeCee
> store brand drive will work or not.)
>
> But this particular machine is already designated to become a server;
> as for my girlfriend's desktop workstation, she wants a PC.  Thinking
> about it rationally, it'll be our web/audio/video station and I do
> concede that a PeeCee would probably be the optimal hardware platform
> for this particular application.
>
> MS
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