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 > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
