Hi,
currently, I don't run OpenBSD if not on intel stuff, until I fix mi
Sparc32 box again (which is too slow for real desktop usage anyway)
On 06/24/13 22:33, Laurence Rochfort wrote:
Hi all,
I'm looking for advice on what the best bet for well supported
non-intel hardware would be. Doesn't have to be lightning fast, but
being able to run a modern browser at reasonable rate is a must.
My initial thoughts were either a Mac PowerBook G5 or Sun Ultra 25/45.
I really like the HP C series workstations, but it seems support is a
bit lacking.
I sued to take pride to use non-intel stuff and do/did run linux, BSD
and/or the original Unix on them and the used software.
Perhaps except mac, you will see that multimedia (audio/video) will be
problematic.
Furthermore, you will learn that a lot of code has become buggy: it is
quite linux-x86 orientend and will break more or less the more you
deviate. If you take care and report bugs (or patch yourself) you will
get further.
PowerPC and Sparc may be your best bet, followed by MIPS. HP-PA has
always been a bit more difficult in my experience, also because GCC had
troubles, thus you added problems to problems. A lot was fixed, but
perhaps broke again.
GNUstep will work quite well on most architectures ;)
Riccardo
