> Hello, > I just subscribed to this list today, and from reading the archives I have > less skill with linux operating systems, and much less skill with sparc > hardware than the average user of this list, so if I sound dumb, ask > redundant or seemingly meaningless questions, it is because I am dumb...
We've all been there before. > especially when it comes to this particular area. =P > Okay, I am 17 yr old college student at Carnegie Mellon University, I study > Electrical and Computer Engineering, and I am working on a Comp Sci dbl > major (maybe in 4.5 yrs, w/ some luck). BSEE myself. > I recently spent a couple weeks wages, to put together the following system. > > sparc 20, with a 150 mhz ross hypersparc (colorodo III) > 256 mb ram, a tgx+ frame buffer, i think i have an 8mb vsimm, a floppy > drive, and a scsi 9.1 gb hd, and a cd-rom, the system boots, and runs > solaris 8 without any problems ( no problems as far as I can tell) Sparc 20 is nice, but my 50Mhz unit is rather pokey. You may have much better luck with the 150mhz processor. These things are rock solid for servers or simple workstations. They're very efficient w/ RAM though it looks like that's not an issue on your machine. You're one of the lucky few w/ vsimm for your tgx+ frame buffer. My SS20 is not so lucky, I have a CG6 unit in mine so colors are limited to 256 color. I'm not sure about tgx+ support in Xfree86. Try it, if no support, pick up a spare CG6 someplace & you'll have good, relatively quick graphics. > I want to install suse 7.3 pckg. I am looking for any information anyone > might have. Will I be able to make use of the bootable cd's SuSe provides? > Does anyone else run SuSe on a similar system, what kinds of problems did > you encounter w/ hardware support by SuSe if any? Does anyone have an idea > of how the os will run on my machine, horribly slow, or will I be okay? Will > I be able to use gui panels, like KDE, or GNOMES w/o problem or will it be > too much stress on a machine like mine, With your big 9.1 G hard drive, install both KDE and Gnome along with WindowMaker and Blackbox. Set Windowmaker as your default until you get things "setup". Once you know your way around, reconfigure SuSE to have KDE as your desktop, you'll notice the difference in speed (KDE slower but "richer"). If speed of KDE is OK, then keep it (or try Gnome). If it's too much, stick with Windowmaker, you can still run KDE & Gnome apps within Windowmaker. Windowmaker is only your "desktop" software. It controls how the desktop & windows work, but doesn't dictate what you can/can't run. any general knowledge or things you > think I should know about would be GREATLY appreciated. I am a novice at > this, so if I sound dumb and out of place try not to quarter me, I really do > need help/guidance. With a couple of long weekend nights pounding away at the keyboard, you'll be an expert in no time. Learn to love the text-only console. You can do anything from there. And almost anything configurable is in /etc as text files. > thx very much > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
