[indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to

[Martin Bochnig]

> Just simple X11 is good enough for me; Fluxbox and
> *maybe*  
> Enlightenment are the pinnacle of what is needed for
> local SPARC  
> workstations IMHO.  Just getting X.org in a state
> where it'll work  
> with common FFB graphics (No 3D or anything fancy)
> would be enough for  
> this first release. 


What do you mean??

If you try out 
http://www.martux.org/SPARC_distro_incl_Xorg7.2/
or
http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~mbeinsx/FOX/bin-snapshots/
then you will instantly see, that this milestone has been reached already.

HW compat matrix:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/fox/SPARC-Xorg/
 
fox-gate src repo:
http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/fox/fox-gate/
hg clone ssh://anon@hg.opensolaris.org/hg/fox/fox-gate


Regards,
Martin Bochnig
Natamar project

> I agree with Ken for most
> purposes about the  
> intended use.  Personally I recommend SPARC
> workstations to those who  
> are maintaining custom in-house programs they run on
> big iron, but  
> anything else is really unnecessary to support.  Just
> make sure things  
> that server people need are there, such as JDK and
> compilers and most  
> will be content.
> 
> James
> On Oct 13, 2008, at 10:29 PM, Ken Mays wrote:
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