On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 11:15:14AM -0500, BSD wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:09:30 +0300 > Mihai Popescu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I never used a SPARC machine but I recall there are some people on the > > list doing this. > > > > What are the minimum requirements for a "decent" SPARC machine? I mean > > by that a machine who is able to run OpenBSD as a desktop. I am > > currently use a Pentium 4 3.2GHz with 2 GB DDR and it barely meets my > > needs. Tell me please the CPU or the machine name, I will search the > > prices :-).
Sun Fire servers are cheap to buy but not to run. A V210 is a 1U box and with dual 1.35 CPUs it is fast enough for desktop use. It's not something most people with families or without a flightline headset are going to want sitting next to their desk though and you will need some air conditioning. You didn't say much about your needs so it's hard to know why your current setup isn't satisfactory but 2G of RAM is often not enough for a desktop these days. All it takes is a fairly recent version of Firefox with a bunch of tabs open and a few big PDFs open in Acroreadto use up that amount of RAM. > The replies to the OP seem discouraging. If not Oracle, and not > Fujitsu, then what? If not a sparc desktop, then what about a sparc > router? A RISC anything?? OpenBSD mips64el runs oustandingly well on the Lemote boxes. See here: http://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html I don't think anybody will be happy with a Loongson as a desktop box but they do shine tiny servers. /jl -- ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) Powered by Lemote Fuloong against HTML e-mail X Loongson MIPS and OpenBSD and proprietary / \ http://www.mutt.org attachments / \ Code Blue or Go Home! Encrypted email preferred PGP Key 2048R/DA65BC04
