[aclug-L] Re: first solaris box

["Jeffrey L. Hansen" <jhansen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had previously heard that Solaris is pretty resource hungry.  It could be
that it needs faster/newer hardware.  I also heard that the ram requirements
are rather stiff also.  It's all hearsay (or heresy) so I'll have to probably
give it a try before it will be clear to me how they compare.  It's an
attractive option however, at least possibly.



phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> it is version 7.
> it's hard for me to say how it compares to other version of solaris.
> the only other solaris i've seen were at work(they don't like me to play
> with them) but they are all sparc's.
>
> this is running on a 486 board with a 133/5x86 cpu and 32 meg of ram.
> this machine is no hot-rod but this is the box that i learn most of my
> raytracing on. it does for a nice linux desk top(oops that must be a myth)
>
> Jeffrey Hansen wrote:
>
> > what version is it?  i wanted to try one i have but then saw the version
> 7 > for free and thought about that one instead.  they might rely on
> new/fast
> > hardware.  i mean, sun wouldn't produce a dog, would they?  :-)
> >
> > jeff
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 bkelley@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > > ;unix, i took one of my linux boxes and installed a copy of
> > > ;solaris.
> > > ;can you say ssssllllooowwww.
> > > Thats why the call slolaris.  :)
> > > I know alittle about it, not much tho.
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