TurboLinux Distro

[Dpk]

On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 04:22:50AM -0500, Sean wrote:

   Hey don't knock Solaris. =) I actaully like the sun 5c keybaord
   better than a lot of pc keyboards, although it takes a while to get
   used to.  But the hardware knocks the crap out of the dimestore
   stuff (all x86).

It's probably all personal taste, because I like my Sun "Type 6"
keyboard on my Ultra 10.  I can type a lot faster using it (the kys
are not so big and high like the PCs) and the location of "ESC", "~",
and the "Control" keys makes programing a lot easier.

Sun is migrating to USB keyboards and mice so you can replace them
if you own it (not a lab system!)

The sluggishness you observe is most likely due to the central account
database used by the systems (NIS @ CSE or NIS+ @ EGR) and most file
systems are NFS mounted.  I think you would find the same delays in a
Linux system setup this way.

Not to praise Sun or Solaris since they do have their downfalls, but
hopefully this sheds some light on the subject.

Dennis
   
   On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Jeremy Paul Bowers wrote:
   
   > Michael Malinak, you said. . .
   > >Anyone use this?  It's Debian based, I know that much.  Rumor
   > >has it that it's going to be installed in one of the CSE labs
   > >here at
   > 
   > Whose rumor? While I'd appreciate having UNIX-running machines
   > that are easier to use then those Solaris things (and I mean
   > literally easier to use; I hate the keyboards, I hate the mice,
   > and I'm not too fond of the slothfulness either), I find it hard
   > to believe without some sort of substantiation.  Still... if they
   > were to run Linux, Debian or some variant is probably what they'd
   > run...
   > 
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