[GLLUG] Liniux on an old Sun Ultra 2

[Clay Dowling]

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, John Lewis wrote:

> What would be the best (easiest to install and use) linux distro for an old
> Sun Ultra 2? Also every time I've tried to do a linux install on this thing
> it hangs when discovering optical drives, even though it's using the built
> in default cd drive. Any suggestions?

OpenBSD.  I installed it on my Ultra Sparc and it was very straight 
forward.  If you're not worried about the desktop this is nearly ideal. 
Good assortment of server software available and secure out of the box.

Clay