[plug] Linux on Sun

[Matt Kemner]

On 17 Oct 2002, quoth acarson at iinet.net.au:

> I notice that Debian *do* however
> make a SUN distro.   Has anyone had any experience with this?

The PLUG web/mailserver (that this mailing list runs on) is an Axil 320
(which is a Sun Sparc clone) running Debian for Sparc (and it was
previously a Sparc Classic running Debian) and it is just as easy to
install and maintain as an i386 Debian server.

> together will end up as a firewall, so would prefer something with a 2.4

Debian 3.0 (Woody) now comes with a 2.4 kernel, although it installs 2.2
by default. Specify "bf24" at the boot prompt to install with a 2.4
kernel.

 - Matt