Sun microsystems PC

ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
edited July 2005 in Nerdery
Does any one know what OS and such Sun micro computers runs on? linux, unix? Are they any good?

There is a 4-5 year old Sun Micro PC just sitting at work, that nobody uses or wants, it was left here by a contractor years ago. Thought about messin with it. Worth it?

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    Suns natively run Solaris, but you can also run linux on them. Generally they have UltraSPARC processors in them, but I would need to know your model number to tell you for sure.

    They are great computers. Kinda proprietary, and almost certainly "purpose-built", but good machines. If you've never used unix before, I would definitely go the Linux-on-sparc route because solaris is an ARCHAIC operating system. Even the modern ones.
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