Message-Id: <p05001901b8af0ca7aa10@[128.3.132.250]> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 16:53:20 -0800 From: John Koenig <jfkoenig@vipb.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Will there be a SuSE 8.0 for Sparc?
Sorry for the me-too... cuz I feel the same way...
I personally own another half-dozen 32-bit SPARC machines that need Linux!
So how much and how often shall we send money to SuSE?
SuSE rocks! My impression was that the 7.3 installation was far
smoother than anything I have experienced from Redhat...
>I just want to say....THANKS. I'm greatly appreciative of hard work you
>guys are putting in on the sparc port....for no money. I have to say I
>would gladly pay for SuSE Sparc, if it would mean that more SuSE
>employees could spend time on the product to try to bring it to the
>polish that the x86 port enjoys.
>
>As for your comment that sparc32 support will go away....PLEASE say it
>ain't so. I can't afford the newer hardware, and have quite a good
>investment in older 32bit sparcs....and they do they job every bit as
>good as newer hardware would do for me for their usage. At the very
>least maybe the source could be maintained for the 32-bit compatibility
>and let us spend our computing time to compile it. Or maybe we can do a
>community approach to maintaining the 32bit distribution. I've got 6
>sparc32 machines of varying heritage (my favorite is a dual processor
>sparc 20 with upgraded drives and Ross processors). I'd hate to see
>myself trying to patch along an old 7.3 setup for the next 5 years. ;-)
>
>As for support on the list...I haven't really found support
>lacking...there are plenty of people outside SuSE on this list able and
>willing to answer questions and give a hand...this list is a great
>resource. Of course it doesn't hurt to have some SuSE input
>occasionally.
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