Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:23:44 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: desktop, was linus on BSD Message-ID: <373D9F90.19653F47@softweyr.com> References: <199905111939.MAA15534@usr04.primenet.com> <3738ACA5.EBC965C7@softweyr.com> <xzphfpe39dw.fsf@localhost.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
>
> Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes:
> > Terry Lambert wrote:
> > > A workstation with IDE hardware?
> > >
> > > Oh, you mean a PC...
> >
> > Or a Darwin. No, not the Apple stuff, the Sun stuff.
>
> Or any recent Sun Ultra (not Ultra Enterprise). El cheapo Sun
> workstations with PCI motherboards, IDE drives, M64 framebuffers and
> rebranded OEM monitors.
Which just beat absolute hell out of the SPARCstation 5 on my desk
now. You seem to imply there's something wrong with buying a fast,
reliable workstation for $2500. I think it's great. Finally a
low-end Sun with 16- and 24-bit color. That M64 framebuffer beats
the TGX hands down, and Sun monitors have ALWAYS been OEM'ed, you
don't think Sun actually makes monitors, do you?
OTOH, we're putting together a couple of two-processor "PeeCees" to
test Linux and FreeBSD on, to see how fast they compile compared to
the Suns. If they help the pmake pool enough, we'll build a dozen
or so of them, stick them in the lab, and let them crunch compiles
all day long. When we finish the evaluation, I'll write an article
for Daemon News (and/or something like Dr. Dobbs) about our experience.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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