Re:UltraSparc, Linux, and RAID1 (Score 1)

I run Debian on Sparc because I want a decent, convenient and developer-friendly environment on Sun Blade 100. First I started to compile packages on Solaris but then I found it would take at least a week and probably even more to get a desktop system as good as Linux. Installing Linux took 1 day and made me hayppy much quicker.

Every compile, link, ... benchmark and every OS microbenchmark (unixbench, ...) was better in Linux except X speed and KDE responsiveness.

GCC 3.1 made quicker code than 2.95 on Ultrasparc II FWIW.