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Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.debian.org/
Sun loans Ultra30 Systems to Debian
November 6, 1998
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>> News
Sun Microsystems http://sun.com has
loaned three UltraSPARC systems to Debian project. They are 64-bit
Ultra30 workstations, each with with an UltraSPARC-II/250MHz CPU
(1M-ECache), 128MB RAM, 4.3GB Seagate SCSI drive and a Creator
graphics card. One system is installed at Kachina Technologies,
Inc. and will be publicly available to Debian developers. The other
two systems are used by developers to develop boot related packages
and other low level tools.
There is a port specific web page that contains information on
the work in progress at http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc64.
People interested in helping with the Debian UltraLinux effort
should check there for the current port status.
>> Contact Information
For further information, please send email to press@debian.org
or visit the Debian homepage at http://www.debian.org.
For more information regarding Debian Ultra development, please
subscribe to the Debian Ultra mailing list debian-ultralinux@lists.debian.org.
This can be done at http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe.html.
For more information regarding the work Kachina Technologies is
currently doing please send email to debian-ultralinux@KachinaTech.com