Re: Lilypond on Sparc

[Julian Squires]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 08:44:01PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> I just found that a Sun Sparc is, as second hand not expensive at all
> (well, that is a matter of "taste") but I have no idea, what models are
> confortable enough specially to get a fast execution of lily (I am
> actually running Athlon 2 Ghz with Suse 9.0)
> 
> Who can help with own experience?
> Does Solaris accept rpms?

You can run debian on sparc machines pretty nicely, and just apt-get
install lilypond.  I have a bunch of sparc-based machines, but I do all
my lilypond work on a powerpc machine, so I can't say too much about
speed, except that you probably want an ultra 2 as an absolute bare
minimum; you probably want a modern machine like a blade 150 or better
for real work.  Sun machines are great for multiuser work (amazing for
many interactive sessions for example), but their speed may not impress
you for single user work.  Linux tends to be a bit faster than Solaris
on older sparc machines, can't vouch for the newer ones.

Cheers.

-- 
Julian Squires