Linux that I can run on my Sun Ultra20

[Infiltrator]

Hi Guys.


I have spent about 2 weeks looking for a Linux that I can just burn to a DVD and then install on my machine.  Every time I have tried I have had issues getting to the desktop.

My machine is a Sun Ultra20 with 2 500 GB sata drives, an AMD Opteron 148 processor 2GB of RAM and an Nvidia 1060 video card. 

https://www.cnet.com/products/sun-ultra-20-opteron-148-2-2-ghz-monitor-none-series/

Anyone have a modern Linux I can run on it without having issues and without running like a dog?

[Razor Blade]

Here are a few you could check out...

• Puppy Linux (http://puppylinux.com/)
  • Small size (300MB or less) multiple distros, pick your favorite!
• Lubuntu (https://lubuntu.net/)
  • Light weight debian distro
• Ubuntu MATE (https://ubuntu-mate.org/)
  • Basically Ubuntu with a MATE desktop

 

 

[Infiltrator]

13 minutes ago, quakeguy81 said:

Have you tried Debian?  It has a graphical installer and you can pick what desktop environment you want to install (gnome, xfce, lxde, etc.)  It also has downloadable DVD ISOs and torrents available.

I did give Debian a go but I'll download it again just to give it another try.  Maybe there was something wrong with the download...

[Infiltrator]

18 minutes ago, Razor Blade said:

Here are a few you could check out...

• Puppy Linux (http://puppylinux.com/)
  • Small size (300MB or less) multiple distros, pick your favorite!
• Lubuntu (https://lubuntu.net/)
  • Light weight debian distro
• Ubuntu MATE (https://ubuntu-mate.org/)
  • Basically Ubuntu with a MATE desktop

 

 

Downloading all 3 to try tonight.  Hopefully one will just work out of the box...

[Dat Guy]

You have a Sun?

What is Solaris lacking for you?

[Infiltrator]

13 hours ago, Dat Guy said:

You have a Sun?

What is Solaris lacking for you?

It runs Solaris 10 fine, but Solaris 11 is just way too slow on it with the gui installed for a workstaton.

Solaris 10 has issues with certificates, https and some other things making browsing on it troublesome out of the box and un have stopped supplying the companion cd as well.  

If Solaris was being truly maintained it would be a different thing but it just does not have the support behind it anymore.

[Infiltrator]

20 hours ago, quakeguy81 said:

Have you tried Debian?  It has a graphical installer and you can pick what desktop environment you want to install (gnome, xfce, lxde, etc.)  It also has downloadable DVD ISOs and torrents available.

I gave Debian another go - this time from the net install cd.  It worked flawlessly and I now have all I wanted, google chrome, steam ect running on it perfectly!  It's not slow on Debian either.