Open Solaris

[Jonny Stutters]

On 21 February 2010 22:02, Mikael Hansson <forums at deadmengods.com> wrote:
> Peter Korsten skrev:
>> Just make sure that the computer isn't too old. On the other hand, I
>> have Solaris 10 (more or less the same thing, but not open source)
>> running on a 10 year old 550 MHz Sun Ultrasparc IIa (or something like
>> that) with 1 GB of memory. Not very fast, but otherwise, works like a charm.
>>
>
> It's a P4 3.06 GHz with 2GB RAM, from around 2003 I think...

I'm not certain on the time scales but it won't be long before the
power cost of leaving that beast on 24/7 will exceed the cost of
buying something new and more appropriate to the task.
http://www.mini-itx.com/ would be a good place to start if you want to
go down the DIY road.

Jonny