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oneguynick<p>I am this old... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solaris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floppy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>Bycatch on my recent tour by car throughout Bavaria: a Sun Ultra 1 workstation. It's probably in a non repairable state, but anyway very eye candy just sitting in the shelf. The Ultra 1 was the very first Sun workstation with a 64-bit SPARC processor (UltraSPARC, sun4u Architecture), market introduction November 1995. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ultra1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ultra1</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaosfem.tw/@freya" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>freya</span></a></span> <em>shit like this</em> is why I <a href="https://github.com/os-1337/pkgs?tab=readme-ov-file#tldr-to-increase-portability-all-packages-are-statically-linked-with-their-dependencies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">mandate</a> that all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> Packages for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/pkgs/blob/main/docs/BUILDING.md#dependencies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">be <em>statically compiled</em></a>, because I'm not gonna bother dealing with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dependencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependencies</span></a> and if a program can't be shipped as a <code>tarball</code> to unpack &amp; drop in then maybe it shouldn't exist on <code>OS/1337</code>…</p><ul><li>I have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/rsync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rsync</span></a> on the <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/pkgs/blob/b2cc0d7db6453a68b1a16921b23ddd705350bc07/docs/WISHLIST.tsv#L23" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wshlist</a> alongside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/87c52c44ad9cde6f04ef3aad1aa6ba6622c6dcdd/docu/ideas/architectures.tsv#L48" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">support</a>… </li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>While the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has not revoked or weakened the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>, and the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> even accelerated its effective date, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> led House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science is trying to defund its implementation. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> just released an open letter asking the committee to change course.<br><a href="https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Against-Section-550-in-House-CJS-FY-26-.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploa</span><span class="invisible">ds/2025/07/Against-Section-550-in-House-CJS-FY-26-.pdf</span></a></p><p>"I am writing to respectfully urge you to strike Section 550 from the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which would prohibit funding to implement the Office of Science and Technology Policy's August 25, 2022, memorandum ensuring free, immediate access to federally funded research…Rather than blocking <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> requirements, we should focus on addressing legitimate concerns about cost structures - including publication expenses - to ensure that access to publicly funded research is available while protecting taxpayers from unreasonable costs." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚜<p>Resurrecting a Sun SPARC station for day to day computing. <br><a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netbsd</span></a><br><a href="https://retrobsd.ddns.net/nvdh7j.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">retrobsd.ddns.net/nvdh7j.htm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
red_rooster :coolified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@cjust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cjust</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@chainq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chainq</span></a></span> <br>Solche hatten wir damals als <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/cad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cad</span></a> Stationen!</p><p>Jeden Tag einen Platz an der <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Sonne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sonne</span></a> außer am <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wochenende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wochenende</span></a> und im <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Urlaub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Urlaub</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2209449/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2209449/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Signs 200MW Offtake Agreement with Commonwealth Fusion Systems • Carbon Credits <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonFreeEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonFreeEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CommonwealthFusionSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonwealthFusionSystems</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fusion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNuclear</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2209449/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2209449/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Signs 200MW Offtake Agreement with Commonwealth Fusion Systems • Carbon Credits <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonFreeEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonFreeEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CommonwealthFusionSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonwealthFusionSystems</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fusion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNuclear</span></a></p>
Energy<p>Google Signs Deal to Buy Fusion Energy From Future Virginia Plant</p><p>Tech giant Google has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) to buy at…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CommonwealthFusionSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonwealthFusionSystems</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fusion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2206263/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2206263/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚜<p>HEADS-UP: Openindiana/Hipster 2025.06 for SPARC<br><a href="https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/sparc/T59731d5c98542552" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">illumos.topicbox.com/groups/sp</span><span class="invisible">arc/T59731d5c98542552</span></a><br><a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> has released its own new info on the new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy.<br><a href="https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Update-to-NIH-PA-Policy-Deadline.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploa</span><span class="invisible">ds/2025/06/Update-to-NIH-PA-Policy-Deadline.pdf</span></a></p><p>Excerpt:</p><p>&lt;blockquote&gt;<br>● The Policy requires immediate public access to articles -- <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/embargoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embargoes</span></a> are no longer allowed.<br>● NIH reiterates authors do not have to pay a fee to comply with the Policy.<br>● The Policy applies to manuscripts accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025. This means the Policy will apply to existing grants if an article is accepted on or after that date.<br>● The Policy requires that final peer-reviewed manuscripts be submitted to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PubMedCentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PubMedCentral</span></a> (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PMC</span></a>) upon acceptance to be made publicly available immediately upon publication.<br>● The Policy requires that grantees explicitly grant the NIH the right to make the manuscript available in PMC without an embargo.<br>● The Policy does not explicitly grant full reuse rights of the manuscript to the public.<br>&lt;/blockquote&gt; </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Embargoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Embargoes</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a></p>
Retro Markus 🇩🇰🇩🇪<p>The Blade 2000 finally lives again :).</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blade2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blade2000</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a></p>
Freya (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩<p>OK, it's finally finally up. currently <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/gcc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gcc</span></a> , <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/coreutils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coreutils</span></a> , plus some support libraries, as a proof of concept. For those who don't know, FractalKit is an in-progress collection of modern packages built for <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> 10 <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a>, and they may work on <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> 11 also. They can be downloaded at <a href="https://highenergymagic.net/fractalkit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">highenergymagic.net/fractalkit</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a> - please let us know if there are any bugs, issues, what have you.</p><p>CC: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@SolarisDiaspora" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SolarisDiaspora</span></a></span><br><a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a></p>
Retro Markus 🇩🇰🇩🇪<p>Some period correct photography ... 1999 digicam imagiung a shelf with a Sun assortment.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digicam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digicam</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a></p>
Freya (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩<p>Is there anyone in <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> or <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a>, or who would be willing to ship to NZ, who could donate a <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> (sun4u/sun4v) machine to the building effort for FractalKit? We're running up against some limits and some really bad time sinks, doing all of this on a 650MHz <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/UltraSPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UltraSPARC</span></a> IIe is.... really really painful. We know this is a long shot, but if anyone out there has a machine they could donate to this we would be immensely thankful. This porting effort is really important to us but it's not going to be actually useful if a single library takes a day to compile. If you can't help, then please boost? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@SolarisDiaspora" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SolarisDiaspora</span></a></span></p>
Freya (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩<p>Is there anyone in <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> or <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a>, or who would be willing to ship to NZ, who could donate a <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> (sun4u/sun4v) machine to the building effort for FractalKit? We're running up against some limits and some really bad time sinks, doing all of this on a 650MHz <a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/UltraSPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UltraSPARC</span></a> IIe is.... really really painful. We know this is a long shot, but if anyone out there has a machine they could donate to this we would be immensely thankful. This porting effort is really important to us but it's not going to be actually useful if a single library takes a day to compile.</p>
Jan Johannesson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aka_pugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aka_pugs</span></a></span> En sån där hoj har jag! <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a></p>
Iggi<p>Now it is the turn for the <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a> T4-2 to get the latest <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solaris</span></a> CBE update and for sure I do it from my beloved <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amiga</span></a> 3000. 😁</p>
Peter Tribble<p>After a little bit of experimentation, I've put together a smaller ISO for Tribblix SPARC m32 that might fit onto an actual CDROM. (It's just under 700MB.) This involved minimal shuffling, but means that the X11 packages are no longer on the ISO and would need to be pulled from the repo. Currently experimental.</p><p><a href="http://tribblix.org/download.html#sparc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">tribblix.org/download.html#spa</span><span class="invisible">rc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tribblix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tribblix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a></p>
Joost van Baal-Ilić<p>"Subject: Firefox on sparc64 available again"</p><p>thank you very much John Paul Adrian Glaubitz . See<br><a href="https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/52eeda379a027ab007474ec220845936b30d67b8.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lists.debian.org/msgid-search/</span><span class="invisible">52eeda379a027ab007474ec220845936b30d67b8.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de</span></a></p><p>Awesome work!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>