[K12OSN] debian - other platforms than i386

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On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 11:11:01AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 10:46:05AM -0600, Jay Kline wrote:
> the OS. :)  Having a port of apt to RedHat doesn't give you the same tigh=
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> integration with the system that you get from Debian.

Can you use it to do a conversion from Red Hat do Debian? Can it do
apt-get dist-upgrade and give you a debian system?
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> The other advantage, I guess, is that if you use Debian as a base, you ca=
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> reuse all of those s390's in the closet as thin clients.  Or something.[1]

That has not much to do with Debian, since ltsp is only i386 for the
moment. FYI there was a success report today on getting PowerMac 6100
(nubus) working as thin clients on the ltsp-discuss list.
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> [1] Seriously, with more supported hardware architectures than any other=
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> Linux vendor, a Debian-based ltsp could probably turn just about any=20
> legacy system into a thin-client.  I don't recommend buying an IBM zSerie=
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> for this purpose, however. ;)

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Hans Ekbrand
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