On 23.10.2018 20:59, Aaro Koskinen wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 02:15:42PM -0400, John David Anglin wrote: >> On 2018-10-23 12:56 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> Or is there some minimal PA-RISC hardware you could >>> suggest that would run the latest kernel and some userland? >> >> The c8000, rp3410 and rp3440 are good choices to run PA-RISC linux. They can >> still be found on ebay: >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/A7137A-HP-9000-rp3440-2x-1Ghz-PA-8800-CPU-8GB-2U-Rackmount-Server-/173226213196?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c10#viTabs_0 > > "2U rack" doesn't sound minimal. :-) > > I have been running the latest mainline kernel on C3700 for some years > already without issues. I guess it was supposed to be a "desktop" > machine, but it's still a bit too big and noisy, so for daily use I'm > still sticking with Ultra 5 (SPARC) machine.. I can not recommend *any* PA-RISC machine as desktop or workstation nowadays. They are noisy, expensive, slow and we have very limited graphics support. Every x86-64 based laptop or desktop is much better suited as desktop. Helge
