User:Aslantis/SPARC usability in the modern age

You might have heard me talking about using a SPARC box as a general-purpose machine. Or maybe a web search brought you here.

Either way, you're here for one reason: you want to know what one can and can't do on SPARC.

Language support
Hover over the info bubbles for more information.

Server usability
Probably not surprising, but very usable as a server. Programs written in golang can very well be a problem though.

Are we desktop yet?
No.

Does xyz work on SPARC?
You can search the Gentoo tree and overlays to see if a package is keyworded. If it is keyworded, your answer is pretty much 'yes'. If it isn't, it does not mean it doesn't work on SPARC! It just means nobody has tested that it does yet.

What problems can prevent a program from running on SPARC?
Big endian issues, unaligned memory accesses, internal compiler errors on compilation, lack of language support, and page size issues to name a few.