Ta for the replies folks.
@kolla
Well, Oracle as a whole is just plain nasty. Stupid licensing rules for software running on virtual servers etc. I vote Oracle as the new Apple/Microsoft =). Didn't know OpenSolaris had been renamed Indiana, will look into it. -edit- Seems Indiana isn't available for SPARC yet.
Actually I was lying about the Ethernet not working. Apparently I have the same SCSI/Ethernet card which LoadWB mentioned. I wasn't aware of the mobo Ethernet port at the bottom of the case =). I plugged the cable into that and hey presto, network connection. But indeed Solaris isn't resolving anything automatically so I guess I'll have to config the DNS settings myself.
What's worse is that this thing doesn't have a dedicated graphics card, only the crappy mobo integrated output. Am I right in thinking that this is only able to output 8 bit graphics? I can't find any option to increase the colour depth of my session.
As for Linux; I think I'll try Solaris first for a bit. I already run Linux as a day-to-day OS.
Are there any major differences between Solaris 9 and 10?
Well if you do decide to try Linux on it, this is the last version of Ubuntu for SPARC.
cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/lucid/release/ubuntu-10.04-server-sparc.iso
