Tribblix
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Retro illumos-based distribution that keeps SPARC support alive and installs on old UltraSPARC hardware. Ethernet and wifi are not supported.
Retro illumos-based distribution that keeps SPARC support alive and installs on old UltraSPARC hardware. Ethernet and wifi are not supported.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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Ethernet and wifi not supported
“neither the ethernet nor the wifi are supported”
Comment from 14 Jun 2026 in “Tribblix: the retro illumos distribution”
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“It installed perfectly on my V210 UltraSPARC machine”
“neither the ethernet nor the wifi are supported”
“it got stuck very early on”
“Finally TempleOS has a companion - like a brother.”
“Notable for still maintaining some level of SPARC support.”
“Oh wow, that's pretty cool! Thanks for sharing!”
“I like Solaris(well, illumos/Tribblix etc)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.