Fwd: adobereader version 9.4.1 download

[Dagobert Michelsen]

(Resending, got the wrong email account first)

Hi RAS,

> Am 27.06.2023 um 23:03 schrieb r. a. schmied <uwppp at flash.net>:
> a bit off topic -- seeking unix (solaris) users advice
> 
> my old sb2k single core/cpu is just about useless even for web shopping.
> 
> having been weened on sun unix i know i will not be happy with m$ or aapl.  tried ubuntu on old old dell inspiron but it keep crashing
> seemingly after it did an overnight os update -- tried but failed to
> stop that activity w/o success.
> 
> put x86:sol11.(3|4) on it with ok success until power system went
> kaput, so i'm looking for a desktop workstation (methinks) like an
> old hpz840.  the hpz840 is listed on hcl.
> 
> any comments on that option?  any comments on sol5.11 vice sol5.10?
> any advice on gpu(s) for hpz840?  nvidia seems popular, maybe
> quadro m4000?

Unfortunately I can’t help here - I am only using Solaris on the server side.
But maybe someone else can?

> but back to (kinda) this pkgutil topic.
> 
> 'tis a shame that pkgutil will not --avail | --list from mirrors
> with other arch:rel than that of running computer arch:rel.  i tried
>   $  pkgutil  --temp=http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/OpenCSW/stable  -T i386:5.10  --avail | grep -iE adobe
> without success.  yes i see -T is for download only.
> 
> is also too bad that pkgutil --help fails to disclose arch keys 'i386' | 'sparc' but not too difficult to grok that ...

Indeed this would be useful in your specific case, but I doubt we change that.
@Peter: Or do you want to tackle it? ;-)


Best regards

 — Dago

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