Earlier today, I published a 10,000 word deep dive into Sun Microsystems's ecosystem of the late 2000s - covering their final SPARC workstation (the Ultra 45), awesome expansions like the SunPCI IIIpro (an entire x86 PC on a PCI card!), the Sun Ray thin client environment (including all the real hardware and working setups), and much more, on @osnews.

https://www.osnews.com/story/143570/living-my-best-sun-microsystems-ecosystem-life-in-2025/

This was a ton of work, and consumed my life for a few months. Few websites publish stuff like this anymore, and I'm glad I happen to run one where people still appreciate meticulous writing like this. If you want more, feel free to donate to our Ko-Fi or become a Patreon:

https://ko-fi.com/thomholwerda/
https://www.patreon.com/osnews

That being said, none of this would've been possible without the insanely generous donations from @kdedude[ade] and @vabVolker A. Brandt - I can't emphasize enough how grateful I am to them. ♥️