Re: current status of alpha in squeeze
- To: "A.B." <arne-bombach@foni.net>
- Cc: Robert.Garron@access3000.net, gandano@gmail.com, richienh@comcast.net, aba@not.so.argh.org, aloiret@debian.org, debian-alpha@lists.debian.org, cpp@ekkaia.net, mcree@orcon.net.nz, thefatphil@yahoo.co.uk, joel@pyramiddec.com, Bill.Parke@access3000.net
- Subject: Re: current status of alpha in squeeze
- From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:04:37 +0000
- Message-id: <[🔎] AANLkTinX21DWpbgawGo5La_ATJ56ARoVDuLVURD5QT34@mail.gmail.com>
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 4D90E146.6080200@foni.net>
- References: <20091007152117.GX19557@mails.so.argh.org> <[🔎] 4D8AF003.2030200@Ieeda.net> <AANLkTinJwJ-5K+pTV=fj06M8xf+04a8o1sfDUiRZhrA5@mail.gmail.com> <[🔎] 201103281230.05880.Robert.Garron@access3000.net> <[🔎] 4D90E146.6080200@foni.net>
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:28 PM, A.B. <arne-bombach@foni.net> wrote:
> I did not find any distribution which could run on my alphas.
I don't think you looked very hard. I wrote this page in Nov 2008 and
it's barely changed since:
http://alphalinux.org/wiki/index.php/Alpha_Linux_Wiki:Community_Portal#Distributions
> Are my computers interesting and/or practical for your purposes or are the
> realy out-dated?
They're pretty outdated, especially things older than EV6. For, say,
an 800 MHz UP1500, it's a usable, if a bit slow, system.
Matt
Reply to: