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Date:      Mon, 2 Feb 1998 16:27:21 +0000 (GMT)
From:      The Administrator <admin@righi.df.unibo.it>
To:        mgraffam@mhv.net
Cc:        Joshua Digiovanni <josh@geektech.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD and DEC Alpha
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980202162706.921A-100000@righi.df.unibo.it>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980201005231.1399A-100000@localhost>

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Linux may be robust
but sure not on Security


On Sun, 1 Feb 1998 mgraffam@mhv.net wrote:

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> On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Joshua Digiovanni wrote:
> > I've read the FAQ - it says that FreeBSD doesn't run on DEC Alpha yet. BUT
> > the reason I'm asking again is that I was talking to someone who claims
> > that his ISP set him up with a DEC Alpha running FreeBSD.
> > 
> > Is this guy B.S.ing me or does FreeBSD now run on Alpha?
> 
> FreeBSD does not run on Alpha hardware. End of story.
> 
> OpenBSD and NetBSD do run on Alpha hardware. See www.netbsd.org 
> and www.openbsd.org.
> 
> I quickly looked over the the supported features list of both of these
> sites, and my first impression is that you'll be happier with RH Linux.
> Linux/Alpha support _seems_ more robust, from the quick look that I've
> done. Linux looks more robust, however since these are web servers,
> you may not even need some of the robustness that Linux/Alpha offers
> and the performance increase that *BSD will give might be worth it.
> 
> I'd look into it, nonetheless.
> 
> Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
> http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam -- Philosophy, Religion, Computers, Crypto, etc
> "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that
> it should become a universal law.." - Immanuel Kant "Metaphysics of Morals"
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