From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 2 06:28:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA06140 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 06:28:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from righi.df.unibo.it (RIGHI.DF.UNIBO.IT [137.204.49.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA06111 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 06:27:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin@righi.df.unibo.it) Received: from localhost (admin@localhost) by righi.df.unibo.it (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA00947; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 16:27:22 GMT (envelope-from admin@righi.df.unibo.it) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 16:27:21 +0000 (GMT) From: The Administrator To: mgraffam@mhv.net cc: Joshua Digiovanni , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and DEC Alpha In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" Linux may be robust but sure not on Security On Sun, 1 Feb 1998 mgraffam@mhv.net wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > 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" > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use > Charset: noconv > > iQCVAwUBNNQO7wKEiLNUxnAfAQFcjwP/en/y46FVgxQRC0wAw7H5Cy4EsYQPpVZU > a2YNKs4YSoIHEbyRtsdUVU3PY161nN91KS8DX9oeknvxZXiK6tiJTD3jX0UfBnx9 > gjY8cXBbed0KjVW9DCZbcQlWcjJQ+i8cxlboKcsTY5PtMEuQOusxfIau+aADtbF+ > p2/W93JcGic= > =zBei > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >