Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 00:58:02 -0500 (EST) From: mgraffam@mhv.net To: Joshua Digiovanni <josh@geektech.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and DEC Alpha Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980201005231.1399A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980131233652.0081bae0@www.geektech.com>
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-----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-----
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