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Re: [PLUG] Which distro for non-intel machines
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> You are basically out of luck. Neither SPARC nor Alpha being supported
> (new version ports) into the future unless Sun or HP respectively pays
> for the ports. I had some fairly in depth discussions about the future
Yes, they are. Look at www.kernel.org.
> of non Intel architectures with the RedHat engineers on Sunday. They
> basically confirmed what I was previously aware of from other vendors
> -- both SPARC and Alpha have virtually zero commercial support other
> than from their vendors. RedHat has no ports planned for either in the
> future.
Who cares?
RedHat + Suse != linux
Also, w/ source rpm, you could roll your own new rh distro for any
supporte architecture that linux (the kernel) supports. Rpm source code is
available and can be compiled.
> supported it "better" in the past. However, no version of Linux runs
> "well" on the Alpha, if you are looking for anything other than a
> bare-bones operating system... sans environment. The biggest problem is
> the lack of drivers for almost anything.
???
> What this means is that in terms of support, you are basically on your
> own.
You are definately not on your own.
Fred
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