Re: Linux/Alpha on XL-266

Stephen J. Gaudet (sjg@dcginc.com)
Thu, 29 Feb 1996 12:51:13 -0500

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At 04:33 PM 2/29/96 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm new in this mailing list so i beg your pardon if my questions or
>problems are obsolete or seems a little strange.
>
>I purchased a Digital Alpha XL 266 to use as a internet server, i.e. a WWW
>server and a FTP server as well as a Dial-in server for incoming call over
>telephone line and a DNS server.
>Which operating system is better to install ??
>Dec-Unix, Linux-Alpha or WindowsNT ??

You only have two choices here, NT or Linux...sorry no DEC UNIX.

As far as DNS, check out the following for NT;

MetaInfo's DNS package
http://www.metainfo.com/MetaInfo/META-homepage.html

Regards,
Steve
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