In the wake of recent developments regarding Microsoft Windows NT on the Alpha platform, Alpha Processor Inc. remains confident of the architecture's future. Get the full story.
Call for Participation in Project to Benefit F.S.F.
August 29th 1999
Using Alpha Linux, Robert Harley of INRIA (France) has developed code
to solve an elliptic curve problem called ECC2-97. This
page calls for users of free and open-source software to join in
the calculation. Canadian company Certicom is offering a prize for
the solution and, if won, it will be split between the Free Software
Foundation ($4000) and the two participants who find halves of the
solution ($500 each).
RedHat Security Errata
August 27th 1999
RedHat has released updated rpms which fix buffer overflows
in wu-ftpd and vixe-cron. You can get the updated rpms here. The rpms will
be transfered to ftp.alphalinux.org once it is operational again.
VIA to Produce Alpha Chipsets?
August 23rd 1999
The Register is
running an article
on VIA producing chipsets for the Alpha. Also mentioned in
the article is speculation that Compaq's decision to drop NT
on Alpha will have very little effect on the Alpha itself.
RIP AlphaNT August 19th, 1999
August 20th 1999
The Register is reporting
that NT on Alpha may be coming to an end. It seems there will
be no Win2000 for Alpha and the future of Win64 on Alpha is
unknown. Compaq is going to concentrate their Alpha efforts on
Tru64Unix and Linux. (While this strictly isn't an AlphaLinux
story, we though it was of value). UpdateThis
article has appeared on ZDNet, thought here is still no
word from Microsoft or Compaq.
New Errata for RedHat
August 19th 1999
RedHat has released several
updated RPMs for RedHat 6.0 and 5.2. They include telnet
(denial of service attack), libtermcap
(buffer overflow) and pump
(security hole and updates for various DHCP servers). Updates
for both 6.0
and 5.2
are available from ftp://ftp.alphalinux.org/.
Compaq and
SuSE Release Enhanced SuSE AXP 6.1
August 18th 1999
Compaq and SuSE have announced an
enhanced version of SuSE 6.1 for Alpha (AXP). The main change
being increased interoperabilty and compatibility with
Tru64Unix. Compaq has also certified SuSE Linux on it's
hardware. The joint press release can be found at NewsAlert.com.
Alpha Processor Inc. and TheLinuxStore
are working together for TheLinuxStore to start selling computers based around API's new UP1000 and UP2000 motherboards. Details
of the deal can be found in
this press release from API.
Free Multias from TheLinuxStore
August 2nd 1999
TheLinuxStore is giving away Multias for free. The only charge is a $29.50
shipping fee. Units are sold 'as is' and carry no warranty.
