UpdateThis Tuesday (12/21/1999) alphalinux.org will be down for several hours
starting at 8:15AM PST due to our hosts
(TheShell.com) relocating to new
premises with a new bandwidth provider. We apologize in advance for any
problems this may cause.
Debian 2.1r4 Released
Thu Dec 16 19:25:40 1999
Debian has released 2.1r4 (slink) . Included in
this release are Y2K and security fixed. More information is available from
this announcement.
RedHat 6.1 Alpha
Thu Dec 16 14:43:50 PST 1999
According to our sources RedHat 6.1 for Alpha will be available soon. We'll post an update as soon as it appears on ftp.redhat.com.
Compaq Fortran, C compilers now available
Thu Dec 16 11:39:50 PST 1999
The Alpha-optimized Fortran and C compilers have left beta and are now
available
free for non-commercial usage.
See the Compaq site for more information.
Compaq, API, and Samsung Set Long-Term Growth Strategy for Alpha
Mon Dec 13 09:08:13 1999
Compaq,
API and Samsung have expanded
their relationship with the signing of a document that will result in $500 million
combined investment in Alpha. More information is available in
this press release from the three companies. Update 9:29AMThe Register
is also running a story on the investment in Alpha.
TheLinuxStore Giving Away 300 Multias
Mon Dec 13 09:01:02 1999
TheLinuxStore is
giving away 300 Multias
by December 15th. These are bare bones machines (no memory, no disks) and
shipping is not included.
Fix for Kmail bug on Alpha
Mon Dec 13 09:00:21 1999
If you've been using KMail and are experiencing crashes on opening the composer
window a fix
is now available that allows KMail to function properly.
API reaches for resellers with Alpha clone
Tue Dec 7 14:26:32 1999
Computer Reseller News has
an article on API and how they could start to challenge SUN and others
for Linux workstation.
We've been told that API has ceased production of the LX and UX motherboards.
Anybody looking to purchase these boards should do it soon before supplies have
been depleted.
New SRM Howto
Mon Dec 6 09:40:07 1999
Now available is a new version of the
SRM Howto. Included in this update is information on booting from IDE devices,
loading RedHat 6.0 and SuSE 6.1 from SRM and more information on disk partitioning
using BSD disklabels.
New Dump Package for Debian
Sat Dec 4 14:07:31 1999
Debian has released an update to the
dump package due to a problem with restoring symbolic links. The updated package
is available from
http://security.debian.org.
New Mailing Lists Available
Sat Dec 4 14:03:10 1999
Due to requests from several people we've setup some new mailing lists here at
alphalinux.org. The new lists are axp-hardware and axp-software and are meant
to be distribution neutral. To subscribe send an email to
majordomo@alphalinux.org with
subscribe axp-hardware and/or subscribe axp-software in the body. If you have any
trouble with the lists write to
listmaster@alphalinux.org.
BMRT (Blue Moon Rendering Tools)
version 2.5beta is now available for AlphaLinux. BMRT
are a collection of rendering programs which adhere to the
RenderMan(R) interface standard.
