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January 31st 1999
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Here's an interesting article from ZDNET in which they talk about Gateway
using AMD's chip instead of Intel's. The interesting part is about half way down the page where they talk about
Gateway using the up and coming AMD K7 chip, which as we all know will be socket compatible with the Alpha. So, does
this mean you'll be able to call up Gateway and order an Alpha machine, with Linux?
We now have a JDK 1.2 (Java 2) port to AlphaLinux, available from http://www.voicenet.com/~gatgul/JDK/1.2.
For people interested in the Icon programming language, Tim Patti has provided us with some directions and tips for
using the language under AlphaLinux. His directions can be found in the
software section.
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January 30th 1999
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Computer Reseller News has
an article on Monday's Alpha announcements. Don't forget
to register for the live webcast.
RedHat and Freshmeat are back on line.
msnbc.com has a story on the release of
the 2.2 kernel with a link to alphalinux.org. Not quite sure what the connection is though!
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January 29th 1999
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We are proud to announce the availability of the AlphaLinux Frame Buffer FAQ. This has just been started so
all comments and additions are welcome. You can find it in the docs section.
Compaq is getting ready for the release of the new XP1000 Alpha workstations on Monday. More information can be found at
the Compaq Workstation home page.
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January 28th 1999
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Linus has released kernel version 2.2.1, the "brown paper bag release".
Here's some recent press coverage of the Alpha:
Intel's Merced undercut by Compaq's Alpha and
Computing heavyweights warm to Linux
4Front Technologies has announced a new release of Open Sound System (OSS)
for AlphaLinux (thanks to Oliver Soell).
On the hardware front the DP264 (that's the new dual 21264 motherboard) comes out on Monday with a single processor
version on the way, and the LX board is going back into limited production run.
Got a news item for the AlphaLinux community? Send it along to news@alphalinux.org. |
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January 26th 1999
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Well it's finally arrived. Kernel 2.2 has appeared on kernel.org and it's mirrors.
The downtime has been rescheduled for today at 8:00am (PST). Hopefully we should
only be down for about 10 minutes.
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January 24th 1999
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We've started to archive the Debian-Alpha mailing list. Available from the archives section.
On the cluster project I just heard that the telephone company has installed the equipment so we should
soon have a mailing list address for everybody. As soon as I know it I'll be sure to pass it on.
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January 21st 1999
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There here! Banners that is. For good or bad we've setup them up.
RedHat has released XFree86 3.3.3.1 RPMs for Alpha. Available from
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha.
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January 19th 1999
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Here's a page with some info on the up and coming
21364 Alpha processor.
I have finally had a chance to download the image files for the Ruffian
install information and
I've fixed the archiving of the axp-list. Hypermail was choking on one message that seemed to stop it from
moving on.
From the rumors department: There has been talk on axp-list (and the alphant list I gather) that Compaq/Dec is going
to produce C/C++ compilers for alphalinux.
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January 17th 1999
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For those of you interested in the cluster project. We are still moving along. The mailing list
has been setup, however we are waiting for the telephone company to install a T1 line, once
this is done we will post the address for subscribing to the list.
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January 16th 1999
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ZDNET is running an interesting article on Compaq
providing
Linux pre-installed on servers (workstations to follow ?) with 24x7 support coverage.
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January 15th 1999
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It seems like BSDI is creating a new platform that will run Linux. It is called
Linux Application Platform (LAP). It will be included with the BSD
derived releases of the BSD/OS operating system.
"LAP addresses the biggest barrier to widespread industry adoption of Linux applications -- the lack of a
reliable, commercially supported operating system to run them on. BSDI's LAP also expands the market
opportunity for Linux application software vendors at thousands of corporations, Internet Service Providers
and network appliance developers worldwide where BSDI is used".
BSDI will be releasing LAP during the first quarter 1999. There is no mention if they will make a BSD like
release of Linux, but this looks very encouraging with all the current distributions geared to the desktop
machine.
There is no mention of what architecture LAP will run on, but because bsd/os is x86 I would guess x86. Feel free
to email
BSDI to find out more.
-Barrett
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