Re: Redhat 6.1

[Igor Schein <igor txc com>]

On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 07:44:56PM -0700, Dan Frasnelli wrote:
> > I wonder how Redhat beta's their software, does anyone know?  I for one
> > have never seen beta releases for Redhat on Alpha.
> 
> Sure you have, remember the 5.9 beta? Keep in mind that this
> public beta release trend is fairly recent - in the past, testing was
> done behind closed doors.  One of the big problems RH has right
> now is a lack of staff who use/want to use the Alpha platform.  Last I
> heard - about 3 months ago - there was only one engineer with an Alpha on 
> his desk.  Maybe somebody at RH would like to chime in and correct me? I
> hope? 

This brings some concern and a question - which distribution has the most
potential on Alpha platform?  By potential I mean widespread and
popularity, commitment to development, maintaince and support.

What do we have now?  Redhat, Debian, SuSe, TurboLinux and Stampede
are list on alphalinux.org.  TurboLinux does not yet support
Alpha, Stampede is a pgcc distrubution, which implies Pentium family
only ( please correct me if I'm wrong ).  

Please voice your opinions and experience.

Thanks

Igor