Re: Linux installation on Alpha DS10

["Carl Lowenstein" <carl lowenstein gmail com>]

On 3/13/07, Oliver Falk <oliver linux-kernel at> wrote:
> Am 2007-03-13 08:49, Padiyath Sreekumaran schrieb:
> > Hello,
> > I have received a Alpha DS10 computer.Specification is
> > COMPAQ AlphaServer DS10 617 MHz. The graphic card
> > Specification is "3D Labs GLINT Permedia".I would like to know
> > Which Linux version can I install on this machine:
> > Debian, NetBSD, Fedora etc.etc. I want to use this as a
> > Web Development machine, VNC server, Developing C and Java Programs,
> > Testing Perl scripts, PHP etc.In short I want to use as a SW development
> > machine. Security is also very very important.
>
> You can use CentOS (www.centos.org) or AlphaCore (www.alphacore.info)
> for it.

Note that the "glint" driver is not found during the AlphaCore
installation.  It can be loaded afterward (rpm -ivh) from the file
"xorg-x11-drv-glint-1.1.1-4.1.alpha.rpm" which is on CD 2.

   carl
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