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:SuSE Linux 6.1 for Alpha (German version) released
SuSE Linux 6.1 for Alpha (German version) released
Jul 10, 1999, 21 :37 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (5402 reads)

(Other stories by Dwight Johnson) (As seen on Linux.de)

Support for a wide variety of Alpha hardware.

Tested over a wide range of Alpha hardware, the newly released German version SuSE Linux 6.1 for Alpha-AXP features:

  • 4 CD-ROMs
  • 450 page handbook
  • Boot disk
  • Kernel 2.2
  • XFree86TM 3.3.3.1
  • KDE 1.1.1 (K Desktop Environment)
  • GNOME 1.0
  • All packages in RPM format with sources in SRPM format
  • The entire system or single packages may be updated by ftp.
  • Choice of configuration -- free choice of configuration options or pre-configured
  • 60 days free E-mail, fax and telephone installation support

    Summary of packages:

  • Graphics: Gimp 1.1, blender, imageMagick
  • Programming: C/C++, Fortran, Pascal, ...
  • Sound: CD-Player, MOD-Player, MP3-Player, MIDI-Sequencer, ...
  • Document layout: teTeX, Latex, Ghostscript 5.10
  • Networking: TCP/IP, NFS, UUCP, PPP, IPX, Ncpfs (Zugriff auf Novell 3.x), Appletalk, Amateur radio, ISDN, SMB (Windows), Token ring, Arcnet, ...
  • Database: MySQL
  • Internet: WWW, Mail, News, IRC, DNS, Fireball, ...
  • Editors: Emacs, vi, joe, aXe, nedit
  • Unix tools: awk, sed, grep, find, rcs, make, groff, bison, flex, perl, m4
  • Window managers: fvwm/fvwm95, WindowMaker, icewm

    SuSE Linux for Alpha is scheduled for a new release three times a year just as the x86 version. To keep it synchronized with the x86 version, the next release of SuSE Linux for Alpha will be in September. Because of the short time till the next release, all purchasers of SuSE Linux for Alpha will receive a coupon good for a free upgrade to the next release. SuSE Linux for Alpha is priced at DM 98-.

    Missing from SuSE Linux for Alpha are many commercial packages and demos which are available only on the x86 platform.

    There is currently no infomation about when the International (English) release of SuSE Linux for Alpha will take place, but typically it is four to six weeks after the German release.

    For more information, visit the Web site.


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    We have an iMac. We're running Linux ...   Then PPC?   
    Rachel Greenham
    Jul 11, 1999, 05:50:06
     
    even though a little late (first announc ...   finally SuSE is here   
    Dietmar Brinkmann
    Jul 12, 1999, 09:02:13
     
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