RedHat.com: Red Hat Unveils First Open Source Linux Development Tools for... Itanium Processor | Linux Today

RedHat.com: Red Hat Unveils First Open Source Linux Development Tools for… Itanium Processor

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 16, 2000

“Red Hat… announced today the immediate public availability of
GNUPro tools for IA-64.”

“GNUPro tools for IA-64 include the IA-64 Linux source code,
Red Hat’s… GNUPro compiler and other key software for
rapidly-creating the next-generation of Linux-based
applications
for enterprise, Internet and scientific
applications on the Intel Itanium processor. The release of the
GNUPro tools for IA-64 marks the first time that both the Linux
kernel and key development tools are available for a pre-production
Intel processor.”

“The GNUPro tools for IA-64 are completely open source and are
being released to the open source development community immediately
via the Trillian Project web site at
http://www.cygnus.com/ia64/index.html . Concurrent with Itanium
processor production, Red Hat will also offer packaged and
supported tools…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

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