SuSE 6.1 for Alpha

Philipp Rumpf writes "SuSE began shipping the first official version of their SuSE distribution for Compaq's (former Digital's) 64-bit Alpha architecture this week in Germany. " I'm glad to see SuSE finally expanding into non-x86 platforms. With any luck, it'll be available in the states soon.

Comments

Version numbers are important

[dattaway]

Consider the x.0 releases new that contains many changes and issues to be ironed out. I could say the same about Redhat 5.0. The rock solid releases were 4.2 and 5.2. If a person values stability, old is good and should stick with what has been fixed and proven, not the latest out the door.

Re:FORMER Digital?

[IntlHarvester]

Hah! For years the biggest thing holding up the Alpha platform were the three letters D, E, and C. Digital might have had it's day, but for years they've had the reputation of "legacy" and "going out of business".

Since Compaq took over, they've discovered there's a pretty big pent-up-demand for Alpha systems and Tru64/DU - People who loved the technololgy, but couldn't pull the trigger on the vendor. Right or Wrong, that's the case.

In short, Digital Equipment's brand name hasn't really had any weight for the last two or three generations of IT people. (Perhaps, it's still magic in the VMS market.) If Compaq hadn't bought DEC, they would have probably pulled a Borland and renamed themselves.
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