Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 16:11:38 -0000 From: paul@originative.co.uk To: wwoods@cybcon.com, tcrimi+@andrew.cmu.edu, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, paul@originative.co.uk Subject: RE: Alpha and ports..... Message-ID: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FE5D@octopus>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: William Woods [mailto:wwoods@cybcon.com] > Sent: 15 March 1999 15:41 > To: Thomas Valentino Crimi; alpha@FreeBSD.ORG; paul@originative.co.uk > Subject: Alpha and ports..... > > > I am in the process of buying an alpha multia.....just to > play with and > learn on. I already have FreeBSD on a PPII200 and all is well there. > > The question I have is this....how are the ports on the alpha distro, > specifically, I am interested in Netscape, WP8. How well do > these compile? > And maby StarOffice 4.0 also. Those are all binary only ports so they won't run on the alpha. Even if they did, the chances of them running on a Multia are pretty slim. It's a very slow box, I'd guess 486-pentium era performance from the general feel of the one's I've got. They're ok for playing with, even have some quirks that means there's lots of things to do on the porting front. I bought a couple a few years ago just for the fun of porting FreeBSD to them but I don't think I'll find much serious use for them other than that. I'd only buy a Multia at this point in time if it was very cheap and you have an interest in helping the porting effort since it will not do you much good as an useable desktop machine. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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