From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Mar 16 13:23:19 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A1F6AD2265 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:23:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x22b.google.com (mail-lf0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BDF823B7 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:23:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id h198so19048628lfh.0 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 06:23:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=8abtmvqYc2U5MKc74g3W3LmYRWFzFviuiMAqgJDniCE=; b=kCneTZPKgq743XhXlhcYAixjj8CjBu2J3RnfE16Ooz2CrEwiDeQu6UfJbGhQKo8WEX KAKZg2gTIEpaE69rJwSJL1qevuBEUmfKZ0enc4Mi7dAyU2UqFzrycFFoBwr6ssFfHuec XpWA+ytK8lvO1IxyheOOZW2t2E8Gh2d+37OPeM+1eOpCAX6gEZjbKDl1TAR4Yz5OtPK3 7Lss8ncC4UOvB0ML9ytFZfMqN8XCihXxT8SW/n4wQ/bmp0l9qMopdOgstK5PZYlPkVd0 iOV0ghKVMvnXZIMwLkaHSr0QzsGcWqxweX4wPGKzLpNT1KHNesBGy0Zf3KzpSbizVgnL 3Bww== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=8abtmvqYc2U5MKc74g3W3LmYRWFzFviuiMAqgJDniCE=; b=C4hCw7DtBghtgGBncWXekUTIfM6k7YIszFG4tyX+hUbFsnGf2ck9jEd94U9Arr37cS jIYNEd45l0ZCX/VxRAD33BiKCjBZ6XvRJy7BauwJzIFJi6ptXrLY7ScIDVPZtKJ1EkWG HLigrmmRQcwHPSopI1EcRnjWOBThSRQ3YwQnSeO6NAF+jrD2GSA17uFhS63sBFXZBt/l LK3kDilp/gQVcwim8D4IG61dZ4FsPvys4JN0rKJzBR/GcnPwbw/5OSzml59Qk3xveCM1 J5hisdrRcX5Ds9Kx0uDC1BcN0sBZMZjU86Vb829PMiT3feaTj1f0fnoGAFwju6p4FI7u d1rg== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJIP33uOMI1aBtjqqJcTldX/KcUSHQCsCh61VD4FZknDSwu0GAO0qUQrLFc0PgLf6omN0yQYgmb23Vaqjg== X-Received: by 10.25.37.135 with SMTP id l129mr1484829lfl.160.1458134595718; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 06:23:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.25.91.12 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 06:22:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160316130716.c10d580e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20160316120940.da515c86.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160316113721.cc9fbf4ee4f1e9d930178cdc@sohara.org> <20160316130716.c10d580e.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Outback Dingo Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:22:36 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Best freBDS 64bit version or fork for ~2001-2002 DEC Aplha? To: Polytropon Cc: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:23:19 -0000 On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:37:21 +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:09:40 +0100 > > Polytropon wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:55:16 +1100, Chris Hope wrote: > > > > As pre-purchase research I'm looking to buy a $500-800(AUD) DEC Alpha > > > > 64bit home desktop workstation circa 1998-2001. > > > > > > > > What is the latest kernel 64bit either internal project or > recommended > > > > fork that supports it (with KDE/Gnome 1 or similar UI). > > > > > > I'd say that the current production release FreeBSD/ia64 10.2 > > > > ia64 is Itanium, that's not going to run on an Alpha. > > Sorry... not compatible with Alpha 64 bit? My mistake... as you > can see, I'm out of "non-x86 country" for a long time so I can't > even properly recognize the most common architecture names... :-( > > > > > > Otherwise, check out FreeBSD/alpha, but keen in mind this > > > branch has been discontinued: > > > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/alpha.html > > > > That should do - but it is ancient, ports are likely to be > > troublesome. > > This will only work with older versions of KDE or Gnome (of the > requested time period, 10 years ago) as they are in the source > repository for that FreeBSD version and the corresponding ports > infrastructure. Binary packages are probably still available, > but (as well) only for that older system version. > > > > > NetBSD may be a better option. > > Yes, NetBSD support is probably much better - both the OS and > the applications are current. > > http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/alpha/ > > NetBSD/alpha 7.0 sure is worth trying. > another good candidate for Alpha is OpenVMS hobbyist, or well... linux... sorry guys... had to say it. I remember those good old Alpha/FreeBSD days well. > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >