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Re: [LUG] Debian 3.0r1 on Alpha AXP - where now?



On Wednesday 22 Oct 2003 18:19, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 Oct 2003 5:55 pm, Alasdair Cunningham-Smith wrote:
> > OK - this is my first ever Linux install.
>
> Why Debian? Most people here (even those who promote Debian) wouldn't
> usually advise using Debian as your first-ever install - there are other
> distros out there which will take you through all these problems
> interactively and get you straight into X.

No other distros are currently available for Alpha (at least none of the 
'easy' distros). The latest Redhat release is 7. Although there is an 
(unsupported) release of SuSE 8.1 for Alpha.

David.

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