[Info-vax] vtAlpha and marketing bullshit

[hb]

> On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:31:48 +0000, ChrisQ wrote:
> > Alpha Linux development seems to be at an end. Shame, as there are still
> > many machines out there that could benefit from having a modern,
> > properly sorted os to run on them. Yes, I know we have vms, but it's
> > expensive and hard work in terms of getting open source software
> > running on it...

Gentoo still supports Alpha (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/),
however its installation is not as convenient as SuSE or Debian. SuSE
8.1 and Debian Lenny were the last (supported) versions of these
distros.