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CentOS 4 : CentOS-4.1 (Beta) for the Alpha processor is now released

Posted by hughesjr on 2005/6/27 14:50:00 (28739 reads)

CentOS proudly announces our first Architecture that is CentOS Only !

CentOS-4.1 (Beta) for the Alpha processor is now released.

As most of you know, CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution that is based on SRPMS provided by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.

We are routinely criticized (by some) for stealing the upstream vendor's IP and not giving back to the community.

(I know, anyone who understands the GPL and knows who makes the software in question also knows that the upstream vendor distributes other vendor's programs via the GPL and does not own most of the software any more than CentOS does ... however the criticism still remains)

Well, with the release of CentOS-4.1 (beta) for the Alpha processor, CentOS proudly announces our first Architecture that is based on the CentOS codebase, but is outside the architectures supported by the upstream vendor.

This is the first (but not the last) architecture that CentOS plans to release that is Enterprise Quality (based on the CentOS codebase) but is not available upstream. In the works is a SPARC release and we are currently putting the finishing touches a Mac installable PPC beta release of CentOS-4.1.

We currently also support installs on the VIA C3, VIA Eden, Pentium Classic/MMX, and AMD K6 processors which can not be performed with the upstream vendor's product.

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bentterp	Posted: 2005/6/30 5:51 Updated: 2005/6/30 5:51
Newbie Joined: 2005/2/22 From: Stockholm Posts: 6	Re: CentOS-4.1 (Beta) for the Alpha processor is now rele... Yeah You know we've actually got some alphas standing around gathering dust due to lack of os. This is great!

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eravion	Posted: 2005/8/7 14:24 Updated: 2005/8/7 14:24
Newbie Joined: 2005/8/7 From: Posts: 1	Re: CentOS-4.1 (Beta) for the Alpha processor is now rele... If you have some DS10, you can give one to me ?

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pARODY	Posted: 2005/10/3 0:08 Updated: 2005/10/3 0:08
Newbie Joined: 2005/10/3 From: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3	Re: CentOS-4.1 (Beta) for the Alpha processor is now rele... This is great. I've got an alpha 1200 server that was sitting in a photocopier room doing nothing except collecting dust. Now I can rebuild it and use it for a mail gateway or anything else I really want instead of pulling my hair out finding good software for openVMS. :D