#use wml::debian::template title="Alpha Port -- Status" NOHEADER="yes" #include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/ports/alpha/menu.inc" # $Id$
The Alpha port, first officially released with Debian 2.1
slink
, is now archived: the last release with official support
for it was Debian 5.0 lenny
.
lenny
This is the last Debian release which includes the Alpha port.
etch
This release had support for Alpha, but only those machines which can use SRM/aboot to boot can be installed with the new installer.
sarge
This release had full support for Alpha.
woody
This release had solid support for Alpha and is the last one to support machines soly using milo (i.e. not SRM).
potato
Potato has much more software available and supports more types of Alphas than slink did.
slink
The Alpha port was initially released with this release.
Quite a lot of hardware is now supported on Linux/Alpha. Unfortunately, the exact combination of machine, hardware and kernel version is non-trivial, so if you don't find your combo in this list on alphalinux.org, and researching the list archives for Debian and Red Hat-AXP-Lists neither yields a result, then subscribe to the Debian-Alpha list and ask. Usually someone has tried already and can provide useful information.