[PLUG] RedHat on Alpha

[Jason Dubrow]

hehehe, there is no such a thing called a Linux Alpha Netscape or
Acroread....  Best way is to get tru64 libs installed on the box and
enable some flag in the kernel that'll allow the execution of tru-64
exec's (its near the Misc Bin/Elf bin/a.out like support).  There should
be a doc on http://alphalinux.org.

If you want to be REALLY masocistic(sp?), you can try and get the em86 to
work.  I don't believe it has been updated in about 2 years.

xpdf works great on my box for PDF files. (better than acrobat).  Also
note with  this method of running netscape you WILL have memory leaks in
netscape. Don't let it try and resolve a hostname too long, or it can and
will kill X and lock up your console.

Jason

On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, A Braunsdorf wrote:

> 
> I've got a couple of Alphas here running RedHat 6.2.  Where can I
> get binary (blech) applications like Netscape and acroread?  All
> I'm finding are Intel Linux binaries and TRU-64 Alpha binaries.
> It's got an older Netscape included, so there must be one out there.
> 
> Luckily, I run most everything else from sources, including other
> web browsers and PDF viewers, so this isn't a huge problem, but it
> makes my job harder (as binary-only distributions always do).
> 
> ab
> 
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