[rescue] Appropriate OS for Alpha?

[Eric Dittman]

> > Sorry, I forgot the list of stuff you needed.  Can you refresh
> > my memory?
> 
> > I have an AlphaServer 400 4/166 and I have Digital Unix 4.0d.  I want
> > to do simple fileserving at home, some Samba, some mail, some NFS, a
> > very little web, NTP, all for internal use.  The box sits behind a
> > tight firewall, so security is important, but not critical.(a few
> > known exploits won't bother me) Will be serving very few (<10) users,
> > may be exporting home directories with NFS to Irix, BSD, Linux.  X is
> > not required.

You can do all that with OpenVMS, but it would be easier to
use Tru64, *BSD, or Linux.  The hardest bit to set up with
VMS would be Samba.  Of course with VMS you could use Pathworks
or Advanced Server.

But if I were in your shoes, I'd use something else, at least
for now.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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