Luke Seubert wrote: > Good day all, > I am presently running Debian on my Celeron home computer, but would > like to experiment with a 21164 based Alpha workstation. Any advice > from the Debian Alpha community would be much appreciated.
> Desktop practicality: Since this would be a home computer, the Debian > Alpha system would mostly be used for web browsing, email, word > processing, playing CDs, etc. No game playing though. While I know > that Alphas are superb scientific and engineering workstations, how well > do they manage in this sort of home user role? I have an Alpha 21164LX at home for home use. I purchased it two years ago and have 64Meg RAM and a 8G HD and run Enlightenment window manager. It goes like the clappers! For web browsing I ran the Netscape Intel binary for a long while with the DEC intel binary emulation software (not open source but it is free in $ terms), for word processing you can't go past LaTeX, and for music there are many audio players for CDs and MP3s. An Alpha at home for home use has street cred :-) Best wishes, Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Lake Active caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. Safety Convenor, Australian Speleological Federation Owner, Speleonics (Australia) --------------------------------------------------------------------
