SuSE announces free access to its IA64 Linux compile farmNuremberg 23 August 2000 SuSE introduced a free test environment for the new 64-bit architecture. This environment is accessible through the Internet, allowing Application developers to test and adapt their Linux applications to the 64-bit-processor online.
By offering remote access to the compile farm via the Internet, SuSE and
Intel jointly support programmers in porting their Linux-applications to the
IA 64-bit platform and its first processor, the Itanium. Additionally, SuSE provides the preliminary version of the complete SuSE
Linux 7.0 for iA-64 to be downloaded for free from its ftp server. SuSE
Linux 7.0 for iA-64 is a complete operating system including a complete set
of networking tools for programming and Internet/intranet applications for
Linux. This offering, in conjunction with free access to the compilefarm,
guarantees that SuSE Linux applications will deliver 64-bit offerings
simultaneously with Intel's Itanium. "Due to the close cooperation of the Linux-community with Intel engineers,
we are able to port the core components of the Linux environment and support
64-bit performance at an early stage", explained Dirk Hohndel, CTO of SuSE
Linux AG. "Linux early inclusion in the iA-64 development emphasizes the
significance of the Linux OS in the enterprise market." Interested software developers are invited and encouraged to register at
http://www.suse.de/cgi-bin/ia64.pl to gain free access to the password
protected iA-64 compilefarm. The complete downloadable version of SuSE Linux
7.0 for iA-64 is available, free of charge, at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ia64
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