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 ===== Community =====
-==== Distributions ====
+The mailing lists, IRC channels, and forums where Alpha/Linux users and developers meet today. Each distribution's own lists and channels are also described under [[:distributions|Distributions]], and the lists and newsgroups of the past under [[history:community|Community History]].
-=== Current ===
+==== Mailing lists ====
-[[https://www.gentoo.org/|Gentoo Linux]] has a maintained [[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Alpha|Alpha port]].
+The Alpha/Linux kernel mailing list is **linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org**, hosted at [[https://subspace.kernel.org/vger.kernel.org.html|vger.kernel.org]]. It is also the place for general questions about Linux on Alpha. A question is easier to answer when it gives the system model, the distribution and kernel version, and the output of the SRM ''show config'' command or the kernel log; see [[documentation:kernel#reporting_bugs|Kernel: Reporting bugs]].
-Until [[https://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/|Debian Lenny]], [[https://www.debian.org/|Debian]] maintained an Alpha port. Support for Alpha is now maintained as part of [[https://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/|Debian Ports]].
+  * **Subscribe:** send an email to **linux-alpha+subscribe@vger.kernel.org**; the subject and body are ignored.
+  * **Daily digest:** subscribe with **linux-alpha+subscribe-digest@vger.kernel.org** instead.
+  * **Unsubscribe:** send an email to **linux-alpha+unsubscribe@vger.kernel.org**.
+  * **NNTP:** the list can be read at **nntp://nntp.lore.kernel.org**.
+  * **Archives:** [[https://lore.kernel.org/linux-alpha/|lore.kernel.org]], from April 2002, and [[https://marc.info/?l=linux-alpha|marc.info]], from May 1998.
-=== Defunct ===
+Gentoo and Debian each have an Alpha mailing list: [[https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-alpha/|gentoo-alpha]] and [[https://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/|debian-alpha]].
-Many Linux distributions once supported Alpha, but do not any longer or have been discontinued. The following lists distributions who supported Alpha in the past and the last Alpha-supporting release.
+The [[https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/|NetBSD Alpha]] and [[http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-alpha|OpenBSD Alpha]] mailing lists also carry Alpha hardware and porting information.
-  * Red Hat 7.2
+The lists that carried most of the port's history, among them Red Hat's **axp-list** and the lists hosted on alphalinux.org, are gone, as are the Alpha newsgroups. Their archives are described in [[history:community|Community History]].
-  * AlphaCore 3
-  * CentOS 4.6
-  * SuSE 7.1
-FreeBSD also discontinued their Alpha port after the 6.x series.
-==== Mailing Lists ====
-The Alpha/Linux Kernel mailing list is hosted at [[https://subspace.kernel.org/vger.kernel.org.html|vger.kernel.org]]. To subscribe, send an email to **majordomo@vger.kernel.org** with a blank subject line with body **subscribe linux-alpha**. Archives are located on [[https://lore.kernel.org/linux-alpha/|lore.kernel.org]] and [[https://marc.info/?l=linux-alpha|marc.info]].
-Both [[https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-alpha/|Gentoo]] and [[https://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/links#lists|Debian]] have distribution-related Alpha mailing lists.
-A once popular mailing list for Alpha Linux users is the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230914041141/https://listman.redhat.com/archives/axp-list/|axp-list]] hosted by Red Hat. Its archives still hold much valuable information.
-While not pertaining to Linux, Alpha hardware information may be found in the [[https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-alpha/|FreeBSD Alpha]], [[https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/|NetBSD Alpha]], [[http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-alpha|OpenBSD Alpha]] mailing lists.
 ==== IRC ====
-A general Alpha discussion channel exists at **#alpha** on [[https://libera.chat/|Libera]]. Also, a Gentoo oriented channel exists at **#gentoo-alpha**, also on Libera.
+General Alpha discussion takes place in **#alpha** on [[https://libera.chat/|Libera.Chat]], and Gentoo's Alpha port uses **#gentoo-alpha** on the same network.
 ==== Forums ====
+The [[https://github.com/alphalinux|alphalinux]] organization on GitHub hosts [[https://github.com/orgs/alphalinux/discussions|GitHub Discussions]] for questions, announcements, and general discussion of Linux on Alpha.
 Gentoo has a [[https://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum.php?f=32|Gentoo on Alternative Architectures forum]].
-==== Newsgroups ====
+==== Issue tracker ====
+Known problems that affect Linux on Alpha across projects are tracked in [[https://github.com/alphalinux/issues/issues|alphalinux/issues]] on GitHub. How to report a bug is described under [[tasks:bugs|Bugs]].
-A few newsgroups exist for Alpha users, namely
+The port's own tools, among them [[software:boot_loaders:aboot|aboot]] and [[software:boot_loaders:milo|MILO]], and the [[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives|mailing list archives]] cited throughout this wiki, are kept in the [[https://github.com/alphalinux|alphalinux]] organization on GitHub.
-  * [[https://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.alpha/topics|comp.os.linux.alpha]] for discussion of running Linux on Alpha
+{{tag>community}}
-  * [[https://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.dec/topics|comp.sys.dec]] for discussion about DEC Computers
-  * [[https://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.ports.alpha|linux.debian.ports.alpha]] for discussion of running Debian on Alpha
-While not pertaining to Linux or Alpha, hardware information may be found in the [[https://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.vms/topics|comp.sys.vms]] and [[https://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.tru64/topics|comp.unix.tru64]] newsgroups.