Thanks @Blzut3; indeed Alpha is still in the kernel, but the only maintained and up-to-date distro that supports it is Gentoo; then again that is a compile-from-source distro, so having the latest kernel is kinda implied

Though I may try the last remaining Debian (from 2015) experimentally just to get a feel for it; with 4 9GB SCSI HDDs and a 4GB SCSI HDD (which I can use for swap, as the thing has 2GB RAM) I can dual boot. Of course 9GB isn't a lot, but its enough for DooM, and I can put /home on a separate partition

These guys don't have any installer other than a live CD with just enough of a command line to do the install and a huge online handbook then requires a lot of UNIX/Linux knowledge and quite probably a few sacrifices to ${DEVIL}

It's the Linux equivalent of beating E2M8 with a fist only

I used to use a VAX 8200 and Ultrix at University and some form of UNIX at work, so I am used to it, but by ${DEITY} it's a lot of messing about!
And yes I know you can get PrBoom for OpenVMS and a hobby licence thereof, but the scars left on my soul from managing a MicroVAX and VMS system for ten years have taken their toll; I mean I can script in DCL (and CDU, we don't parse our own args in VMS, oh no!) and boy do I feel kinda dirty knowing it
