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x86-64 Slackware Clone Released

Posted by timothy on from the uniformity-in-diversity dept.

Rob_Ogilvie points out that another distribution for x86-64 (AKA AMD64) has been released: "This time it's Slamd64. Slamd64 10.1 is based off Slackware 10.1. Developer Fred Emmott ported Slackware to AMD64 in his spare time, trying to keep the distribution as close to Slackware proper as possible (even keeping binary compatibility for many existing packages). Finally x86-64 users have some real viable choices out there!"

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  1. Re:Finally we have choices? by repruhsent · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and it's STILL compiling!

  2. Re:Good things are happening in the world of PC OS by smittyoneeach · · Score: 1, Funny

    So many kernels, just the one GNU/Emacs...

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  3. Re:Good things are happening in the world of PC OS by Dolda2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Indeed -- only Windows is nowhere to be seen. ;-)

  4. Re:Good things are happening in the world of PC OS by jpmkm · · Score: 1, Funny

    The only thing it lacks is a good text editor.