x86-64 Slackware Clone Released

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!"

Comments

Good things are happening in the world of PC OSes.

[CyricZ]

The past few weeks have been fantastic for PC operating system developments. Between the new Fedora release, this, the release of open source Solaris, the release of FreeBSD 5.4, Mac OS X on Intel machines, and the upcoming release of BeOS, things have really been happening at an amazing pace. We are truly coming up to a time of great innovation and change in the PC desktop/workstation landscape.

Re:Why is x64 so slow to takeoff ?

[theendlessnow]

Slow to take off because analysts are pretty much in agreement that Microsoft won't be truly ready for 64bit until Longhorn.

All recommendations I've seen are to hold off using WinXP 64 and wait until Longhorn.

On the conpiracy theory side... Microsoft's slow adoption may strictly be at the bequest of Intel (who know they don't really have anything that can compete with AMD right now).

By delaying "good" support for 64bit, Microsoft is actually helping Intel in making sure the 64bit revolution doesn't take off in a massive way... gives Intel more time to catch up. Most Intel shops are pure Microsoft shops (e.g. Dell.. well.. Dell does give Linux some lip service, but it's just a marketing thing).

Slack FAQ

[CapnGrunge]

Why is this news?
Well, it's slackware working in another architecture

Why not Debian/*buntu/Fedora/yadda?
I don't like [package] management getting in my way, that's why.

It's outdated!
Get some fresh source or search slackware-current or linuxpackages

If I wanted to compile I'd get gentoo!
Your choice.