Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

64-Bit Slackware Is Alive

Posted by timothy on from the needs-a-really-good-version-number dept.

t0mg writes with this news from the top of Slackware.org "from the Slackware64-current changelog: [tap tap tap]... Is this thing on? ;-) Ready or not, Slackware has now gone 64-bit with an official x86_64 port being maintained in-sync with the regular x86 -current branch. DVDs will be available for purchase from the Slackware store when Slackware 13.0 is released. Many thanks go out to the Slackware team for their help with this branch and a special thank you to Eric Hameleers who did the real heavy lifting re-compiling everything for this architecture, testing, re-testing, and staying in-sync with -current. We've been developing and testing Slackware64 for quite a while. Most of the team is already using Slackware64 on their personal machines, and things are working well enough that it is time to let the community check our work. We'd like to thank the unofficial 64 bit projects for taking up the slack for us for so long so that we could take our time getting everything just right. Without those alternatives, we would have been pressured to get things out before they were really ready."

9 of 164 comments (clear)

  1. Wow Slack is still around? by Lookin4Trouble · · Score: 1, Funny

    I guess some folk like to stick with the first version of anything they ever try... kinda like the Amiga crowd?

    1. Re:Wow Slack is still around? by stoolpigeon · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're not just lookin' - you've found it.

      --
      It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
    2. Re:Wow Slack is still around? by DamnStupidElf · · Score: 3, Funny

      Putting my sysadmin cap on, the first thing that comes to mind when seeing a Slackware, or for that matter Gentoo, box is "Oh God no, a tweaker".

      If you have to administer a slackware user's box, it probably means they have died. To all my fellow slackers, don't forget to put the root password and some documentation in your will.

    3. Re:Wow Slack is still around? by petrus4 · · Score: 2, Funny

      But eventually I went to Debian, and now I'm a Debian and Ubuntu user, and now I make my own debs, and I am much much happier this way thank you.

      Ordinarily I cannot abide Debian users, but because you have mentioned compiling your own packages, you will be allowed to live. ;)

  2. 64bit only DVD's? by 0racle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if it's too much to ask that the DVD have both i386 and x86_64 on them. I also wonder if they'll support upgrading from i386 to x86_64. I wonder when 13 will be released.

    I wonder a lot of things really.

    --
    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
  3. Re:Glad to here. by IAR80 · · Score: 2, Funny

    First distro I ever used. And I kept using it until 2002. It warped me for good on the BSD file layout. Now I can only use Gentoo because of that. :)

    --
    http://ebgp.net/ccc/
  4. DVD? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    When did they stop using floppies?

    1. Re:DVD? by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

      From the distro notes:

      "IMPORTANT: People making their own copies of the CDs for redistribution to colleagues etc. are reminded that cDs can not be made double-sided with a hole punch"

      --
      AT&ROFLMAO
  5. Re:Huh? Fred Emmott got SLAMD'd ??? by lazarusdishwasher · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you been keeping up with the change log? He is credited 5 times. ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/ChangeLog.txt