64-bit Linux?

orpheus · 06-25-2003, 02:52 PM

Apple released the first 64-bit computer just this week and that is the standard the industry is moving towards. i'm running Slackware right now and I hope to upgrade to a 64-bit system sometime this year. what linux distros will be upgrading to 64-bit and when? i'm especially interested in Slackware

DrOzz · 06-25-2003, 02:54 PM

go read

orpheus · 06-25-2003, 02:56 PM

thanks. nothing for slackware though? blast

DrOzz · 06-25-2003, 02:57 PM

i am sure it won't be too long, suse has already released support for the itanium and opteron and others are following...
and i am also sure the time you get your 64bit machine there will be support with almost all distros, the main ones anyways

contrasutra · 06-25-2003, 03:05 PM

YellowDog says they will have a version out for the new G5s.

ranger12002 · 07-15-2003, 05:37 PM

solaris has a 64bit os

aherm · 07-15-2003, 09:20 PM

Wait for linux kernel 2.6 series to production.

The 2.6.0 test1 is in the wild and supports 64bit processors e.g. Hammer/AMD64.

News? http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html

Wanna test? http://kernel.org/

Athlon_Jedi · 07-16-2003, 11:37 AM

the support for 64 bit cpus has nothing to do with the distro, its all in the kernel. and i concur the 2.6 series is in the test stage so it shouldnt be to much longer

Birnenpfluecker · 12-03-2003, 08:03 AM

gentoo is missing in the list

hw-tph · 12-04-2003, 04:51 AM

Quote:

what linux distros will be upgrading to 64-bit and when?

Linux has been supporting 64bit architectures for quite a while now - the DEC Alpha (oh, sweetness, what a CPU!), the UltraSPARC, etc. I think it's quite ignorant of Apple to claim their G5 to be the first 64bit desktop system since there were (and still are, I guess) Alpha motherboards that would fit in a PC (AT/ATX) case with regular PC peripherals.

Håkan

8nasmith · 12-04-2003, 04:58 AM

Yes how about gentoo in your list