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Slamd64 Linux 12.2
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1 23228 03-24-2009
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100% of reviewers None indicated 9.0



Description: Fred Emmott has announced the release of Slamd64 Linux 12.2, an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 architecture: "Slamd64 12.2 is released, and is an incremental improvement over 12.1, including: Linux 2.6.27.7; GCC 4.2.4; Apache HTTPD 2.2.10, with SSL support and PHP 5.2.8; updated development tools; KDE 3.5.10 and Xfce 4.4.3; Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19; Sun Java (JRE and JDK) 6u11. Like previous releases of Slamd64, 12.2 provides seamless FHS-compliant 32-bit compatibility, via a multilib system (/lib for 32-bit libraries and /lib64 for 64-bit libraries). This provides easier and increased support for both existing 32-bit software and for 64-bit binaries too, such as the NVIDIA drivers, without requiring compatibility symlinks which clutter the root directory and remove the separation of 32-bit and 64-bit binaries."
Keywords: Slackware Seamless FHS-compliant


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Old 03-24-2009, 12:26 PM   #1
alisonken1
 
Registered: Jun 2003
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 21

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9

Pros: Slackware stock compiled as 64-bit
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Running Slamd64 allows me to continue my Slackware, but with a 64-bit rig. No changes to stock slackware packages other than 64-bit options, just Slackware.
 




  



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