Slamd64 12.0 RC1 was released today

nLEyETn · 10-08-2007, 11:52 AM

I'm downloading right now. For all who are interested goto http://www.slamd64.com to get it

randomsel · 10-08-2007, 12:30 PM

what're the main reasons for using a 64 bit OS? Is it worth it right now?

nLEyETn · 10-08-2007, 12:45 PM

Well, I used to use Slamd64, then I went back to Slackware because I just ran into a few problems with compatibility issues, but when I went back to Slackware, I did notice a small performance decrease. So I'd say that the main advantage is just getting the maximum performance out of your machine that it's capable of.

nLEyETn · 10-08-2007, 12:49 PM

From reading the release notes on 12.0 RC1, it looks like he's taken care of some of the common issues with 64-bit, he added the nspluginwrapper for using flash, and it looks like he's gone back to allowing compiling 32 bit binaries. It already allowed running 32 bit, but the last release i had tried for Slamd64 didn't let my compile 32 bit without chrooting, but that looks to be changed here.