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64 Studio 0.9.1 'Toe Rag Update'

From:  Daniel James <daniel-AT-64studio.com>
To:  linux-audio-announce-AT-music.columbia.edu
Subject:  [linux-audio-announce] 64 Studio 0.9.1 'Toe Rag Update'
Date:  Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:07:12 +0100
Cc:  distro-AT-distrowatch.com, lwn-AT-lwn.net

Hello all,

64 Studio is developing a collection of native software for digital 
content creation on x86_64 hardware (that's AMD's 64-bit CPUs and 
Intel's EM64T chips). It's based on the pure 64 port of Debian 
GNU/Linux, but with a specialised package selection and lots of other 
customisations.

A bugfix release of 64 Studio is now available for download. Version 
0.9.1 is the second beta release, with the following significant fixes 
since 0.9.0:

* AMD64 install image size reduced to fit on CD-R (a DVD burner is no 
longer required to make install discs)

* Alternative i386 'Old Skool' edition now available - works on 
everything from a Via C3 processor upwards, just more slowly :-) If you 
are using a 32-bit machine, 256MB RAM is a practical minimum, 512MB or 
more is better.

* The snd_seq module now loads automatically at boot time by default

As always, please let us know about any bugs you find (or feature 
requests) on the 64studio-devel mailing list:

http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel

Cheers!

Daniel



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64 Studio 0.9.1 'Toe Rag Update'

Posted Aug 13, 2006 19:34 UTC (Sun) by alspnost (guest, #2763) [Link]

Interesting - a distro with "64" in its name has released a 32-bit version? I think it says a lot about the maturity of the 64-bit platform.

After a year of using an AMD64 system, my new machine is a Centrino laptop with no 64-bit support. And I'm not missing a thing, because unfortunately, there are still too many hassles, workarounds and omissions when trying to run a pure-64 system, and I'm not just talking about proprietary software.

In a way, I'm astonished at how long it will take to achieve a mass migration onto 64-bit systems with 64-bit software, even when it's a completely backwards compatible architecture like AMD64. No wonder Itanic never made it....


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