Slackware64 Released [LWN.net]

Slackware64 Released

Posted May 20, 2009 17:16 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
Parent article: Slackware64 Released

This is good to hear. As a longtime Slackware user, I'm happy to see that Patrick V. and team are still producing state-of-the-art releases of a fine distro. Now if I only could afford some new 64-bit hardware... :-\

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Slackware64 Released

Posted May 20, 2009 18:40 UTC (Wed) by elanthis (guest, #6227) [Link] (1 responses)

Get some old 64-bit hardware. ;) Used 64-bit-capable Sempron CPUs can be had for under $5 at a lot of computer expos, and getting mobos and RAM to go with isn't much more expensive at those places. If you don't need to run high-end games or other super-CPU-intensive crap, you can usually build a whole perfectly-usable PC for less than many people spend on just their video cards.

Slackware64 Released

Posted May 20, 2009 20:11 UTC (Wed) by ableal (guest, #57174) [Link]

Only inconvenient may be not having the latest virtualization support.

In case people are not aware of how cheap you can buy: with AMD CPUs and chipsets, one can re-fit very nicely an existing case for less than $200 - an $80 motherboard (with capable ATI integrated video), a $60 CPU (dual 64 bit cores, 2.7+ GHz) and $50 of RAM (4GB DDR2/800MHz).