Posted by: Anonymous
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on October 31, 2008 06:55 PM
Not to take anything at all away from Slackware, but by far the bulk of all new mobos are 64 bit, so not supporting them is indeed 'behind the times'. I was using Slackware since 2000, but when I upgraded to 64 bit smp, I switched to Slamd64 (which is far superior to BlueWhite64, both in it's Slackware feel and in stability, plus having excellent 32 bit support). I still use Slack on my P4.
But when a distro says it's based on Slackware, it needs to provide something above and beyond Slack, or there's no reason to not just use the original. I see a lot here that says good things, but nothing compelling enough for me to install it. A 64 bit version would tip the balance.
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Re(1): 64 bit is today
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 199.164.56.5] on October 31, 2008 06:55 PMBut when a distro says it's based on Slackware, it needs to provide something above and beyond Slack, or there's no reason to not just use the original. I see a lot here that says good things, but nothing compelling enough for me to install it. A 64 bit version would tip the balance.
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