64 bit linux

[Shawn Tayler]

If I may interject a question into this thread...

How would one get 64 bit Linux other than a pre-compiled one?  Running
Slack 10 on an AMD64 3Ghz+

Shawn


On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:11:34 -0500 "David A. Bandel" <david at pananix.com>
exclaimed:

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> Regurgitating the prose of Richard R. Sivernell "Richard R. Sivernell"
> <res005ru at verizon.net> on Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:33:47 -0600:
> 
> |List
> |
> |  a couple of weeks ago someone talking of a 64 bit system. I will be
> |  doing the
> |same next month and want to know what tips and traps to avoid. I would
> |really like to have a couple of sata drives and put oracle on this
> |system. I was looking around Suse and did not see a 64 bit Linux. I
> |would prefer not to use Debian, the users attitude was very
> |antagonistic the last time I was there. What is the best Linux to use
> |cheers
> 
> First, regardless of what distribution you use, you'll get the answers
> here (without all the antagonism).
> 
> Second, linux is linux is linux.  What are your druthers?  Do you like
> RPM, DEB, TGZ or compiling everything that moves?
> 
> If you don't want Debian (or any of its derivatives like Libranet,
> etc.), then I'd personally recommend Slack (although I think that's only
> 32-bit for the moment).  But if you like Slack, you can install Fedora
> or Libranet, etc., and rip out /etc/inittab and all the SysV startup
> stuff and replace it with Slack's inittab and their BSD startup stuff. 
> No problem.
> 
> What are you using/comfortable with now?
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> David A. Bandel
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