Slackware 13.0 Released With 64-bit Support
Posted by Michael Larabel on August 28, 2009
The developers behind the Slackware distribution have announced the release of version 13.0. With this major update, Slackware now finally has a complete port to 64-bit packages, while still continuing to support x86 too. Besides the x86_64 architectural support, Slackware 13.0 is running with Xfce 4.6.1 and KDE 4.2.4 while under the hood it's packing the Linux 2.6.29 kernel and GCC 4.3.3.
The release announcement for Slackware 13.0 can be read on the project's web-site.
The release announcement for Slackware 13.0 can be read on the project's web-site.
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