Bluewhite64 Linux
Bluewhite64 Linux is an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the AMD-64/EM64T architectures. It runs on 64-bit single or multicore AMD64 Sempron, Athlon, Opteron, Phenom, and Intel EM64T (Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology) based servers and computers. The goal of this port is to mimic the user experience of the Intel x86 distribution at its best. This port includes the same software and configuration scripts found in the slackware-current tree.
Recent releases
- 10 Mar 2009 09:24
Changes: This release added all packages from the Bluewhite64 12.2 Standard version and upgraded the kernel to version 2.6.27.10. The default window manager is KDE 4.2. Many new packages were added. Some of the highlights are Blender, a cross platform suite of tools for 3D creation, IA32 emulation for running 32-bit programs, ALICE managers for easily configuring your operating system, BW64Installer for installing the LiveDVD onto your HDD, the Eclipse IDE, and many more.
- 16 Dec 2008 07:03
Changes: Many packages were upgraded. It is now possible to install from a Samba share. New packages like pm-utils (power management utilities), sqlite 3.6.6.2 (a simple, self contained database engine), and wicd (a wired and wireless network manager) were included. Some of the updated packages include KDE 3.5.10 and xfce 4.4.3 Desktop Environments, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 and Seamonkey 1.1.13 Web browsers, and Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 and KMail 1.9.9 email clients.
- 13 Oct 2008 10:36
Changes: Important security and stability updates were made. This updates include new versions of the KDE, X.org server, Pidgin, ALICE, OpenSSH and OpenSSL, Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey, BIND, Amarok, and many more. A new feature has been added, the BW64installer, which is a GUI based installation program for installing Bluewhite64 Linux Live versions to your hard drive.
- 26 May 2008 13:36
Changes: All packages were merged from the standatrd version. Linux Kernel was updated to 2.6.24.7. Compiz was added, including the manager and extra plugins and 3D effects. KDE 3.5.9 is available in 65 languages. This release alao includes OpenOffice.org 2.3, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 (Flash ready), Konqueror (Flash/Java ready), Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12, KMail 1.9.9, Swaret 1.6.3, Qtswaret 0.1.5-3, digiKam 0.9.3, Krusader 1.90.0, MPlayer 1.0rc2, IA32 emulation, aMSN 0.97, and more.
- 04 May 2008 08:22
Changes: Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find better support for RAID, LVM, and cryptsetup; a network capable installer (supporting FTP and HTTP, not only NFS); KDE 3.5.9 and Xfce 4.4.2; Linux kernel 2.6.24.5 and 2.6.25.1 (for testing) with advanced features and performance; FUSE 2.7.3 and ntfs-3g 1.2310; SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) 1.4.7; an updated IA32 emulation system (to run 32-bit programs) in the EXTRA software series; and many more improved and upgraded packages.
