Bluewhite64 is een Linux-distributie die gebaseerd is op Slackware Linux. Waar Slackware zich voornamelijk heeft gericht op het Intel x86 platform richt Bluewhite64 zich op het AMD64/EM64T platform. Voor meer informatie verwijzen we jullie door naar deze pagina en op deze pagina zijn een aantal screenshots te bekijken. De ontwikkelaars hebben de vierde release candidate van Bluewhite64 11.0 uitgebracht en voorzien van de volgende aankondiging:
Version 11.0 RC4:
With this release candidate, Bluewhite64 Linux is shipping with the latest stable Linux Kernel version 2.6.17.11 built with GCC 3.4.6 along the GNU C library version 2.3.6 with NPTL support. Udev 0.97 is ready to detect and load your device drivers at boot, Apache 1.3.37 with PHP 4.4.4 (PHP 5.1.6 in the extra/ directory) and Mysql 5.0.24 are built to easily set up a LAMP server. Also, you will find a modularized Xorg version 6.9.0 along with two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.2.3.2, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 3.5.4, the latest version of the award-winning K Desktop Environment.
Many more improved, fixed and upgraded packages than we can list here. For a complete list of changes since the last release candidate, please consult the ChangeLog.
This is the latest release candidate before the stable release. Please test it as much as possible and send reports to info at bluewhite64 dot com e-mail address or post your problems at the Bluewhite64 Linux forum.
Version 11.0 RC2:
After one month, day to day development and maintenance, the second release candidate of Bluewhite64 Linux version 11.0 is ready. Many changes and improvements are made in order to get maximum performance, security, stability and reliability.
Bluewhite64 11.0-rc2 is shipping with two Linux kernels at boot: -the latest Linux Kernel version 2.6.16.27 (generic.i) and Linux Kernel version 2.6.17.9 (test26.s) for testing. All kernels are built with GCC 3.4.6 along the GNU C library version 2.3.6 with NPTL support. New udev 0.97 is ready to detect and load your device drivers at boot, Apache 1.3.37 with Php 4.4.4 and Mysql 5.0.24 are built to easily set up a LAMP server. Also you will find a modularized Xorg version 6.9.0 along with two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.2.3.2, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 3.5.4, the latest version of the award-winning K Desktop Environment.
Many more improved and upgraded packages than we can list here.