Slackware64 -current made public!
[tap tap tap]... Is this thing on? ;-)

Ready or not, Slackware has now gone 64-bit with an official x86_64 port being maintained in-sync with the regular x86 -current branch. DVDs will be available for purchase from the Slackware store when Slackware 13.0 is released. Many thanks go out to the Slackware team for their help with this branch and a special thank you to Eric Hameleers who did the real heavy lifting re-compiling everything for this architecture, testing, re-testing, and staying in-sync with -current.

We've been developing and testing Slackware64 for quite a while. Most of the team is already using Slackware64 on their personal machines, and things are working well enough that it is time to let the community check our work.

We'd like to thank the unofficial 64 bit projects for taking up the slack for us for so long so that we could take our time getting everything just right. Without those alternatives, we would have been pressured to get things out before they were really ready.

As always -- have fun!

Pat and the Slackware crew

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This iso was made on June 25th.

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-- commands used to make this iso

- to download the files for the iso

wget -r -l inf --no-remove-listing -nH --cut-dirs=2 --random-wait -nc ftp://some.slackware.mirror.net/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/

- to make the iso

mkisofs -o /tmp/slackware-dvd.iso -R -J -A "Slackware Install" -hide-rr-moved -v -d -N -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -sort isolinux/iso.sort -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/isolinux.boot -V "SlackDVD" -input-charset iso8859-1 -publisher "" slackware64-current/

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Read the following for more information on these commands and how to use them.
-- slackware64-current/isolinux/README.TXT
-- man mkisofs or man genisoimage
-- man wget

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All package information is in the slackware mirrors.
List of mirrors for different countries:

Australia, 155Mbit 
http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Australia, 250Mbit 
http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Australia, 45mbit, 100Mbit 
ftp://mirror.veridas.net/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Austria, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.slackware.at/slackware64-current/
Austria,  
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Austria, 4Mbit 
http://slackware.itsoft.at/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://slackware.itsoft.at/slackware/slackware64-current/
Belgium, 2x1Gbit 
http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/
Belgium, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.scarlet.be/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.scarlet.be/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Belgium, 100Mbit 
ftp://gaosu.rave.org/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Brasil, 150Mbit 
ftp://ftp.slackware-brasil.com.br/slackware64-current/
Brasil, 50Mbit 
http://mirror.slacklife.com.br/slackware64-current/
Bulgaria, 20Mbit, 100Mbit 
http://mirrors.evrocom.net/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://mirrors.evrocom.net/slackware/slackware64-current/
Bulgaria, 5Mbit 
http://mirrors.unixsol.org/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://mirrors.unixsol.org/slackware/slackware64-current/
Bulgaria, 100Mbit 
http://slackware.bgbits.com/slackware/slackware64-current/
Canada, 100Mbit 
http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/slackware/slackware64-current/
Canada, 10Mbit 
http://ncart.scs.ryerson.ca/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ncart.scs.ryerson.ca/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Croatia, 100Mbit 
http://ftp.nymphomatic.org/mirror/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.nymphomatic.org/mirror/slackware/slackware64-current/
Czech Republic, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Czech Republic, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/slackware/slackware64-current/
Czech Republic, 100Mbit 
http://ftp.slackware.cz/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.slackware.cz/slackware/slackware64-current/
Czech Republic, 15Mbit 
ftp://slackware:@ftp.unob.cz/slackware64-current/
Denmark, 100Mbit 
http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/slackware/slackware64-current/
Finland,  
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware64-current/
Finland, 10Mbps 
ftp://ftp.openbsd.fi/slackware/slackware64-current/
Finland, 100Mbit 
ftp://elektroni.phys.tut.fi/slackware64-current/
France, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/
Germany,  
ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Germany, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Germany, 1Gbit 
ftp://ftp.wh8.tu-dresden.de/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/
Germany, 622Mbit 
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/slackware/slackware64-current/
Greece, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Greece, 22Mbit 
ftp://ftp.uoi.gr/mirror/OS/slackware/slackware64-current/
Hong Kong,  
ftp://ftp.cs.cuhk.hk/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Indonesia, 2Mbit, 100Mbit 
http://slackware.mirror.gudangopensource.com/slackware64-current/
Ireland, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Italy, 1*STM1, 1*E3, 2*E1 
ftp://ftp.eutelia.it/pub/Slackware_Mirror/slackware64-current/
Italy,  
ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/
Japan, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.riken.jp/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.riken.jp/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Japan, 1Gbit 
ftp://ftp.nara.wide.ad.jp/1/Linux/Slackware/slackware64-current/
Korea, 155Mbit 
ftp://ftp.kreonet.re.kr/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Latvia, 100Mbit 
ftp://edge.deac.lv/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Lithuania, 10Mbit 
ftp://ftp.slackware.lt/pub/Linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Netherlands, 100Mbit 
http://ftp.bit.nl/mirror/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.bit.nl/mirror/slackware/slackware64-current/
Netherlands, 10Mbit 
ftp://sharon.esrac.ele.tue.nl/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Netherlands, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/slackware/slackware64-current/
Netherlands, 155Mbit 
ftp://dl.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/slackware/slackware64-current/
Norway, 1Gbit 
ftp://ftp.slackware.no/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Poland, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.man.poznan.pl/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.man.poznan.pl/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Poland, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.man.szczecin.pl/pub/Linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Poland, 100Mbit 
ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Portugal, 10Mbit 
http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Portugal, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.fe.up.pt/disk1/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Republic of Moldova, 512kb/s 
http://ftp.lug.md/pub/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.lug.md/pub/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Romania, 100Mbit, 2Mbit 
ftp://ftp.evolva.ro/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Romania, 100Mbit, 2Mbit 
http://serghei.net/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Romania, 34Mbit 
http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/slackware64-current/
Romania, 5Mbit 
ftp://ftp.rdsbv.ro/mirrors/slackware/slackware64-current/
Russia, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware64-current/
Russia, 100Mbit 
http://slackware.perespim.ru/pub/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://slackware.perespim.ru/pub/slackware64-current/
Russia, 100Mbit 
ftp://slackware.su29.ru/slackware64-current/
Russia, 100Mbit 
http://mirror.aiya.ruslackware64-current/ 
ftp://mirror.aiya.ruslackware64-current/
Serbia, 2x34Mbit 
http://mirror.etf.bg.ac.yu/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://mirror.etf.bg.ac.yu/slackware/slackware64-current/
Slovakia, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.bind.eu.org/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Slovakia, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.pieskovisko.sk/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
South Africa, Multiple 45Mbit 
ftp://ftp.is.co.za/mirror/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
Spain, 2x100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.red.telefonica-wholesale.net/slackware/slackware64-current/
Spain,  
ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
Sweden, 155Mbit 
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/
Sweden, 100Mbit 
ftp://mirror.pudas.net/slackware/slackware64-current/
Switzerland, 1Gbit 
http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/slackware/slackware64-current/
Taiwan, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.cgu.edu.tw/Linux/Slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.cgu.edu.tw/Linux/Slackware/slackware64-current/
Taiwan, 1Gbit 
http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware64-current/
UK, 1Gbit 
ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.slackware.com/slackware64-current/
UK,  
http://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
UK, STM4 
ftp://mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk/sites/ftp.slackware.com/slackware64-current/
UK, 1Gbit 
http://www.mirror.ac.uk/mirror/ftp.slackware.com/slackware64-current/
USA, 155Mbps 
http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA,  
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA,  
ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.ale.org/pub/mirrors/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, 2xT3 
ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/os/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, 100Mbit 
ftp://ftp.cs.stevens-tech.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, 1Gbit 
http://lmlinux.com/distros/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, 100Mbit 
http://mirror.mhvlug.org/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, OC-48 
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, 1Gbit 
http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, 1Mbit 
ftp://slackware.ext3networking.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, GigE 
http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, x-OC12 
http://slackware.mirrors.pair.com/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://slackware.mirrors.pair.com/slackware64-current/
USA, 1Gbit 
http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, 10Mbit 
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/
USA, 45Mbit 
http://slackware.oregonstate.edu/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/ 
ftp://slackware.oregonstate.edu/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/