Download Bluewhite64 11.0 RC1

Bluewhite64 is a new Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. Where Slackware has mainly focused on the Intel x86 platform, Bluewhite64 focuses on the AMD64/EM64T platform. For more information, we refer you to this page and on this page are some screenshots to view. The developers have released the first release candidate of Bluewhite64 11.0 with the following announcement:

The first release candidate of Bluewhite64 Linux 11.0 is here!

Bluewhite64 Linux 11.0-rc1 uses the 2.6.16.25 kernel (with Linux 2.6.17.5 available in the /testing directory) bringing you advanced performance features such as the ReiserFS journaling filesystem, ext2, ext3, IBM’s JFS and SGI’s XFS filesystems, SCSI (including Adaptec), RAID, SATA controllers support and kernel support for X DRI (the Direct Rendering Interface) that brings high-speed hardware accelerated 3D graphics to Linux. Bluewhite64 11.0-rc1 also supports glibc 2.3.6 with NPTL support.

Among the many latest programs version and distribution enhancements, you’ll find 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 3.5.3, the latest version of the award-winning K Desktop Environment.

For a complete list of changes since Bluewhite64 pre-11.0-beta, check out the Bluewhite64 11.0-rc1 changelog.

If you want to support the Bluewhite64 Linux project development and maintenance, you can make a donation.