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There have been quite a few questions posed since the official announcement by Patrick Volkerding that Slackware is now releasing an official x86_64 port.

These questions normally stem about 32bit compatibility etc.

Here are a few answers that I hope will resolve any doubts/questions/concerns you may have, at least for now. These are of my own opinion and may not be completely factual.

1) Is Slackware64 multilib? (support both 64bit and 32bit programs)
A: Yes. It is multilib.

2) Does Slackware64 include the needed 32bit compatibility libraries necessary to run 32bit applications?
A: No, it does not include any 32bit compatibility libraries at this time.

3) Can I build 32bit applications on Slackware64?
A: From research and talking with other Slackware64 testers, it appears that gcc/glibc does NOT support building with -m32 flag for 32bit binary output. I have no idea if this is going to change in the future or not.

4) Is there any easy way to include the 32bit compatibility libraries?
A: The short answer is, possibly. Its been debated that you can use the c/ series from Slamd64-current in Slackware64 and gain the ability to run 32bit applications “out of the box.” However, I have not tested this and right now is more of a theory.

One other note, if you want to RUN 32bit applications without the compatibility libraries you will need to get a static built binary that includes those libraries. This in itself isn’t a bad solution per se, but it also means that you will be looking at VERY large binaries.

I hope this helps to answer some questions. If any of this is inaccurate or could use some clarification, please don’t hesitate to drop me a line and let me know.

If you happen to be one of the leechers that has recently gotten pwn3d by my little change in how I publish my images.

Drop me a line! dominian@slackadelic.com

I know a few of you have been searching.. I can see you in mah logs!

In the process of securing my blog, I just so happened to be looking through the logs and found a few leechers for images on my site.  Unfortunately for them the power of Apache and htaccess files makes it possible for me to “serve” up a different image than requested.

This, is what I did.  Was it funny? Oh you bet it was.  Do I get satisfaction from their hardship?  You bet I do.

Yeah, they may have hated it, but I hate it more when someone leeches MY bandwidth and MY resources for their own benefit.  Or was it the fact they were just too ignorant to do it correctly; too lazy to do it correctly.   The reason matters not.. I really don’t care.  They… got….pwn3d!

One site, at this point, has already pulled the image I put in its place. The other sites, lets just say, one is a tiled background, the others are smack dab in the middle of popular articles. Ooops!

That’s right, Fred has released 12.2 of Slamd64!

Get it at your favorite mirror!

Fred has pushed another round of updates to Slamd64. However, he’s still not calling this “stable” due to lack of testing at this time. Its only a few packages at this time and I’d say we are getting close!

Download, upgrade, and test! I’d like to see 12.2 FINAL before the end of the week!

I just found out about this add-on for Firefox called ScribeFire which allows you to post to your blog from within Firefox.. like.. with this post!

Just thought I would let ya know

A few nights ago we had quite a storm. Hail, intense lightning, heavy winds, and torrential downpours.

Fortunate for us, we didn’t get hit too hard, but our neighbor’s house took a hit from lightning. Unfortunately, that bolt was powerful enough to travel across the yard, into our home, and blow out our icemaker in the fridge. Luckily for us, it was the only damage to our home.

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I’ve created a gallery with some pictures my family and I snapped today.

Check it out: http://slackadelic.com/flood-2008/

Well, due to the rain lately pretty much anything and everything out of Columbus, Indiana is shut down due to high water. Main interstate is closed just north of here and the east/west state highways are closed as well. Looks like my weekend just got extended!

HERE is a taste of what we are seeing. This isn’t anywhere NEAR where my family and I live, but this is actually my cousin’s neighborhood just across town.  They also live less than an 1/8 of a mile from where we used to live.  The area we used to live in was evacuated early Saturday afternoon/evening due to major flash floods from the failure of two northern dams close to the area.  Thank goodness we moved when we did!

Interestingly enough I was contacted by the web master for the page in Episode 1. He contacts me and acts like “Oh, its been this way for over a year.” Like I’m freakin’ stupid.

Well, Google cache is a bitch. That was taken from May 13th 2008. You can plainly see the link at the bottom. Here is the source in pdf format. Yeah, I must be blind, stupid, deaf, and dumb.