Always Current Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.032 Available for 64-bit x86_64
Architecture

20. Aug. 2004

Always Current Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.032 is the first version Lineox
released for x86_64 in addition to IA32 (known also as i386) architecture.
x86_64 release doesn't have GFS (Global File System), but otherwise it has
all the programs that IA32 version has. GFS was removed because it confuses
the installation program to install additional wrong kernel versions. GFS
will however be offered as a part of Lineox Enterprise Linux updates in a
similar way as previously added Lineox Application Server.

The x86_64 release requires either AMD Opteron or Athlon64 CPU based
computer. Some new Intel Xeon and Pentium IV CPU's that have EM64T (Extended
Memory 64 Technology) should also be able to run this version.


Plenty of Bugs and Limitations Gone

DVD versions of Lineox Enterprise Linux are distributed as image files from
Apache web server. They are over 2GB in size and must be split to many
pieces because the 32-bit versions of Apache can't handle any files bigger
than 2GB. This is also a problem for busy sites because log files may grow
over that limit. Another example dear to Lineox programmers is mc (Midnight
Commander, a Norton Commander clone). It is no longer actively maintained
and suffers also from 2GB file size limit. It is however very handy for
programmers dealing with rpm packages because you can "dive" in to rpm
packages, view the files in them etc. and thus it helps to avoid cluttering
disks with many small files. So 64 bits gives a new lease of life to many
old programs too. Big file support is also comparatively new code and should
therefore have more latent bugs than simpler small file code. 

"With the already low prices of Athlon64 based computers, I believe Lineox
won't buy any more 32-bit machines." Said Raimo Koski, one of the Lineox
founders.


Availability, Pricing

Always Current Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.032 x86_64 release is available as
free download, but next versions will be available first as paid downloads
only. The most recent IA32 release of Always Current Lineox Enterprise Linux
available for free is 3.011 and new x86_64 releases will be also made free
with 3 to 6 months delay. x86_64 pricing will be same as for IA32.


Further information

www.lineox.com, linux@lineox.com
Always Current Lineox Enterprise Linux: www.lineox.com/aclel3.php
x86_64 release notes: www.lineox.com/x86_64-RELEASE-NOTES
Support price list: www.lineox.com/buysupport.php


About Lineox

Although a young company, Lineox founders have made Finnish localized
Linux distributions ranging from the first one to predecessor of Lineox
Enterprise Linux, which reached about 70 to 90% share of Finnish Linux
retail market.


Trademarks

"Lineox" is a registered trademark of Lineox, Inc. "Linux" is a
registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.