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On 24 August 2006 NVIDIA released a 64-bit Linux driver that got 1.0-7184 as serial number. The driver permits the use of some older graphics controllers under 64-bit Linux.

ATI have updated their 32 and 64-bit drivers. Official name of the current version: ATI Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.28.8, and ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFREE86 / X. Org Version 8.28.8

64 Studio is a special Linux version for creating digital contents. It is a software collection based on Debian, containing many 64-bit audio and video editing applications.

An application to test stability when building new systems or in case of operating problems. It starts several resource-demanding tasks simultaneously. The individual tasks may be turned on or off. After the expiry of the set runtime, a detailed table broken down to threads summarises the results. It is ideal for determining hidden problems and for thermal tests.

[Note this application is marked, "Shareware". Without the source, you can't be sure what it is doing. -- grouch]

The second beta version of developer platform Mono 1.2, based on the open-source framework .NET, is out! The Mono project has two goals: it both makes running .NET-based applications on a Linux platform possible and provides developer tools with which developers using Linux workstations also become able to write .NET applications.

In the present state of 64-bit architecture, the lack of 64-bit plugins can cause difficulties while browsing the internet. A new initiative makes the use of the existing 32-bit plugins possible in 64-bit Mozilla browsers.

Start64! keeps track of 64-bit Linux distributions. During the past months, quite a few 64-bit Linux and BSD distributions have been released. Here is a choice of them.