Best 64 Bit Distro

[solman66]

Hey all,

I'm looking to try out a 64 bit distro on my new laptop.

I've tried fedora core 1 64 bit version, but i can't seem to get a boot. It installed successfully, but whenever i boot, i get either a black screen or a scrambled screen.
I'm relatively sure that a driver update would fix that, but i don't know how to update the driver without being able to login to the o/s.

What are the other distro's with 64 bit versions.

I checked distrowatch, but found it too hard to find the 64 bit versions.

I would really like ISO's too, but ftp is not completely out of the question, just a lot more inconveniant. I don't have anywhere near my router were i could set the laptop down to run cat5 into it, and i don't really want to install ndiswrapper to use my wifi for just doing an installation.

[sarumont]

I believe that Slack has a 64-bit version as well as MDK. Gentoo, of course, would be my suggestion.

[techieMoe]

I believe that Slack has a 64-bit version as well as MDK. Gentoo, of course, would be my suggestion.

I've run 64-bit SuSE 9.1 Pro and it's great too. FC2 also has a 64-bit version now if I'm not mistaken.

[solman66]

yeah FC2 has a 64 bit version, but a buddy of mine had a lot of trouble with it, thats why i opted for the FC1.

I can't seem to find a slackware version, and i've always wanted to try gentoo, so i might go for it....

Probably start on that friday night, so wish me luck.....

thanks for the replies