64-bit Fedora

Recent advances in computing saw the introduction of 64-bit x86-compatible CPUs from AMD in the spring of 2003. The only platform at launch to support the new technology was Linux, and even at the time of writing, it is still the only mainstream operating system actively using the power of the 64-bit x86 architecture. Intel's EM64T extensions for x86, which largely mirror the advances made by AMD, have further increased the availability of commodity x86-64 hardware.

As a direct response to the growing 64-bit user base, the Fedora project released an x86_64 version of Fedora Core 2, allowing the use of Fedora on AMD64 and Intel hardware. If you have a 64-bit CPU, you are strongly encouraged to get involved and have a go just bear in mind that, because the architecture is still quite new, there might not be 64-bit versions of all the software you require.