It sounds like you might be interested in becoming a beta tester. Testers get the latest version of the software in return for providing their feedback on it - we think that's a fair exchange. We don't consider the development community to be second class citizens, compared to paying customers. You can download an .iso image and start using the software today - we look forward to seeing your bug reports on our Trac ticket system!

The most obvious changes from a standard Debian kernel are the realtime premption patches maintained by Ingo Molnar, and the bootsplash patches which give the distribution a graphical startup.

It's here: http://archive.64studio.com/custom/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/

That's available by adding the following line to your repositories (for the testing branch):

deb-src http://apt.64studio.com/64studio/testing 64studio main

Replace 'testing' in this line with 'stable' for the stable branch sources.

Or to browse source for the Debian packages: http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/

The GPL includes the offer for complete source code on physical media, which we will gladly provide on request. However the Debian packaging system makes it very convenient to get any source code you require via the internet, and for practical purposes you will probably need a later version of the source code than that which matches the binaries included on the 64 Studio install DVDs.

For commercial developer support, we can provide a quotation depending on your requirements; you may prefer to pay per-month or per-project. Please contact us.

On the navigation bar of the Trac site, click login. Your login username is your email address, and the password is the same one as for the 64studio-devel mailing list, which should have been mailed to you when you subscribed. After logging in you will see a navigation button called 'New Ticket'.