Mepis 6.5 RC3 64-bit edition

I was wondering if anybody has Mepis 64-bit installed and up and running. I haven't tried it and was wondering how the progress is going with 64-bit applications and Mepis in general. How well does it work? Is it showing some progress?

I downloaded and installed 'Sabayon 3.3' 64-bit and installed it onto my 64-bit machine and was suprised to see that it worked from start. I am much impressed with it. (It is a Gentoo knockoff and uses the Gentoo Portage file repository system.). It is by far very up to date with the latest software. . . but it doesn't allow much as far as integration with Debian and RPM/bin
program files.

All the software has to all be installed via Konsole and needs to be compiled after it is downloaded. .. takes a while. Doesn't have a program as effective as synaptic. . ('Kuroo' is like 'synaptic' is developmental state and not fully functional.). . . Konsole uses 'emerge' versus 'apt-get'. . . this took a little time to get use to.

Debian software offers a lot more independent software development out there that is compatible and being developed for Debian 'based' systems. . . .this is the plus side of all of this. The installation of RPM and bin files is a plus and quicker. Gentoo doesn't use bin or rpm files.

This is the problem one faces in choosing a Distro to use. . . Who has the latest up-to-date repositories and quickest/easiest installs.

So. . . . how is Mepis 64-bit evolving? Will it be worth the time to see if it works or wait till 'Final' comes out? Any idea's, thought's, or comments would be welcome. . . .

Rich