Sabayon Linux 3.5 beta
Sabayon Linux is based on Gentoo. Gentoo is one of the most important linux distributions because of its speed and stability. All program that is installed on Gentoo is normally compiled but packaged.
Gentoo development is now slower than in the last years. From the version 2007.0 there were some problems in the developers team and one year later, there is no new version released. In any case, we hope things will get better and we will be able to try another version of Gentoo as soon as possible.
To return to Sabayon, there is a new beta version of Sabayon Linux 3.5. Sabayon is easier to install than Gentoo and, normally, the final installed system configuration is better and it’s for sure that (almost) all our hardware will be detected and configured.
In thirty minutes Sabayon install a complete Linux desktop with KDE (default), GNOME or XFCE. Therefore, GParted, all multimedia codecs, graphic drivers and the Linux Kernel 2.6.24. Games as Sauerbraten, Warsow, Dangerdeep, Nexuiz, Second Life… are included and also Elisa Media Centre (one of the most important media centres for GNU/Linux).
But the most important change is the package manager. Some developers started to think about portage and its limitations. So finally some of them decided to start trying Entropy. Entropy is on beta development, but it works and is completely compatible with portage. Entropy has a reduced database repository dropped from 13,5 to 6,5Mb. Entropy promises to be the next package managing generation: faster, easier and more efficient.
- Download | Sabayon Linux 3.5beta x86 | x86_64
- Link | Release Notes
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