Sabayon Linux is a Gentoo
based live DVD which can also be installed to a hard disk
(using
the Anaconda installer). Its goal is to be 100% compatible
with Gentoo.
Sabayon gets it’s name from an Italian dessert, “Sabayon is an Italian
dessert made with
egg yolks, sugar, a sweet liqueur
(usually Marsala wine), and sometimes cream or whole eggs. It is a very
light custard, which has been whipped to incorporate a large amount of
air.”
Highlights of the distribution include support for AIGLX (allowing
accelerated indirect GLX rendering capabilities to X.org and DRI
drivers), XGL (X server architecture designed to take of modern
graphics cards via their OpenGL drivers), Compiz
(an OpenGL accelerated desktop), and GeeXbox (to turn your PC into a
full media center).
There is also a miniEdition available for both 32 and 64 bit x86
machines, which is the CD release of the latest Sabayon Linux
DVD. This version has been created by using an automatic
script which removes duplicated, server-oriented, or redundant packages.
Entropy Binary Package Managing infrastructure
0.12.24.13 (our pre-Release_Candidate binary package manager):
- Sabayon
Linux Online Repository Browser now at 6500 packages per
architecture
- Entropy Project Manifesto
- Entropy interface has been completely rewritten in an Object Oriented
way allowing any frontend to be interfaced easily
- Improved Equo textual client reliability and speed [pre-RC release]
- Introduced Spritz, our Official Entropy Graphical Package Manager
[BETA release], featuring Italian, German, French, Spanish, Dutch,
Catalan, English localizations
- Introduced the Official Entropy Updates Notification Applet [ALPHA
release]
- Added a Package Masking interface (/etc/entropy/packages/*)
- Added a GLSA [Gentoo Linux Security Advisories] interface (accessible
through "equo security": equo --help for more info)
- Added a Package Licenses interface (any non-free license is required
to be read and accepted)
- Reduced repository database
size by a good 90% keeping backward compatibility. Size dropped from
13,5 to 6,5Mb
- Around 900 bug fixed and 120 improvements since the previous
distributed release (available Sabayon Linux 3.5 Loop1) [800 commits]
Sabayon Linux Installer updates:
- NOTE: a full packages selector will come in Sabayon Linux 3.5 Loop3
- Entropy interface rewritten to work with 0.12.x branch
- Removed pre-compiled isys module substituting it with our Python-only
implementation (called freesys)
- Graphical Installer can NOW be easily used on small displays
(starting from 640x480)
- Introduced the XFCE Install Method (Featuring XFCE 4.2.2 desktop)
- Introduced the EeePC/UMPC Install Method allowing you to install
Sabayon Linux
on a 4GB drive!
- Improved System Upgrades speed and reliability (tested 3.4F to 3.5
Loop2 and 3.5 Loop1 to 3.5 Loop2)
Linux
Kernel
2.6.24.2 featuring:
- Extended wireless and laptop support
- Switched from ipw3945 to iwlwifi driver supporting every new Intel
PCI-X wireless card
- Added ATL2 Network driver
- EeePC support (experimental)
- Ext4 filesystem support
- UnionFS support
- AUFS support
- Highly Experimental LogFS support (2.6.24-744 patch -
http://logfs.org)
X.Org 7.3 featuring
- NVIDIA: 169.12, 96.43.05 and 71.86.04 - automatic selection - 3D
desktop fully supported
- AMD/ATI: 8.471.3 - 3D desktop fully supported
- Keyboard detection is now completely dynamic - Evdev based, any
change should be made inside your Desktop Environment. Eventually
xorg.conf will be next to be deprecated!
Enhanced Desktop featuring:
- Compiz 0.7.2
- Compiz Fusion 0.7.2 supporting GNOME, KDE, a lot of plugins already
included
- Fusion Icon, to enable/disable 3D effects on the fly!
Gaming! Sauerbraten, Warsow, Dangerdeep, Nexuiz, Second
Life! included as top-tier 3D games!
GeeXboX 1.1 to transform your PC into a full Media Center
K Desktop Environment 3.5.9 featuring KDE 4.0.2 games
Full KDE 4.0.2 available in our Entropy repository!
GNOME 2.20.1
XFCE 4.2.2
OpenOffice 2.3.1
Elisa Media Center 0.3.4 (fully working!)
SSH keys are now always randomly generated (fixing
possible MITM attacks)
A lot of updated applications and bug fixes (all the ones
reported have been solved)
About Sabayon Linux