Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Stable Release : Sabayon Linux 3.4

Excerpts from the release announcement.

Distribution Features:
  • The most advanced: Linux Kernel 2.6.22 with extra Power Management (PowerTop), Wireless (mac80211), Ext4 Filesystem, Scheduler (CFS) and Virtualization (KVM,Virt-Manager,VirtualBox) support
  • Gaming oriented: featuring,
  1. Savage 2
  2. FlightGear
  3. DangerDeep
  4. Warsow
  5. Nexuiz
  6. Torcs
  7. Battle of Wesnoth
  8. Second Life
  • Latest NVIDIA (100.14.11) and AMD (8.38.6) GPU drivers
  • The most Windows-aware: supporting NTFS in read/write and Wine Doors utility, that let you install Windows applications as easy as 1-2-3 (using Wine 0.9.40).
  • The first to support Ext4 File System: for the braves, Sabayon Linux Installer can easily handle it.
  • The most Stable Cutting Edge DVD: featuring Compiz Fusion and Metisse (Technology Preview) integration
  • Much more flexible: the Installer now features a really improved execution speed, RAID10 support, Ext4 Support, UUID device naming support, a Packages Selector, a Boot Services Selector and also a Core/Minimal Install Method (Server deployments)
  • The Most Laptop Aware: tested and optimized also for Laptop usage
  • X.Org 7.3 with automatic Monitor configuration
  • KDE 3.5.7
  • GNOME 2.18.2
  • Strong identity: no Server applications installed (you will find them in the Business Edition)
  • Less Duplicated Packages: removed about 140 duplicated applications
  • Better Mactel support: added support for Intel ICH8M, Atheros Wireless cards, Backlight management and new Synaptics touchpads
  • Better Out of the Box hardware support: Agere et131x,
  • VMware Guest Installation Support
  • Media Center capabilities: featuring GeeXbox 1.1 and Elisa Media Center (Technology Preview)
  • Incredible set of installed and preconfigured Applications (see Packages List below)
  • The most tested Stable Release: in the last 4 months, our Core Beta Team have done a great work to accomply our always growing QA standards. This transformed Sabayon Linux 3.4 in the most reliable version ever released.
Read the full release announcement here(Download links on the same page).

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