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Kali Linux (formerly known as BackTrack) is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. It features timely security updates, support for the ARM architecture, a choice of four popular desktop environments, and seamless upgrades to newer versions.
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| 2016-05-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 20160514 |
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The Gentoo project has announced the release of Gentoo Linux 20160514, a comprehensive live DVD image featuring KDE Plasma as the default desktop. This release comes with UEFI support, ZFS on Linux and writable file system on the DVD: "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new live DVD, code-named 'Choice Edition', to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The live DVD is available in two flavors - a hybrid x86/x86_64 version, and an x86_64 multilib version. The x86-amd64-32ul ISO image will work on 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64. If CPU architecture is x86, then boot with the default 'gentoo' kernel. If the architectures is amd64, boot with the 'gentoo64' kernel. The amd64-multilib ISO image is for x86_64 CPUs only and will not boot on x86 CPUs. The live DVD features a superb list of packages: Linux kernel 4.5, X.Org Server 1.18.3, Plasma 5.6.2, Firefox 45.0.1, LibreOffice 5.1.2, GIMP 2.9.2, Blender 2.72b, Chromium 50.0.2661.75...." Read the release notes for more information. Download links: livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-20160514.iso (2,871MB, SHA512), livedvd-amd64-multilib-20160514.iso (2,839MB, SHA512, pkglist). |
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| 2014-09-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 20140826 |
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Fernando Orocu has announced the release of Gentoo Linux 20140826, a live DVD featuring several desktop environments and many popular up-to-date applications: "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new live DVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The live DVD features a superb list of packages: Linux kernel 3.15.6, X.Org 1.16.0, KDE 4.13.3, GNOME 3.12.2, Xfce 4.10, Fluxbox 1.3.5, LXQt desktop 0.7.0, i3 desktop 2.8, Firefox 31.0, LibreOffice 4.2.5, GIMP 2.8.10, Blender 2.71, Amarok 2.8.0, Chromium 37.0.2062.35 and much more. The live DVD is available in two flavors - a hybrid x86/x86_64 edition and an x86_64 multilib edition. The x86-amd64-32ul edition will work on 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64. If your CPU architecture is x86, then boot with the default Gentoo kernel. If your architecture is amd64, boot with the gentoo64 kernel. The amd64-multilib edition is for x86_64 only." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download: livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-20140826.iso (2,808MB, SHA256), livedvd-amd64-multilib-20140826.iso (2,824MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2012-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 20121221 |
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Robin Johnson has announced the release of Gentoo Linux 20121221, an up-to-date live DVD showcasing the current cutting-edge state of the popular source-based distribution: "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new live DVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers, ready to rock the end of the world (or at least southern solstice). The live DVD features a superb list of packages: Linux kernel 3.6.8, X.Org Server 1.12.4, KDE 4.9.4, GNOME 3.4.2, Xfce 4.10, Fluxbox 1.3.2, Firefox 17.0.1, LibreOffice 3.6.4, GIMP 2.8.2, Blender 2.64a, Amarok 2.6.0, MPlayer 2.2.0, Chromium 24.0.1312.35 and much more. There is no new FAQ or artwork the 20121221 release, but you can still get the 12.0 artwork plus DVD cases and covers for the 12.0 release. Special features: ZFSOnLinux; writable file systems using Aufs so you can emerge new packages." The release announcement. Download: livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-20121221.iso (3,913MB, SHA256), livedvd-amd64-multilib-20121221.iso (4,004MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-04-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 12.1 |
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Robin Johnson has announced the release of Gentoo Linux 12.1, a live DVD demonstrating the latest Gentoo technologies and open-source software applications: "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new live DVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The live DVD features a superb list of packages, including Linux kernel 3.3, X.Org 1.12.0, KDE 4.8.1, GNOME 3.2.1, Xfce 4.8, Fluxbox 1.3.2, Firefox 11.0, LibreOffice 3.5.1.2, GIMP 2.6.12, Blender 2.60, Amarok 2.5 , VLC 2.0.1 and much more. Special Features: Gentoo install wizard; writable file systems using Aufs so you can emerge new packages!; persistence for $HOME is available, press F9 for more info. The live DVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 edition, and an x86_64 multi-lib edition." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (mirrors): livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-2012.1.iso (3,509MB, SHA512), livedvd-amd64-multilib-2012-r17.iso (3,691MB, SHA256).
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| 2012-01-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 12.0 |
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David Abbott has announced the release of Gentoo Linux 12.0. The live DVD is meant to merely showcase the current cutting-edge state of Gentoo and it does not provide a hard disk installation program. From the release announcement: "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new live DVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The live DVD features a superb list of packages, such as Linux kernel 3.1.5, X.Org Server 1.10.4, KDE 4.7.4, GNOME 3.2.1, Xfce 4.8, Fluxbox 1.3.2, Firefox 9.0, LibreOffice 3.4.99.2, GIMP 2.6.11, Blender 2.60, Amarok 2.5, VLC 1.1.13, Chromium 16.0 and much more. Special features: writable file systems using Aufs so you can emerge new packages; persistence for $HOME is available. The live DVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 edition, and an x86_64 multi-lib edition." Download: livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-2012.iso (3,452MB, SHA512, torrent), livedvd-amd64-multilib-2012.iso (3,716MB, SHA512, torrent).
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| 2011-08-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 11.2 |
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David Abbott has announced the release of Gentoo Linux 11.2, a live DVD (with several desktop environments) that can be used to install Gentoo Linux to a hard disk using Gentoo "stages": "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new live DVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The live DVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below. System packages include Linux kernel 3.0 (with Gentoo patches), accessibility support with Speakup, Bash 4.2, glibc 2.13, GCC 4.5.2, Binutils 2.21.1, Python 2.7.2 and 3.2, Perl 5.12.4. Desktop environments and window managers include KDE 4.7.0, GNOME 3.0.0, Xfce 4.8, Enlightenment 1.0.8, Openbox 3.5.0, Fluxbox 1.3.1, XBMC 10.1 Awesome 3.4.10 and LXDE-Meta 0.5.5. Office, graphics, and productivity applications include: LibreOffice 3.3.3, Abiword 2.8.6, Scribus 1.3.9...." See the full release announcement for more information. Download (mirrors): livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.2.iso (2,657MB, SHA256, torrent), livedvd-amd64-multilib-11.2.iso (2,840MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2011-03-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 11.0 |
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Joshua Saddler has announced the release of Gentoo Linux 11.0 live DVD featuring up-to-date software packages and a selection of desktop environments: "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new live DVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The live DVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below. System packages include Linux Kernel 2.6.37 (with Gentoo patches), accessibility support with Speakup 3.1.6, Bash 4.1, glibc 2.12.2, GCC 4.5.2, Binutils 2.21, Python 2.7.1 and 3.1.3, Perl 5.12.3. Desktop environments and window managers include: KDE SC 4.6, GNOME 2.32, Xfce 4.8, Enlightenment 1.0.7, Openbox 3.4.11.2, Fluxbox 1.3.1, XBMC 10.0.... The live DVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 edition, and an x86_64 multilib edition." See the release announcement for full details. Download (torrents): livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.0.iso (2,351MB, MD5, torrent), livedvd-amd64-multilib-11.0.iso (2,574MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2009-10-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 10.0 |
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Matthew Summers has announced the release of Gentoo Linux 10.0, a special anniversary live DVD to celebrate the project's 10th birthday: "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the immediate availability of a new, special edition live DVD to celebrate this monumental occasion. The live DVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed here: system packages - Linux kernel 2.6.30 (with Gentoo patches), accessibility support with Speakup 3.1.3, Bash 4.0, glibc 2.9, GCC 4.3.2; desktop environments and window managers - KDE 4.3.1, GNOME 2.26.3, Xfce 4.6.1, Enlightenment 0.16.8.15, Openbox 3.4.7.2, Fluxbox 1.1.1, TWM 1.0.4; office, graphics, and productivity applications - OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, AbiWord 2.6.4, GnuCash 2.2.9, Scribus 1.3.3.11, GIMP 2.6.4, Inkscape 0.46, Blender 2.49a.... The Gentoo 10.0 live DVD is available in two flavors - a hybrid x86/x86_64 edition, and an x86_64-only edition." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download (mirror list): livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-10.0.iso (2,558MB, MD5), livedvd-amd64-multilib-10.0.iso (2,651MB, MD5).
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| 2009-09-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Gentoo Linux 10.0 Test |
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Matthew Summers has announced the availability of a testing release of Gentoo Linux 10.0, a special 10-year anniversary Gentoo live DVD: "In honor of Gentoo's 10th birthday, we are producing a new live DVD. We need you to test it on as many x86 and x86_64 machines as you can and post bugs. The x86-x86_64 live DVD will work on x86 or x86_64 processors. If your architecture is x86 boot with the default 'gentoo'. If your architecture is amd64 boot with gentoo64. The AMD64 live DVD is for amd64 only. So give us a hand by testing like crazy and posting bugs and we'll have the greatest live DVD ever." The very brief release announcement contains no technical information, but the live DVD comes with Linux kernel 2.6.30, glibc 2.9 and GCC 4.3.2, and boots into KDE 4.3.1 by default (GNOME 2.24 and Xfce 4.6.1 are also available). It can be installed to a hard disk. Interested testers can download the DVD images from here: livedvd-x86-x86_64-10.0.iso (1,849MB, MD5), livedvd-amd64-10.0.iso (1,899MB, MD5).
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| 2008-07-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2008.0 |
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Gentoo Linux 2008.0 has been released: "The 2008.0 final release is out! Code-named 'It's got what plants crave,' this release contains numerous new features, including an updated installer, improved hardware support, a complete rework of profiles, and a move to Xfce instead of GNOME on the live CD. Live DVDs are not available for x86 or amd64, although they may become available in the future. The 2008.0 release also includes updated versions of many packages already available in your ebuild tree. Highlights: updated installer - the installer now only performs networkless installations using the packages and ebuild tree on the Live CD; improved hardware support - moving to the 2.6.24 kernel added many new drivers for hardware released since the 2007.0 release; updated packages - Portage 2.1.4.4, a 2.6.24 kernel, Xfce 4.4.2, GCC 4.1.2 and glibc 2.6.1." Read the complete release announcement for further information. Download the installable live CDs from here: livecd-i686-installer-2008.0-r1.iso (688MB, torrent), livecd-amd64-installer-2008.0-r1.iso (696MB, torrent).
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| 2008-04-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Beta 1 |
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The first development build of Gentoo Linux 2008.0 is out and ready for testing: "When we said 'soon,' even we didn't realize how soon it would be. 2008.0_beta1 is here. Your support and enthusiasm are greatly appreciated - thank you. You can help make 2008.0 amazing! Test out this beta and report any functionality issues you encounter. Since this is the first beta, we're looking only for bugs in functionality, not bugs in appearance such as desktop backgrounds or other artwork. We expect to release a second beta once your testing has helped us fix problems with this first beta. A migration to RPM was carefully considered again for this release, but in the end we decided to wait for the few remaining RPM-using distributions to migrate to the superior packaging format of ebuilds." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (mirror list) the universal live CDs from here: livecd-i686-installer-2008.0_beta1.iso (655MB), livecd-amd64-installer-2008.0_beta1.iso (701MB).
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| 2007-05-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2007.0 |
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Gentoo Linux 2007.0 has been released: "After several delays, the Gentoo Release Engineering team is proud to announce the release of Gentoo Linux 2007.0, code named 'Secret Sauce'. This release includes a completely rewritten version of the Gentoo Linux Installer on the AMD64 and x86 live CD and live DVD images. It also includes GNOME 2.16.2, KDE 3.5.5, Xfce 4.4, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3, OpenOffice.org 2.1.0, and the 2.6.19 Linux kernel. Updated hardware support is among the highlights of the x86 release. Besides the many updated office and productivity packages x86 also brings an update to glibc 2.5. On amd64 you can enjoy updated 32-bit emulation libraries improving support for many closed source applications and browser plugins." Read the full press release for further information. Download the installable live CD images from here: livecd-i686-installer-2007.0.iso (700MB, MD5), livecd-amd64-installer-2007.0.iso (698MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2006-08-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2006.1 |
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Gentoo Linux 2006.1 has been released: "The Gentoo Release Engineering team proudly announces the release of Gentoo Linux 2006.1, the second release of the year. The 2006.1 release features many highlights that improve upon 2006.0. The AMD64, HPPA, x86, 32- and 64-bit PowerPC releases are built with and include GCC 4.1, a great improvement over version 3.4 used for 2006.0. Also included are the GNU C library version 2.4 and Gentoo's baselayout 1.12.1, with improved system start-up scripts. Alpha, x86 and AMD64 also feature a new profile layout, with separate sub-profiles for desktop and server systems." Read the rest of the press release for more details. The project's various editions are available for download from these mirrors as well as via BitTorrent; here is a quick link to the i686 live CD image: livecd-i686-installer-2006.1.iso (682MB, MD5/SHA1).
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| 2006-02-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2006.0 |
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The first official Gentoo Linux release of the year is out: "The Gentoo Release Engineering team proudly announces the release of Gentoo Linux 2006.0. Gentoo Linux 2006.0, the first release in the 2006 series, represents improvements across many architectures since the 2005.1 release. Major highlights in the release include KDE 3.4.3, GNOME 2.12.2, XFCE 4.2.2, GCC 3.4.4 and a 2.6.15 kernel. This is also the first release with the Gentoo Linux Installer officially debuting on the x86 LiveCD, which will fully replace the Universal and PackageCD set. The LiveCD also features a fully-fledged GNOME environment." Read the full release announcement for more details. The new Gentoo 2006.0 is available for free download from the project's download mirrors, via its bouncer system or the BitTorrent server. A quick link to the new Gentoo live CD for the x86 architecture: livecd-i686-installer-2006.0.iso (697MB, MD5).
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| 2005-11-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2005.1-r1 |
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The Gentoo release team has announced the availability of Gentoo Linux 2005.1-r1, a bug-fix update to the current stable release: "The Gentoo Release Engineering team is proud to announce Gentoo Linux 2005.1-r1! The 2005.1-r1 release is simply a media refresh over the 2005.1 release. What this means is that it used the same base snapshot, and has very few changes. It is essentially nothing more than a bug-fix release. ... There is also a new version of the x86 Gentoo Linux Installer LiveCD located under /experimental. This version is based off the 2005.1 snapshot, but has some bug fixes in it, along with version 0.2 of the Gentoo Linux Installer." Read the complete release announcement for further details. Installation images and stages tarballs are available from the many Gentoo mirrors; here is a quick link to the universal installation CD for the x86 architecture: install-x86-universal-2005.1-r1.iso (398MB, MD5).
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| 2005-08-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2005.1 |
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Gentoo Linux 2005.1 has been released: "The Gentoo Foundation is both pleased and proud to announce the much anticipated release of Gentoo Linux 2005.1 (Codename: 'El Nino'). Due to a scheduled power outage at the Open Source Laboratory (OSUOSL) affecting our master mirror, the release is currently only available for download via BitTorrent. We anticipate recovery from the downtime and full staging of release material to mirrors within 48 hours, accompanied by a comprehensive press release and ChangeLog. Much thanks to Friends of Gentoo e.V. for providing a stable and reliable tracker on short notice." Here is a quick link to the torrent file of the universal installation live CD for x86: install-x86-universal-2005.1.iso (679MB). The Gentoo Installer project is also happy to announce GLI 0.1; It will hit the mirrors under /experimental at the same time as the 2005.1 release. Refer Gentoo homepage for further announcements.
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| 2005-03-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2005.0 |
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Gentoo Linux 2005.0 has been released: "Gentoo Linux is proud to bring you the long awaited Gentoo Linux 2005.0 release! This release has had a few setbacks including a complete security rebuild, but with the help of the many teams within the Gentoo developer community, we believe that this release will be one of the best that we have ever had. This release includes new installation media from Alpha, AMD64, PPC, PPC64, SPARC, and x86 and includes stages for IA64 and SPARC32. Please check out our mirrors to find the closest one to you. As with 2004.3, you will be able to download optimized PackageCD images for x86 and PPC via our BitTorrent server, and also our 'unofficial' secondary BitTorrent server, provided by Friends of Gentoo e.V. in Germany." The release announcement. Here is a quick link to the universal installation live CD for x86: install-x86-universal-2005.0.iso (679MB).
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| 2005-03-07 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - March 7, 2005 |
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"News from the release building effort for 2005.0, infrastructure moves and changes, a heads-up for shifting sys-apps in the tree and a call for business user testimonials dominate this week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter. The featured developer section is back from several months of hiatus, this week with the maintainer of Gentoo's package database site, and the Gentoo International section carries two important reminders for shows in the UK and Germany next weekend, and a report from another expo in Germany that closed yesterday. Starting this week, the GWN has moved the security announcements and the Bugzilla statistics to the end of the newsletter, and besides the Gentoo in the press clippings we also have a tip on using emerge in clever ways you may not be familiar with." Read more in this week's issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter.
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| 2005-03-01 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - February 28, 2005 |
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This week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is now available for your reading pleasure: "A fabulous first European Gentoo developer meeting and the bustling atmosphere of the FOSDEM conference in Brussels last Saturday and Sunday, news from Apache and documentation for Gentoo/FreeBSD: The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is late this week, but hopefully worth the wait. Gentoo in the press still contains indirect fallout from the Boston LWE, and an interesting article about Gentoo in the enterprise, and the community section introduces a new mailing list archive for catalyst developers and users. Our usual GLSAs and bug statistics complete the picture for this week, enjoy reading the GWN!" Read more here.
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| 2005-02-21 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - February 21, 2005 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is out: "With a report from last week's Gentoo booth at the Linux World Expo in Boston, reminders for FOSDEM and the Gentoo UK conference, and news about how to subscribe to Gentoo RSS feeds, this week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is again full of interesting articles for users and developers alike. The Future Zone introduces a very peculiar piece of hardware and the process of its 'Gentooification', several articles about Gentoo and derived news are to be found in the press clipping section, and of course many of the usual items, GLSAs, bug statistics, and a new developer to be welcomed on board. Enjoy your newsletter!" The latest issue of GWN is available here.
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| 2005-02-14 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - February 14, 2005 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is out: "Announcing the migration of the Forums to new hard- and software, among other things, the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter presents an interview with Thierry Carrez, Operational Co-Lead of the Gentoo Linux Security Team, and has an overview of upcoming events including the Linux World Expo opening on Tuesday in Boston. The Future Zone has an interesting outlook on Open-Xchange in Gentoo Linux, the press clipping section is particularly well filled this week, and the International section has an article on the last Gentoo Bugday and how it was celebrated at Oregon State University, and covers a German company that has just released their storage management tool for Gentoo Linux. Today's edition also carries some advanced Portage magic in the tips & tricks section, and of course the usual security news and Bugzilla statistics." Read more....
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| 2005-02-07 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - February 7th, 2005 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is out: "This week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter carries a reminder for the Linux World Expo opening next week with a Gentoo booth in the exhibition hall, announces a new mailing list and IRC channel for media packages, and congratulates a forum user on his posting of the 2,000,000th Gentoo Forum post. Gentoo/FreeBSD is the topic of this week's Future Zone, plenty of news from the Gentoo developer mailing list and an interesting article in a German Linux magazine on catalyst round up the community and press sections. The German Ruhr region Gentoo developers and users have a meeting next week, and several changes, additions and moves to the list of Gentoo developers are reported, and of course security announcements and the usual Bugzilla statistics are present, too. Enjoy the GWN!" The full story.
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| 2005-01-31 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - January 31st, 2005 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is out: "This week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter announces an initiative to include Trusted Computing support into Gentoo, has a call for developers, hardware and architecture testers for the AMD64 project, and talks about the release of the first GameCD for the PowerPC platform freshly prototyped. The Future Zone continues to look at project goals for 2005, this week covering the Hardened agenda, and our regular section Heard in the community is back this week with reports from the Forums and the developer mailing list. There have been plenty of articles featuring Gentoo in the press last week, all duly collected in our clipping section Gentoo in the press, and we welcome a number of new developers on the team, and greet those who changed their assignments in the project." Read the roundup of the latest Gentoo happenings on this page.
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| 2005-01-25 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - January 24th, 2005 |
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This week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is out: "This week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter proudly presents the new Gentoo/OpenSolaris project, a pre-announcement of the kernel profiles changing with the upcoming 2005.0 release, some details on the sale of Genesi's Open Desktop Workstations, and last but not least: picture proof of Gentoo Linux/PPC running on Apple's Mac Minis! The Future zone looks at changes planned for the Forums, Gentoo International draws your attention to two events, the Gentoo developer meeting at FOSDEM in Brussels, and a security conference with Gentoo developer participation in Harrisburg, PA. And don't forget to have a look at the Gentoo in the press section, tips ∓ tricks, and our security announcements and Bugzilla statistics!" Read the latest Gentoo Weekly Newsletter here.
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| 2005-01-17 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- January 17th, 2005 |
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Here is the latest issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter: "This week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is centered around a long clarification of the guidelines for usage of the Gentoo trademark and logo published last week. We welcome two new teams of GWN translators, have set up a new distribution list for German GWN readers, and report about upcoming events in the U.S. and the UK. The Future zone continues last week's coverage of project goals defined by Gentoo's developer community, and the 'Tips & tricks' have a useful little helper for Firefox users: a Gentoo bugzilla search plugin!" Read the the latest issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter here.
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| 2005-01-10 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter: January 10, 2005 |
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This year's second issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is now available: "This week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter carries news about added visual confirmation to the Forum user registration (needed because of recent mass registration attacks), an announcement for kernel version 2.6.10 being marked stable, and an outlook on some project goals for the next few months. Gentoo lectures at MIT, and a promising Gentoo LTSP project at a Canadian elementary school are in the international news section, and a handy tool for creating GUI menus in different window managers is being covered in the 'Tips & tricks' column. And make sure you don't miss the article in last week's Linux Journal referenced in 'Gentoo in the press'!" Read here for more.
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| 2005-01-07 |
NEW • Gentoo for All the Unusual Reasons |
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Linux Journal has published an article about Gentoo Linux, its package management, and information on how to keep a Gentoo installation up-to-date: "I have a confession to make. I use Gentoo Linux. My colleagues at the various Linux User Group meetings I attend think I'm nuts. Everyone knows that Gentoo is a source-based Linux distribution. Gentoo's reputation (in large measure pushed by the people who develop the distribution) is that it's for people who want super crazy optimizations, and it really is suitable only for those who use desktops. In truth, Gentoo is ideal for a whole bunch of other, unexpected, reasons. Much to my surprise, people actually are using Gentoo in production environments for these very reasons." The full story.
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| 2005-01-03 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- January 3rd, 2005 |
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The first Gentoo Weekly Newsletter of the new year is now out: "A slightly belated "Welcome to 2005" from the staff of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, which this weeks draws your attention to a remarkable milestone: 1000 days of Gentoo Forums! Congratulations to the moderators and administrators are followed by portraits of many of the people behind that success. Project updates on documentation and website redesign, and a call for additional Polish translators and several of the usual sections are back this year, too: Gentoo Security, Bugzilla statistics, Gentoo in the Press, and to round it all up we have a look at the crowd of GentooJP, the amazing group of Gentooists in Japan who met for their annual Bounenkai last week. Enjoy this first issue of Volume 4 of the GWN!" Read more here.
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| 2004-12-29 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- December 29th, 2004 |
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An anniversary issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is now available for your reading pleasure: "The 52nd and last issue in 2004 of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter celebrates its own second anniversary since the very first issue was published on 23 December 2002! We're looking back on another exciting year of major events for Gentoo Linux and its users. Author and translator profiles give transparency to who's behind the GWN, the Bugzilla statistics cover the entire year 2004 rather than the usual weekly overview. This week's Future Zone looks at the new Qt making inroads to Portage, community coverage and press clippings are included, too, and last but not least several new developers have joined the team - right on time to move on to 2005!" Read the rest here.
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| 2004-12-20 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- December 20th, 2004 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is out: "The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter reports about Catalyst, Gentoo's release engineering tool, and reiterates the urgent call for presenters at the UK Gentoo event in March 2005. Both Future Zone and International sections take a short break in this slightly trimmed pre-Christmas issue of the GWN, but Tips & Tricks gets to introduce a tiny, very useful application, and lots of press and community coverage are included, too. Due to the holidays, the next issue will be published two days later, on 29 December 2004." This issue of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is available here.
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| 2004-12-13 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- December 13th, 2004 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is out: "The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter reports about the brand new Chinese user forum set up only yesterday. The Future Zone looks at all available or upcoming virtualization techniques in Portage or on their way there, while the Tips & Tricks section introduces two great new tools for editing the USE flags and other system settings, profuse and portage-prefpane. Check the photo gallery from the Gentoo Christmas bowling event in Germany, and if you're in Tokyo around the 28th, don't miss the GentooJP year-end party!" Read more in this week's issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter.
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| 2004-12-06 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - December 6th, 2004 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is now available for your reading pleasure: "Two upcoming developer meetings and a maintenance release for Gentoo 2004.3 are reported in this week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter. 'Gentoo on a stick' is this week's topic in the Future Zone, describing a non-official Gentoo spinoff project for bootable USB keys. The Gechi (Gentoo Channel Italia) sent their report from the GentooDay in Prato, heading off the international news section with some more articles from Europe, and then there's the press coverage with a pointer to good news from Gentoo Embedded and an update on the ZDNet coverage of 2005.0. And this week's tips and tricks will bring back fond memories for many weathered Unix users: We're bringing back the Compose Key!" The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter.
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| 2004-11-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2004.3 |
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As reported in the latest issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, Gentoo Linux 2004.3 has been released: "This is the fourth and final release of Gentoo Linux in 2004, with its main focus on bug fixes and making the release tools more robust and easier to use. Releasing for 2004.3 are all the major architectures supported by Gentoo: amd64, hppa, ppc, sparc, x86, and an initial ppc64 release. ... 2004.3 has been pushed to the mirrors in the past few hours, and is also available via BitTorrent. Delivered to the public as scheduled by 0:00 UTC on Monday, 15 November 2004, it marks the last version in the quarterly schedule adopted for 2004 that is going to be replaced by six-monthly releases next year, with 2005.0 and 2005.1 to be expected in early and mid-2005." More information on the release pages and ChangeLog. Download the latest ISO images or stages files from one of the download mirrors or BitTorrent server. Here is a quick link to the x86 Universal LiveCD suitable for hard disk installation: install-x86-universal-2004.3.iso (633MB). Happy compiling!
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| 2004-09-16 |
NEW • Review: Gentoo 2004.2 |
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Linux.com's Distribution Center has published a review of Gentoo Linux 2004.2: "Gentoo Linux is the BSD of GNU/Linux distributions; it's elegant and customizable and you know exactly what you're getting when you install it. No mystery programs, no packages that you have to deinstall because you'll never use, no clutter, and everything is customized to your needs. If you do it right, Gentoo is also faster than your average GNU/Linux distro because everything can be compiled with higher compiler optimizations. The 2004.2 edition of Gentoo Linux lacks the improvements I had hoped to see, but this is still the best community GNU/Linux distribution for desktop tinkerers. Some even say that it makes a good server, too." The 2-page review starts here.
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| 2004-09-10 |
NEW • Installing Gentoo |
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"I've been wanting to try Gentoo. I hesitated to install it because I knew it would take three days since you have to compile your own software, and I assumed I would have lots of compilation errors to troubleshoot. But four of my friends have been running it at their workplaces and say they rarely get compilation errors - mirable dictu. Three of them are solidly convinced for Gentoo; the other is a little tired of having to wait for a package to compile. But everyone says you just run "emerge PACKAGE" in a shell window and leave it alone, and 90% of the time you end up with a flawlessly installed package. No mess, no fuss, just pure impact. The way Unix was meant to be. This article describes my experience installing Gentoo, some things I learned along the way, and describes the Gentoo features I found the most interesting." Read the rest of the story at Linux Gazette.
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| 2004-07-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2004.2 |
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Today marks the release of Gentoo Linux 2004.2 for the AMD64, HPPA, SPARC and X86 architectures! "The Gentoo Linux Release Engineering project has worked hard to improve key problem areas identified in the 2004.1 release. These areas of improvement include, but are not limited to: LiveCD compatibility with Dell server-class machines; LiveCD compatibility with SMP machines; x86 laptop PCMCIA support; Wireless (802.11a/b/g) capabilties; SATA support. Detailed information for Gentoo Linux 2004.2, such as Release Notes and md5sums, can be found at the 2004.2 information page Gentoo Linux 2004.2 can be downloaded from any one of our official download mirrors, as well as from our new BitTorrent system." Here also the livecd (605MB).
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| 2004-04-27 |
NEW • Daniel Robbins Announces Retirement |
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This announcement has just been published on Gentoo.org: "Gentoo Linux's Chief Architect, Daniel Robbins, announced today that he is resigning from his development responsibilities for Gentoo. Drobbins will be staying with Gentoo until the not-for-profit (NFP) organization is established, at which point the newly-chosen NFP board of directors will take over governance. We are extremely sad to see Daniel Robbins depart, and we both wish him the best in his new endeavors and promise that the door will always be open for his return." More information and discussion boards on LinuxToday, Slashdot and OSNews.
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| 2004-03-22 |
NEW • Dispelling the Myths of Gentoo Linux, an Honest Review |
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LXer has published a review of Gentoo Linux 2004.0, deployed as a server: "The customization and optimization does make a difference and gives you fine-tuned control over the final product. If you rely on a lot of third-party applications, however, you may be best served sticking with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora, but if all you want is a solid Linux system to operate your standard internet enabled services like LAMP, you can't do better than Gentoo Linux. I have not yet tried Gentoo out as a desktop, so currently I am only recommending it for server use. I hope in the next few weeks (or months) I will try X and see how I like it. I expect to be pleased." The complete review.
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| 2004-03-18 |
NEW • Growing with Gentoo |
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This article at O'Reilly's LinuxDevCenter is a summary of a talk given recently at Stanford's Computer Systems Lab by Gentoo's creator Daniel Robbins: "Robbins has made a conscious decision to avoid the political governance model of Debian, which revolves around elected officials and fixed, voted-on policy. Instead, he's been looking at informal frameworks like Python's PEP system, which has an open period of solicitation for new feature suggestions from users, and then a closed, fixed time period -- this is when the main Gentoo developers work on implementing what has been decided." The full story.
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| 2004-03-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2004.0 |
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Gentoo Linux, version 2004.0 has now been officially released: "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the release of Gentoo Linux 2004.0 for the x86, AMD64, PowerPC, Sun SPARC, and SGI MIPS architectures. Additionally, the Gentoo Hardened team is announcing the inaugural release of a security-enhanced Gentoo platform for the x86 architecture. In addition to many bugfixes and security updates since the 1.4 release, Gentoo Linux 2004.0 contains a cutting-edge development toolchain and user environment including, but not limited to, Linux kernel 2.6.3, GCC 3.3.2, GLIBC 2.3.2, KDE 3.2, GNOME 2.4.2, and xfce4." Read the press release and release notes for further information. Get the new release from one of the Gentoo mirrors or from the distribution's online store (US$10.00).
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| 2004-02-05 |
NEW • Development Release: Gentoo 2004.0-20040204 |
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A new development set of Gentoo Linux live CDs and stage tarballs has been released to mirrors (they are also available for download via BitTorrent). Changes: "Stages now contain a populated /dev; livecd now reboots/halts perfectly; pcmcia-cs now included on livecd, but doesn't work (rc-script says: "module ds not found"); linux-wlan-ng included on livecd; vim on livecd; dokeymap doesn't work; experimental kernel (2.6.1) left off CD for now since it causes too many problems." See this forum thread for further details about the current state of the upcoming release of Gentoo Linux 2004.0.
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| 2003-12-31 |
NEW • Interview with Gentoo's Daniel Robbins |
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The latest issue of Gentoo Weekly News features two interviews with the creator and Chief Architect of Gentoo Linux Daniel Robbins: "Q: Gentoo 1.4 was released a while ago, what can we expect from the upcoming Gentoo release? A: We're moving to a new year-based versioning scheme, so the next release of Gentoo will be called Gentoo Linux 2004. We're also moving to a quarterly release schedule, and all our releases will be built with the new catalyst build tool. Users will be able to rebuild the entire release using a stage1 and a portage snapshot. Our LiveCDs will be user-rebuildable and tweakable, thanks to catalyst. You can learn more about our plans at the release engineering project page." Find the two interviews in this week's Gentoo Weekly News.
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| 2003-12-04 |
NEW • Linux Review: Gentoo Linux |
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Linux Journal has reviewed the latest version of Gentoo Linux: "Another huge plus that I have found has little to do with the Gentoo distribution itself but the support community and the Gentoo web site. Gentoo's documentation is surprisingly commercial-grade, even more so than some documentation for the commercial distributions. The Gentoo group's reliance on XML and CSS for its Web site gives it a uniform look, feel and implementation. It's clean, robust and functionally usable." The complete story.
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| 2003-12-03 |
NEW • Gentoo: 2004 and Beyond |
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A couple of interesting news items from the Gentoo Linux project. First, an announcement about the launch of three major efforts: Gentoo Linux 2004, Portage-ng and catalyst: "Starting with the next release of Gentoo Linux (Gentoo Linux 2004) Gentoo Linux will move to a quarterly release schedule. More info is available in the Roadmap for Gentoo Linux 2004. In addition, we're pleased to announce the start of development on 'portage-ng', the successor to the ever-popular portage package manager." The second announcement concerns a security breach on the rsync.gentoo.org server: "On 2 December at approximately 03:45 UTC, one of the servers that makes up the rsync.gentoo.org rotation was compromised via a remote exploit." Read both announcements on the Gentoo Linux home page.
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| 2003-11-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Gentoo for PowerPC G5 |
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An experimental Gentoo live CD for PowerPC G5 has been released: "We're proud to announce the availability of the Gentoo for PowerPC G5 32-bit LiveCD. The LiveCD has been tested on a dual 2GHz G5 SMP PowerPC machine with 2.5GB RAM, a 1.6GHz machine, as well as others. It includes pre-released yaboot-1.3.11 bootloader and a 2.6.0-test9 benh kernel. It runs at 100% speed, with fans currently also at 100% (kernel developers are working on slowing down the fans when not needed). Installation is possible on the SATA drives. We are now hard at work to create optimized stages, and the store will carry G5 LiveCDs when stage building is finished." Read the rest of the announcement on gentoo.org. Download: gentoo-G5-20031011-5.iso.bz2 (63.1MB).
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| 2003-11-08 |
NEW • Gentoo in linmagau.org |
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The latest edition of linmagau.org features a couple of Gentoo-related articles. The first one, entitled Distro Day (Revisited), attempts a new benchmark test, this time with an optimised Gentoo installation: "My hats off to those who do benchmarks for magazines etc., as the amount of time, people and work to do something like this properly is extraordinary. Oh, and did I mention that Gentoo did shade Mandrake and Debian this time around!" The second article, called Gentoo -Gcc, is about binary code optimisation: "Optimisation of the code produced by gcc is a perennial topic of conversation amongst Gentoo users. Gentoo's flexibility and configurability allows a user to compile his whole operating system with the options and flags he wants without (mostly) having to accept a standard configuration that is forced by a binary distribution format."
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| 2003-08-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 1.4 |
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As announced previously, Gentoo Linux 1.4 is due for release later today at the Linux World Expo in San Francisco. If you are attending, you can get the hot new release for free: "Gentoo Linux will be at Linux World Expo at the Moscone Convention Center on August 5 - 7, where we'll be releasing Gentoo Linux 1.4. Find us at booth #1 in the .org pavilion where we'll be giving away free Gentoo Linux 1.4 LiveCDs and free computer hardware, including a new Pentium 4 system and an Epson Stylus Photo 900 printer. We have many other surprises planed both on site and online, so please join us at the show!" More information in this week's Gentoo Newsletter. The distribution's mirrors are now getting populated with new files under the 1.4 directory and Gentoo 1.4 Live CDs (two CDs, ~454MB and ~490MB respectively, depending on the architecture) as well as the stages files are now available for download. While the live CDs can be used as hard disk installation media, more advanced Linux users will probably prefer to install from one of the "stage" files. Either way, you'll have plenty of fun with the new Gentoo, so give it a try - but not before reading the installation instructions. Enjoy!
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| 2003-08-02 |
NEW • Gentoo Linux - Emerges |
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The July edition of Australia's linmagau.org magazine includes a couple of interesting articles about Gentoo Linux: "Once you have a working Gentoo system, what is it best used for? The answer here is anything you would normally choose Linux for - because it is so customisable, you can configure it as a scientific workstation, desktop, server or for a laptop as you see fit. In my case, I currently have 3 Gentoo systems, an old machine used for experimentation, secondary use etc, which has been set up as a full desktop (GNOME) and backup server." Read the rest of the Gentoo Linux - Emerges article. The same magazine has also published the results of several speed comparisons tests on Debian, Mandrake and Gentoo, with a rather surprising outcome. See Distro Day (Measuring the benefits of the Gentoo approach).
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| 2003-06-03 |
NEW • New KDE/GNOME LiveCDs for the PowerPC |
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Linux LiveCDs are dime a dozen on the i386 platform, but none have been built for PPC users. Until now. From the latest Gentoo Linux announcement: "In a recent Slashdot article, someone asked if it were possible to create a fully-featured bootable Linux LiveCD for the Macintosh. We thought this was a great idea. So today, we are releasing two full-featured LiveCDs for the PowerPC: one with KDE 3, and another with GNOME 2. Take a look at the KDE LiveCD running MacOS X in a window via Mac on Linux. To use the LiveCDs, Simply boot one on your 'new world' PowerPC and enjoy the great performance and functionality of Gentoo Linux/PPC." Download from one of the mirrors: gentoo-ppc-1.4_rc7-gnome-310503.iso (507MB) or gentoo-ppc-1.4_rc7-kde.iso (518MB). And on a more light-hearted note, enjoy some Gentoo humour.
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| 2003-05-17 |
NEW • A New Distro in Town: Gentoo Emerges Victorious |
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LinuxWorld has taken up a task of reviewing Gentoo Linux: "Gentoo Linux is not really a distribution but a meta-distribution. You don't usually install pre-compiled binaries when you add software to a Gentoo system. You most often compile and build the binaries yourself, according to your own personal optimization and configuration settings. Gentoo gives you the ability to treat almost the entire system this way, but it also lets the less-patient users start with a basic pre-compiled system. After that, you can build your own higher-level packages on top of that core installation." The three-page review starts here.
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| 2003-05-16 |
NEW • Gentoo Games and America's Army GameCD |
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A couple of very interesting announcements from Gentoo Linux: "Today, we announce the creation of Gentoo Games, Inc., a gaming technology company created to deliver innovative Linux-based game technologies to the public. To kick off this new initiative, we are also announcing a full version of the very popular (Linux exclusive) America's Army military combat simulation on a self-booting Gentoo GameCD. Thanks to hosting services provided by Super Computer, Inc., the America's Army GameCD can be downloaded here: aa-20030513.iso (500MB). This CD includes the full version of the America's Army game and requires an NVIDIA or recent ATI (Radeon 8500 or higher) graphics card. Enjoy!" More information on Gentoo's web site.
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| 2003-04-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Gentoo Linux 1.4 RC4 |
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From the Gentoo Linux weekly newsletter: "Earlier this week, the decision was made to release the next version of Gentoo Linux 1.4 as Release Candidate 4, rather than Final. Improvements to the rc4 release include much better hardware detection on the LiveCD installation disc as well as major updates to various packages in the Portage tree. The decision to issue another release candidate was made due to a number of reasons..." Read about them here, then visit the nearest mirror to download the ISO image for your preferred architecture. Also quoted from the same source: "A new Unreal Tournament 2003 Game CD has been released. This CD allows you to run the Unreal Tournament 2003 demo directly from CD, with no installation required." Get it here: gamecd-ut2003-20030405.iso (247MB).
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| 2003-03-17 |
NEW • Gentoo vs the Noob: A Newbie's Gentoo Review |
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OSNews reviews Gentoo Linux 1.4rc2 from a relative Linux newcomer's point of view. The author finds the entire experience highly educational and surprisingly stimulating: "I hope you have all enjoyed and learned something from my review. I encourage you, if you have considered Gentoo before, but didn't try it because you were afraid, don't let the fear stop you. With a little patience you can get there. Gentoo has honestly solved all of the problems I have with Linux. So called dependency hell is non-existent, and you never have deal with a "crippled" desktop environment. If you haven't tried Gentoo, I encourage you, take the plunge, and give it a shot. What, besides your RPMs, have you got to lose?" Read all about it here.
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| 2003-02-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Gentoo Linux 1.4 RC3 |
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It took a long time, but finally it's here - the third release candidate of Gentoo Linux 1.4: "Time to heat up those CPUs, Gentoo Linux 1.4_rc3 has been released! You can find LiveCDs, and stage tarballs at our master mirror. There have been many changes since the 1.4_rc2 release, and we encourage all users to both test and use this release. The most notable change in this release is the updated LiveCD, which is much more accessible and functional. Additionally, this release does not include GRP builds, this release is "lean" in general. The excluded features will be present in the 1.4_final release. As usual, if any problems are encountered with the install, please check the Gentoo Linux Forums, and if no answer is found there, please check our bug database." See the announcement and proceed to one of the servers providing the RC3 files. A quick link to the LiveCDs for the x86 architecture: gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc3.iso (45.3MB) and gentoo-3stages-x86-1.4_rc3.iso (194MB). The installation instructions are available here.
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| 2002-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Gentoo Linux 1.4_rc2 |
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The latest edition of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter (GWN) reports that a second release candidate of Gentoo Linux 1.4 is to be released on the final day of 2002: "The last release candidate prior to the final version of Gentoo Linux 1.4 is scheduled to be released on December 31st. As several Gentoo users have already discovered, most of the 1.4_rc2 files have already been placed on ibiblio. Last minute additions to rc2 not ready at press time included some finishing touches to the installation CDs (LiveCDs) and documentation. New to the 1.4_rc2 release are: the first release of the Gentoo Reference Platform (GRP) -- a collection of ebuilds specifically tested for stability; new LiveCDs with increased hardware support, better technology and more eye candy; upgraded versions of gcc, binutils, portage and many other packages. Users interested in living on the bleeding edge can see the new LiveCD technology in action by trying out one of the experimental LiveCDs." The newsletter also gives information about the stable 1.4 release scheduled for 14 January, just in time for LinuxWorld New York.
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| 2002-12-24 |
NEW • Announcing the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter |
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The Gentoo Linux community has produced the first issue of its new weekly newsletter: "The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is intended to give users of Gentoo one source of information about Gentoo. The GWN summarizes the key events in the Gentoo Linux project each week and presents them in a clear, concise format. With sections covering general news, security, bugs, portage and other topics, the GWN should offer something for everyone. Initially, the GWN will be distributed via web and mailing list formats, with additional formats being considered based on your feedback. To subscribe to the GWN mailing list, send a blank email to gentoo-gwn-subscribe@gentoo.org. The GWN will also be available in English and Spanish, with other languages becoming available as translators join the team." You can access the newsletter here.
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| 2002-10-11 |
NEW • Gentoo Linux Reloaded |
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O'Reilly has published an introduction to the upcoming release of Gentoo Linux 1.4, written by none else than Gentoo's Chief Architect, Daniel Robbins: In past releases, the Gentoo Linux installation process involved building at least part of Gentoo Linux directly from source. For Gentoo Linux 1.4, we now offer a full binary Gentoo Linux "reference platform" that installs in minutes. We have clearly and carefully defined our binary reference platform to provide a set of reasonable build-time defaults for users who want to get Gentoo Linux up and running as quickly as possible. Thanks to the Gentoo Linux reference platform, a full installation of Gentoo Linux--including XFree86, GNOME, KDE and OpenOffice--can be completed in under an hour. A compulsory read for all the Gentoo fans out there. (Thanks Lee Mun Liong for submitting the link.)
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| 2002-09-10 |
NEW • First Public Release Candidate of Gentoo 1.4 |
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Gentoo's next release has entered the "rc" stage as the first public release candidate of Gentoo Linux 1.4 has appeared on some mirrors. Only Intel x86 packages are available at the time of writing; you can get them from this mirror. The Gentoo CVS repository has some more information about the release. If you'd like to help with testing, the good old bugzilla will help Gentoo developers to squash those bugs. The 1.4 release is entirely based on GCC3 (version 3.2), Kernel 2.4.19 and portage 2.0.25. (Thanks Chris Hickman for sending in the news.) On a related note: A personal request from Daniel Robbins.
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| 2002-07-27 |
NEW • Interview with Gentoo's Daniel Robbins |
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Tinyminds interviews the creator and Chief Architect of Gentoo Linux: "Yes we do find that users are satisfied with their built-from-source packages; in fact, that is the reason why many are switching from binary-based distributions to Gentoo Linux. They want take advantage of the power and flexibility of free software, and they don't feel that the other distributions are allowing them to fully benefit from free software. Now, does compiling programs on your own system take longer than installing a binary? Yes, it does. For those in a rush, we offer pre-rolled base system tarballs that can simply be extracted to your hard drive. We will also begin offering pre-built binary packages for those who are willing to sacrifice some initial flexibility for speed of installation." The complete interview.
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| 2002-07-25 |
NEW • A Mandrake User's Review of Gentoo |
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A new Gentoo review by pclinuxonline: "If someone were to ask, I'd highly recommend Gentoo Linux 1.2. Even to the novice. That is if its already installed or at the very least the novice has an elmer holding his/her hand during install/configuration. Configuration is pretty much all manual. Performance is impressive. Flexibility and ease of upgrade is outstanding. I think I will stay with Gentoo Linux for a while." The rest of the review is here. On a related note, the Gentoo web site has a few brief notices about the upcoming GCC3-based release, Gentoo's participation at LinuxWorld Expo and a link to its Install Guide for SPARC. Check it out.
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| 2002-07-17 |
NEW • Review of Gentoo Linux 1.2 |
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OSNews reviews Gentoo Linux: "There have been many articles as of late about the so called "source" distributions of Linux. Articles about "rpm hell" and how to get out of it. While I have been using Red Rat since the first release (and do have some things for and against it) there is no distribution that will please all of the people all of the time. Then again, that is what makes an OS like Linux nice, in my opinion. Choices. Today, Gentoo Linux is my choice." Read the full story.
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| 2002-07-11 |
NEW • Getting Better Every Day |
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LinuxPlanet has revisited the Gentoo Linux distribution with a new review entitled Gentoo Linux 1.2: Getting Better Every Day: "Gentoo is still quite a young distribution, and it already has quite a following. I find that I do hope for the sakes of the lazy among us, that some of the installation process will be automated in the future. If not, well, a fussy installation process is a small price to pay for one of the fastest Linux distributions out there." This link will take you to the comprehensive 5-page review.
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| 2002-06-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo 1.2 |
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Gentoo Linux 1.2 - not yet officially announced, but already available from Gentoo mirrors. As usual, there is a very small ISO image containing the bare minimum to build a complete Gentoo Linux OS - gentoo-ix86-1.2.iso (16MB) and there is also a pre-compiled binary ISO for i686 processors with a basic working Linux system on it - gentoo-i686-1.2.iso (135MB). Gentoo's news page hasn't been updated for nearly a month, but the mirrors have sprouted a new 1.3a_test directory as well, which, as the name suggests, is a testing branch. OSNews reports that this release makes Gentoo the first Linux distribution to use GCC 3.1 as the default compiler. It seems that Gentoo's Changelog provides the most up-to-date information about the current development activities.
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| 2002-05-14 |
NEW • Distribution News: Gentoo |
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An interview with Gentoo's Daniel Robbins by OSNews: "Gentoo is so far the big Linux surprise this year. Its 1.0 release took the Linux world by storm and converted a huge number of power users and developers from the well-known Linux distros they were using, to the lightweight Gentoo Linux. While its installation process is not for the faint of heart, it pays back the user with a highly optimized system. As a result, Gentoo is dubbed the 'fastest Linux distro' to date." Read all about the current development, company's structure, new features and plans in this interesting interview.
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| 2002-04-21 |
NEW • Distribution News and Reviews: Gentoo |
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Since its launch, interest in Gentoo Linux has been very high, which is reflected by an ever increasing number of reviews and related web sites. Here is the latest pick. From iMacLinux comes a review of Gentoo's PPC port: "After a week of 'emerge' power on my iBook, I have a fully working distribution, tailored to my very personal needs and which will now be relatively easy to keep updated permanently. No more waiting for new distribution releases, the latest packages will always be available through Portage. Thus Gentoo has won over my heart and already has replaced my SuSE 7.3 install." The complete review is here. Another great resource for all those who intend to try this distribution on their PowerPCs is the newly established Gentoo PPC web site. Finally, a brand new Gentoo Linux User Forum has been set up to help with all sorts of questions and inform about the latest in the Gentoo community. |
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| 2002-04-16 |
NEW • Distribution Review: Gentoo 1.1a |
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LinuxPlanet has a review of Gentoo Linux 1.1a (just when you thought that you've read all about this distribution): "I think this distribution is one to watch for the developer community. It's got some bugs to iron out but the Portage tool in and of itself makes adding packages from source pretty simple, when it works! If you're a developer or are just very fond of distributions where you basically roll your own, then you might want to check this one out." Very good in features and speed, but scores less in areas of usability and value; overall 4 stars out of five. Read the full review here.
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| 2002-04-15 |
NEW • Distribution Review: Gentoo 1.1a |
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OSNews has a review of Gentoo Linux 1.0: "Gentoo's advantages are speed, custom bleeding edge kernel/app-base and a good package system. On its downside, you will find the steep learning curve of having to maintain everything "by hand," quite a number of bugs lying around everywhere in the system, including some security concerns (some are already addressed with the release of Gentoo 1.1a a few days ago). However, if you are a power user or developer who do not afraid of the command line and is determined to squash every little bit of your CPU cycles, then go for Gentoo." Excellent hardware support, speed and features, lower rating on ease of use and installation - overall 8.2 out of 10. Read the full review with pretty screenshots here.
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| 2002-04-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo 1.1a |
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Gentoo Linux 1.1a announcement: "Gentoo Linux 1.1a has been released; improvement include important pam/shadow/util-linux security fixes, new KDE3 ebuilds, many important improvements to Portage, new NVIDIA drivers and seamless OpenGL configuration, and more. Of course, existing Gentoo Linux users can upgrade in-place by following the instructions included in our email release announcement. New users can find install instructions here and ISOs and build tarballs here (and on our mirrors soon). Also be sure to read our new Portage Manual to get up to speed with the new Gentoo Linux 1.0+ features." Not much more to add except the usual quick download link to the install ISO: gentoo-ix86-1.1a.iso (16MB) and a reminder that our Gentoo page has been updated to reflect this brand new release.
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| 2002-04-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo 1.0 |
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Gentoo Linux 1.0 announcement: "The 1.0 release features the following nifty new things: Portage 1.8.9 - lots of new features, tweaks and refinements, core system updates, glibc 2.2.5 and new kernel 2.4.19-pre2-ac4-XFS" - the full announcement is here. Gentoo Linux is a source-based distribution with a BSD-style portage system to build your own binary files from source code. There is an ISO image for Pentium Pro systems - gentoo-i686-1.0.iso (103MB) available for download, but the proper way to your Gentoo Linux system is to compile all packages from sources (see the installation instructions). Our Gentoo page lists the currently available source packages, rather than the binary packages found on the above ISO image. Useful links: Gentoo Linux home page, installation instructions, new Portage manual, FAQs, screenshots and mailing lists. Also a little pre-announcement: watch out for a review of this distribution here on DistroWatch within the next few weeks! And while I am on the subject of reviews, check out this brief overview of installing Gentoo Linux, published by AMDPower.
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