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The Path to Sabayon 5.4

Recently I seem to have been neglecting my blog a bit, I will try to keep it more regularly updated from now on. The next Sabayon Linux release will be 5.4 as usual it will have the usual skew of package updates and bug fixes. We are tracking the …

Press Release: Sabayon Linux x86/x86-64 daily ISO images

After several weeks of testing and ironing, we are happy to announce the public availability of daily (or nightly if you prefer) Sabayon Linux (Standard and CoreCD editions) ISO images. The aim is to improve packages and general system functionality testing during releases lifecycle by providing always up-to-date installable LiveDVDs …


Press Release: Sabayon Linux x86/x86-64 5.2 GNOME and KDE

The best, refined blend of GNU/Linux, coming with bleeding edge edges is eventually here! Say hello to Sabayon Five-point-Twoh, available in both GNOME and KDE editions! Dedicated to those who like cutting edge stability, out of the box experience, outstanding Desktop performance, clean and beauty. Sabayon 5.2 will …

Sabayon 5.2 Status Update

So its been a while since I’ve blogged so I thought I would take some time to let you know whats happening in Sabyon-dev-land. Limbo users will have noticed lots of cool stuff has been added including the Phoronix Test Suite, KDE4.4RC, Emesene 1.6 as well as …

Sabayon and -O2

Well during my usual perusal of Linux based sites one particular article took my eye, it was Linux Magazines Gentoo Optimizations Benchmarked. It shows, in my opinion quite comprehensively, the advantage of a Gentoo base system with the latest kernel and I reccomend you check out the figures for yourself …

VirtualBox 3.0.0 Now available on Sabayon Overlay

ust committed the three ebuilds, the first is app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-3.0.0 and the second is app-emulation/vitualbox-modules-3.0.0 and finally app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions. I may add the OSE but I haven’t seen anyone using that recently, so it got left out this time. This are in the overlay …

New Firefoxes

Yesterday I pushed 3 new firefox versions into the sabayon overlay, “whats so great about these firefoxes?” I hear you ask, well there are a few things. Firstly they branded correctly as “Sabayon” which means sites that pick up on what OS your using will show you as usiong Sabayon …

KDE4 Theming & Aurorae

When KDE4 was first released I was shocked at the lack of conguration options themewise compared to 3.5 and its wealth of options, I had best note plasma however is a notable exception, a triumph of customisation and SVG goodness! Kwin has needed a decent engine for theming for …

Gnome Shell… Meh

Now with any major new release of GNOME you are going to get a lot of “OMG totally awesome new stuff in gnome!” posts. When there are blogs out there with names like “omgubuntu” you have to expect this. Gnome 3.0 at its core seems to be gnome shell …