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

v00d00 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:47:35 +0000

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 catch you, anything that could have been compiled, has been compiled, anything cool that could have been implemented or updated, it’s there: you will find outstanding amount of new applications and features, like XBMC 9.11, KDE 4.4.1, GNOME 2.28, Linux Kernel 2.6.33, and so forth.
So, come on, go catch it, it’s half a DVD away from you!

Visual Tours:

Features of Sabayon 5.2:

Based on new GCC 4.4.1 and Glibc 2.10
Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.33
Providing extra Server-optimized and OpenVZ-enabled kernels in repositories
Installable in 10 minutes
Faster boot time and lightweight default system
Ext4 filesystem as default
Encrypted filesystem support
Featuring X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date Open Source, NVIDIA, AMD video drivers
Containing GNOME 2.28 (with GNOME Shell!) and KDE 4.4.1
Outstanding 3D Desktop applications (Compiz, Compiz Fusion and KWin) working out of the box
Bringing Entropy Framework (Package Manager) 0.99.38.7
Shipped with OpenOffice 3.2 productivity suite, Multimedia applications
Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC
Shipped with World of Goo Demo – best 2D game ever!
Sexiest Skin ever! (Light blueeee!)
Try it out from Windows, just kick the DVD in and use Sabayon via QEMU virtualization!
Ready for Sabayon 6 (someday!)

Updates since Sabayon 5.2:

New Linux Kernel 2.6.33 with enhanced wireless and power management support
Switched to GRUB2, improved Mac support
Improved VirtualBox Input drivers support
KDE updated to 4.4.1 and now more integrated than ever (featuring new KNetworkManager)!
Entropy Framework updated to 0.99.38.7, featuring outstanding performance improvements, tons of bugfixes and features (see our Git repos). Working towards 1.0!
More than 2000 new updated packages available (since Sabayon 5.1)
Greatly improved boot time
Improved Pulseaudio/ALSA support
Reduced ISO images footprint by 100Mb
Improved NVIDIA legacy drivers support
Improved XBMC, Media Center installation profile support and reliability

Requirements

Minimum requirements:
- an i686-compatible Processor (Intel Pentium II/III, Celeron, AMD Athlon)
- 512Mb RAM
- 6 GB of free space
- A X.Org supported 2D GPU
- a DVD reader
Optimal requirements:
- a Dual Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or better, AMD Athlon 64 X2 or better)
- 1024Mb RAM
- 15 GB of free space
- A X.Org supported 3D GPU (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA) (esp. for XBMC)
- a DVD reader

Resources for Sabayon Linux 5.2 GNOME and KDE:

Kernel Configuration:
- Sabayon 5.2 x86 kernel config
- Sabayon 5.2 amd64 kernel config
Packages list:
- Sabayon Linux x86 5.2 KDE Packages
- Sabayon Linux x86-64 5.2 KDE Packages
- Sabayon Linux x86 5.2 GNOME Packages
- Sabayon Linux x86-64 5.2 GNOME Packages

Download sources

Our Mirrors Page:
- http://www.sabayon.org/download
Bittorrent:
- http://tracker.sabayon.org/

Sabayon 5.2 Artwork Alpha/Draft 1

v00d00 — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:16:57 +0000

Even though 5.1 isn’t out yet (with many goodies I may add), work on the 5.2 artwork has started, plan for Sabayon 5.2 currently is a polished and reworked 5.0 style design.

As always comments are welcome.

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