Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Released

Techtree News Staff, Jul 07, 2008 0819 hrs IST

Includes the 2.6.24 kernel and better hardware support

The latest in Gentoo Linux final release is out! Code-named "It's got what plants crave," this release contains numerous new features, here's a rundown:

Updated installer: The installer now only performs networkless installations using the packages and ebuild tree on the LiveCD. It also contains numerous fixes for extended and logical partitions.

Improved hardware support: Moving to the 2.6.24 kernel added many new drivers for hardware released since the 2007.0 release.

Complete rework of profiles: Restructuring profiles allowed significant cleanup of redundancies, reducing developer maintenance and confusion. Profiles now appear in /usr/portage/profiles/ under default/linux/ instead of default-linux/.

Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD: To save space, the LiveCDs switched to the smaller Xfce environment. You can still build GNOME or KDE from source.

Updated packages: Highlights of the 2008.0 release include Portage 2.1.4.4, a 2.6.24 kernel, Xfce 4.4.2, gcc 4.1.2 and glibc 2.6.1.

No LiveDVDs on x86 or AMD64 are available though. Their release has been postponed due to "problems in their generation." The Gentoo team might release them later. You can grab the distro here

Source: Gentoo Linux

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