One of the most expected distributions of the year, Sabayon Linux 4, was launched on Christmas Eve, as announced by Fabio Erculani on the official forums. Sabayon Linux 4 is available for the x86 and x86_64 architectures, featuring the latest Linux kernel with support for Ext4, AUFS, NTFS and UnionFS filesystems.

"Ho-Ho-Hooo! Merry Christmas! On the behalf of the Sabayon Linux team, we're pleased to announce the immediate availability of Sabayon Linux 4. The foundations of our new way of doing Linux Desktop are now ready. Bringing a more accessible, easy to use and fast way of doing business and home computing in a Web 2.0 flavour is what we are going to achieve by the beginning of the new Year. New approaches, new ways of facing user-related issues start today. So, don't wait any longer, bring this magic to your PC and get ready for the future!" - said Fabio Erculiani in the official release announcement.

Highlights of Sabayon Linux 4:

· KDE 4.1.3
· KDE 3.5.10
· GNOME 2.24.2
· XFCE 4.4.3
· LXDE 0.3.2.1
· Openbox 3.4.8 RC1
· Fluxbox 1.1.1
· OpenOffice.org 3.0
· Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
· Wine 1.1.10
· VirtualBox 2.0.6
· Google Earth 4.3.7284.3916
· Picasa 2.7.3736.15
· aMule 2.2.2
· Adobe Flash Player 10
· Sun Microsystems Java 1.6.0.11
· IcedTea6
· GeeXbox 1.2
· Elisa Media Center 0.3.5
· Boot speed improvements, 25% gain
· Entropy Package Manager 0.24.6
· Ext4, AUFS, NTFS and UnionFS support
· Input devices and HAL-based GPU detection
· Support for AMD Catalyst Drivers 8.11 and Open Source RadeonHD video drivers
· Support for Nvidia 180.11, 173.14.12, 96.43.09 and 71.86.07 video drivers
· One-click 3D desktop effects.

In order to run Sabayon Linux 4 on your personal computer, make sure that you meet the minimum system requirements:

· Intel Pentium Pro, Celeron, AMD K6-2, Pentium II or Athlon CPU
· 512 MB of RAM
· 16 GB of free hard disk space
· Supported 2D video card
· a DVD reader

However, the Sabayon Linux team recommends the following system requirements for an optimal performance:

· Dual Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or better, AMD Athlon 64 X2 or better)
· 1 GB of RAM
· 32 GB of free hard disk space
· Supported 3D video card (Nvidia, AMD or Intel)
· a DVD reader

Sabayon Linux 4 is a Gentoo powered Linux distribution that offers a very attractive and easy-to-use desktop environment, out-of-the-box support for wireless networks, Adobe's Flash Player, Sun's Java technology, the OpenOffice.org open source office suite, the award-winning Mozilla Firefox and Opera web browsers, Google Earth, Picasa, Adobe Reader, VLC and many many more popular and useful applications and tools. Download Sabayon Linux 4 x86 right now from here and Sabayon Linux 4 x86_64 from here.