14 DAY TRIAL // Just five days after the official announcement of Sabayon Linux 4, the developers decided to release the first revision, at the request of many Sabayon users. "Many of you requested an updated release containing some small improvements and fixes. Here it is!" - said the Sabayon team in the release announcement. What changed? See below the differences between the main release and this first revision:
· RadeonHD driver was added for the x86-64 edition; · Fixed the "package selection menu" issue in the Sabayon Installer; · Fixed ATI/NVIDIA OpenGL (3D) detection issues on the x86-64 edition; · Fixed Synaptics Touchpad detection issues; · Fixed language setup configuration issues.
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-r1 x86 right now from here and Sabayon Linux 4 x86_64 from here.