As well as Sabayon Linux 5.3 SpinBase/OpenVZ

Jul 19, 2010 08:44 GMT  ·  By

The Sabayon Linux team has now released two new flavours of the Gentoo-based Linux distro packed with alternative desktop environments for those who prefer them or have slower computers. The Sabayon 5.3 XFCE and Sabayon 5.3 LXDE ‘spins’ are more experimental in nature than the regular release though they are considered stable enough for regular use. This is just the first step, more spins are planned, and these two will continue to evolve until they reach a more mature state.

Our crew, is happy to announce the immediate availability of XFCE, LXDE and SpinBase/OpenVZ Sabayon 5.3 ‘Spins’ built on top of Sabayon ‘SpinBase’ ISO images. Under the ‘Extra Spins’ umbrella, the Sabayon developers are going to experiment new Stable Releases with different package compositions,” the Sabayon team announced.

Consider these ‘Extra Spins’ an appetizer of what you will get in the upcoming months: more ‘Spins’ are planned and more external contributions will be accepted. Just like the other regular Sabayon releases, these ‘Extra Spins’ are also daily built by our Build Servers and available in our mirrors inside the ‘iso/daily’ directory,” the announcement explained.

Highlights of Sabayon Linux 5.3 XFCE Spin and Sabayon Linux 5.3 LXDE Spin:

· Linux kernel 2.6.34 with Tuxonice and AUFS support; · NetworkManager 0.8 - network configuration tool; · NTFS-3G - support for the NTFS filesystem; · Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6; · XFCE 4.6.2 - desktop environment; · LXDE 0.5.0 - desktop environment; · Basic VirtualBox Guest integration; · Small ISO, less than 700 MB, suited for CDs and USB drives; · Updated Live Anaconda installer; · Aimed at slower computers.

Highlights of Sabayon 5.3 SpinBase/OpenVZ templates:

· Designed to be used with OpenVZ servers, be them based on Sabayon OpenVZ installs or any other Linux distribution; · Fully featured OpenVZ guest virtual machine; · Small footprint.

Sabayon Linux 5.3 XFCE Spin is available for download here. Sabayon Linux 5.3 LXDE Spin is available for download here. Sabayon Linux 5.3 SpinBase/OpenVZ is available for download here. Sabayon Linux 5.3 32-bit is available for download here. Sabayon Linux 5.3 64-bit is available for download here.

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