Sep 30, 2010 10:53 GMT  ·  By

Fabio Erculiani proudly announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability of the Sabayon Linux 5.4 operating system. The latest release is designed for Linux enthusiasts who want the latest packages and the best performance, but don't want to spend days getting things working properly.

Sabayon Linux 5.4 comes, as usual, with KDE and GNOME editions, for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. It includes cutting-edge software, the latest Linux kernel, the newest GNOME and KDE desktop environments, and lots of surprises!

"Dedicated to those who like cutting edge stability, out of the box experience, outstanding Desktop performance, clean and beauty."

"Sabayon 5.4 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, KDE 4.5, GNOME 2.30, Linux Kernel 2.6.35, and so forth." - said Fabio Erculiani in the official announcement.

Highlights of Sabayon Linux 5.4:

· Linux kernel 2.6.35 (optimized for desktops); · Extra kernel packages in the default repositories (Server-optimized, Vserver-enabled, OpenVZ-enabled); · KDE Software Compilation 4.5.1; · GNOME 2.30.0; · X.Org 7.5; · Support for Btrfs filesystem; · Support for EXT4 filesystem (default); · Includes proprietary and open-source Nvidia, AMD video drivers; · Includes GNOME Shell; · Entropy package manager was updated to version 0.99.50.2; · OpenOffice.org Office Suite 3.2; · XBMC Media Center; · World of Goo Demo; · New artwork; · Amazing 3D desktop effects; · 10-minutes installer; · Over 1,000 packages were updated; · Can run inside Windows!

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Sabayon Linux 5.4 KDE Edition
System Requirements for Sabayon Linux 5.4:

Minimum: · An i686-compatible processor - Intel Pentium II/III, Celeron, AMD Athlon; · 512 MB of RAM for GNOME or 768 MB of RAM for KDE; · 8 GB of free hard disk space; · Supported 2D video card; · A DVD reader.

Recommended: · Dual Core Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 or better; · 1 GB of RAM; · 15 GB of free hard disk space; · Supported 3D video card - Nvidia, AMD or Intel; · A DVD reader.

Download Sabayon Linux 5.4 GNOME (32-bit and 64-bit) right now from Softpedia. Download  Sabayon Linux 5.4 KDE (32-bit and 64-bit) right now from Softpedia.