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Sabayon Linux 8 KDE Live CD Screenshot Tour

Originally announced a couple of days ago, the Sabayon 8 operating system is a Gentoo-powered Linux distribution that screams bleeding-edge and reliability. Sabayon 8 is now an Extreme-Rolling release Linux distribution powered by Linux kernel 3.2 and featuring native support for the Btrfs filesystem.Sabayon 8 incorp...

9 February 2012
14:27 GMT

Sabayon Linux 8 GNOME Live CD Screenshot Tour

Originally announced a couple of days ago, the Sabayon 8 operating system is a Gentoo-powered Linux distribution that screams bleeding-edge and reliability. Sabayon 8 is now an Extreme-Rolling release Linux distribution powered by Linux kernel 3.2 and featuring native support for the Btrfs filesystem. Sabayon 8 in...

9 February 2012
13:51 GMT

Gentoo Linux 11.2 LiveDVD Includes Linux Kernel 3.0, KDE SC 4.7.0, GNOME 3.0

The Gentoo Linux 11.2 LiveDVD has been released. The latest update to the venerable Linux distro comes with plenty of updated packages with some of the latest and greatest releases included, such as Linux 3.0, KDE SC 4.7.0, GNOME 3 and so on."Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD to cele...

9 August 2011
08:06 GMT

Gentoo Linux 11.0 Has Been Released

Gentoo Linux 11.0 Live DVD has been released. The first release in a year and a half, it comes with the latest stable versions of most packages included as well as a couple of new features. The live environment is now available to everyone for testing, but installing Gentoo Linux 11.0 takes a bit more work and experi...

9 March 2011
11:01 GMT

Toorox 02.2011 KDE Comes with Linux Kernel 2.6.37

Toorox 02.2011 KDE has been released. The KDE edition of the Gentoo-based live Linux distro comes with the latest KDE SC release, a recent kernel and up-to-date packages. Toorox has been a KDE-based distro traditionally, but a GNOME edition started being published last year."After the release of the 'GNOME'...

28 February 2011
12:21 GMT

Sabayon Linux 5.5 Officially Released

Fabio Erculiani proudly announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability of the Sabayon Linux 5.5 operating system, 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 5.5 comes with the usual GNOME...

27 January 2011
08:28 GMT

Sabayon Linux 5.4 Is Available for Download

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 co...

30 September 2010
06:53 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.5.5 Comes with New USB Drive Installers

SystemRescueCd 1.5.5 is the latest update to the Gentoo-based system rescue Linux distro. It comes with updated kernels and several other changes. The biggest new additions are new tools to make USB installs easier on both Windows and Linux host machines. “SystemRescueCd-1.5.5 comes with new installers for Li...

1 June 2010
08:41 GMT

Toorox 05.2010 Comes with KDE SC 4.4.3

Toorox 05.2010 has been released, the latest update to the Gentoo-based, LiveCD distro. It brings an updated Linux kernel and the latest KDE SC 4.4.3, as well as other changes and bug fixes. All remaining legacy KDE3 packages have been removed, but other than that, there’ aren’t any new features. 32-bit a...

17 May 2010
11:33 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.5.3 Is Out

SystemRescueCd 1.5.3, a live CD/USB Linux distribution based on Gentoo, has been released with updated kernels and a few updated packages. It also includes the NetworkManager GUI network configuration tool to make it easier to set up network connections. This should help a great deal, especially with wireless connect...

4 May 2010
02:17 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.5.2 Comes with New Linux Kernels

SystemRescueCd 1.5.2 has been launched and it comes with a number of fixes and changes, but also updated packages. There are newer versions of both available Linux kernel options. SquashFS has been updated to SquashFS 4.0. SystemRescueCd 1.5.2 also incorporates the fixes included in SystemRescueCd 1.5.1, which was re...

12 April 2010
09:07 GMT

Calculate Linux 10.4 Now Has a GNOME Version

Calculate Linux creator Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the availability of the latest stable release of the Gentoo-based Linux distribution. Calculate Linux 10.4 comes in a variety of flavors, including, for the first time, a GNOME desktop version. This release brings a big number of updated packages and se...

8 April 2010
11:01 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.5.0 with Linux Kernel 2.6.32.10

SystemRescueCd has been updated, with the latest stable version being SystemRescueCd 1.5.0. The new version comes just a few weeks after the previous version was released. SystemRescueCd 1.5.0 brings some updated packages, including the latest stable Linux kernel, and several updates focusing on initramfs, the tempor...

19 March 2010
06:38 GMT

PapugLinux 10.1 Has Arrived

PapugLinux is a lightweight, Gentoo-based distro using the Fluxbox window manager and a number of other applications with an equally small footprint. PapugLinux 10.1 is the first major release in a little over a year and likely the only one for 2010 based on previous release schedules. PapugLinux 10.1 is mostly aimed...

24 February 2010
02:37 GMT

Calculate Linux 10.2 Has Support for Canon Printers

The Russian developer Alexander Tratsevskiy proudly announced last week, on the Linux Questions forum, the availability of Calculate Linux 10.2, which includes all its derivatives: Calculate Linux Desktop, Calculate Linux Server, Calculate Linux Scratch and Calculate Linux XFCE. As usual, new features, new applicatio...

16 February 2010
07:19 GMT

First Beta of VLOS 2.0 Arrives

The hard-working developers behind the VLOS project proudly announced yesterday (January 7th) the immediate availability of the first Beta release of the upcoming VLOS 2.0 operating system. With Linux kernel 2.6.32 and lots of new and popular applications on board, VLOS 2.0 Beta 1 is a Live DVD based on the ever-popu...

8 January 2010
06:07 GMT

Toorox 01.2010 Goes 64-bit

Jörn Lindau announced yesterday (January 6th) the new and improved Toorox 01.2010 Gentoo-based distribution, bringing the first 64-bit version of the Toorox operating system. Toorox 01.2010 comes with bleeding-edge packages, such as Linux kernel 2.6.32 and KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4. The installer was update...

7 January 2010
05:55 GMT

Sabayon Linux 5.1 Features X.Org 7.5 and KDE SC 4.3.4

On December 12, Fabio Erculiani proudly announced the immediate availability of the Sabayon Linux 5.1 operating system, now with KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4 and GNOME 2.28. Being based on GCC 4.4.1 and Glibc 2.10, this new release of Sabayon Linux offers numerous improvements and features, a "ready-to-use" version...

13 December 2009
14:24 GMT

Calculate Linux 10.0 Is Now Available for Download

Last evening, Alexander Tratsevskiy updated the entire line of Calculate Linux products to version 10.0. Being based on Gentoo Linux, the Desktop Edition of Calculate Linux 10.0 is now powered by Linux Kernel 2.6.31.6 and X.Org 7.4, it is built on top of the KDE 4.3.3 desktop environment and it includes the popular O...

4 December 2009
09:33 GMT

Toorox 10.2009 Enables Desktop Effects for Many Video Cards

Joern Lindau announced today the next release of Toorox, version 10.2009. This Gentoo-based Linux distribution features the KDE 4.3.2 desktop environment and many other updated packages, all running on top of the 22.6.31 Linux kernel and Xorg Server 1.6.5. The base install also comes with OpenOffice.org 3.2.1, Amarok...

29 October 2009
07:21 GMT

Gentoo Linux Celebrates 10 Years of Existence Through a Special Release

Back in 1999, Daniel Robbins released the first version of Gentoo Linux, which quickly became renowned for its unmatched speed. Fast forward to September 2009 and you'll see that Gentoo is still one of the most appreciated source-based Linux distributions. Since this venerable distro has just had its 10th birthd...

5 October 2009
10:01 GMT

Calculate Linux Desktop 9.9 Has KDE 4.3.1

Alexander Tratsevskiy proudly announced on September 28th the immediate availability of the Calculate Linux Desktop 9.9 KDE and XFCE distribution. Being based on Gentoo Linux, Calculate Linux Desktop 9.9 is now powered by Linux Kernel 2.6.30.5 and X.Org 7.4, it is built on top of the KDE 4.3.1 desktop environment and...

29 September 2009
08:41 GMT

Announcing Sabayon Linux 4.2 CoreCD Edition

Kelly Schwartz from the Sabyon team announced a few days ago the immediate availability of the CoreCD edition of the popular Sabayon Linux 4.2, a Gentoo-based operating system. The CoreCD is a minimalistic version designed to provide the base for building your own Sabayon Linux system. Sabayon Linux 4.2 CoreCD is ava...

28 July 2009
10:34 GMT

Sabayon Linux 4.2 GNOME Features Tuz-Powered Kernel

Fabio Erculiani announced yesterday evening, June 30th, the immediate availability of a new maintenance version of the Sabayon Linux 4 GNOME Edition operating system, now with GNOME 2.26.2! Being based on the Lite MCE version, this second GNOME edition of Sabayon Linux 4 brings a "ready to use" version of the po...

1 July 2009
03:25 GMT

Toorox 06.2009 Runs KDE 4.2.4

Jörn Lindau announced two days ago, on June 27th, a new release of his Toorox Linux distribution. Toorox 06.2009 brings many updates and a few improvements to the USB Stick creator and external USB HDD installations. "Some users had problems (Kernel Panic) after an installation and booting from an external USB-H...

29 June 2009
02:30 GMT

Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 Has KDE 4.2.3

Alexander Tratsevskiy proudly announced earlier today the immediate availability of the Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 KDE Live DVD Linux distribution. Being based on the Gentoo Linux, Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 is an anniversary version, as the first version was released exactly two years ago, on May 29, 2007. It is p...

29 May 2009
06:51 GMT

Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE Edition Out Now

Just two weeks after announcing Sabayon Linux 4.1 GNOME Edition, Fabio Erculiani released today, April 29th, the KDE edition of his Linux distribution. Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE is based on Sabayon 4 LiteMCE and brings the same usability and out-of-the-box experience, this time on top of the latest KDE 4.2.2 desktop envi...

29 April 2009
13:41 GMT

Sabayon Linux 4.1 GNOME Edition Released

Almost three months after the release of Sabayon Linux Lite MCE, Fabio Erculiani announced yesterday, April 13th, the immediate availability of a new edition, entitled Sabayon Linux 4.1 GNOME and based on the Lite MCE version. This GNOME edition of Sabayon Linux 4 brings a "ready to use" version of the powerful and p...

14 April 2009
06:01 GMT

Introducing Sabayon Linux 4 Lite MCE

Fabio Erculiani announced a couple of days ago the immediate availability of a multimedia center DVD edition, called Lite MCE and based on the newly-released Sabayon Linux 4. The Lite MCE edition of Sabayon 4 is a GNOME-based distribution that offers a "ready to use" version of the powerful and already popular XBMC M...

22 January 2009
10:59 GMT

The Final Release of Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Is Now Available

After a long time in development, Gentoo Linux 2008.0 was finally released and it seems that its developers gave it a funny code name - "It's got what plants crave" - as Donnie Berkholz announced on the official Gentoo site.Gentoo's installer was upgraded and it can only perform networkless installations by...

7 July 2008
09:41 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.0.1 Now Available

SystemRescueCd, the Gentoo-based Linux distribution, made up of a large number of hard disk partitioning and data rescue applications, reached version 1.0.1 today.One of the most important changes in this version is the switch from the Window-Maker window manager to JVWM 2.0.1. This will be the default one from now o...

31 March 2008
06:47 GMT

SystemRescueCD 1.0.0 Comes with a New Alternative Kernel

SystemRescueCD 1.0.0 has been released yesterday. It is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution, with a large number of hard disk partitioning and data rescue applications.From this edition, programs will be compiled for i486 processors and not for i686 or higher, allowing users with older computers to run the applications...

4 March 2008
03:48 GMT

Hackers Have A Bone to Pick with Linux

Many parts of the official Gentoo website have been taken down due to hacker attacks. There is no telling when their website will be fully back online. Gentoo is an open OS that is based on the Linux technology (which has Unix as a platform as well) that has great maneuverability. Gentoo Linux is very easy to configu...

20 August 2007
03:09 GMT

Tiny Linux-based PC. Only $99!

Zonbu is planning to role out a tiny, fanless computer, Linux-based, that will have a starting price of $99, but at this promotional price you will also pay $12.95/month. The $12.95 per month are for a 25GB of data storage on the Zonbu servers, to give you the ability to use this tiny device anywhere you want. But i...

8 May 2007
09:44 GMT

Gentoo 2007.0 Has Been Released

The Gentoo Release Engineering project has finally managed to get ready the Gentoo Linux 2007.0 release, after a number of delays caused by some security vulnerabilities and other bugs which had to be solved. Gentoo Linux is probably the most portable Linux version so far, available for numerous architectures, such ...

8 May 2007
05:17 GMT


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