http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:55:29 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/19981/Gentoo_Linux_2008_0_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19981/Gentoo_Linux_2008_0_Released/ The 2008.0 final release is out! Code-named "It's got what plants crave," this release contains numerous new features including an updated installer, improved hardware support, a complete rework of profiles, and a move to Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD. LiveDVDs are not available for x86 or amd64, although they may become available in the future. The 2008.0 release also includes updated versions of many packages already available in your ebuild tree. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:08:18 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Smith Johnson) Gentoo 21 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News http://www.osnews.com/story/19574/Gentoo_Linux_2008_0_Beta_1_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19574/Gentoo_Linux_2008_0_Beta_1_Released/ The first beta of Gentoo Linux 2008.0 has been released. "You can help make 2008.0 amazing! Test out this beta and report any functionality issues you encounter. Since this is the first beta, we're looking only for bugs in functionality, not bugs in appearance such as desktop backgrounds or other artwork. We expect to release a second beta once your testing has helped us fix problems with this first beta. A migration to RPM was carefully considered again for this release, but in the end we decided to wait for the few remaining RPM-using distributions to migrate to the superior packaging format of ebuilds." Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:27:34 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gentoo 19 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News http://www.osnews.com/story/19148/Daniel_Robbins_Offer_for_Gentoo/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19148/Daniel_Robbins_Offer_for_Gentoo/ Daniel Robbins, original creator of the Gentoo project, offers a solution to fix the recent leadership crisis at Gentoo: "I have received permission from my employer to return and serve as President of the Gentoo Foundation, renew its charter, and then work in some capacity to help to get Gentoo going in the right direction from a legal, community and technical perspective." Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:32:03 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gentoo 18 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News Excel Hearts Choi http://www.osnews.com/story/19054/Paludis_Gentoo_and_Ciaran_McCreesh_Uncensored/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19054/Paludis_Gentoo_and_Ciaran_McCreesh_Uncensored/ A relatively lengthy Q&A with Ciaran McCreesh about Paludis, the Portage alternative for Gentoo. Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:04:27 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Gentoo 88 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News obsethryl http://www.osnews.com/story/18315/The_Future_of_the_Gentoo_Foundation_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18315/The_Future_of_the_Gentoo_Foundation_/ "Over the past few days, I discovered that the Gentoo Foundation's charter is in the process of being revoked by the state of New Mexico, apparently due to regular paperwork not being filed by the trustees. What this means is that the Gentoo Foundation is currently hanging for its life by a string, and at any day could cease to exist as an entity. That is the very bad news. The good news is that I was able to talk to Grant Goodyear (trustee) this morning on the phone, and I have confirmed that Grant had received my email about the revocation issue that I sent 2 days ago and that he will be resolving this critical issue in the next couple of days by filing the appropriate paperwork with the state of New Mexico, and this paperwork will also remove me as President of the Foundation." Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:20:46 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gentoo 75 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News Innova http://www.osnews.com/story/17899/Gentoo_2007_0_Review/ http://www.osnews.com/story/17899/Gentoo_2007_0_Review/ Techgage has taken a hard look at the latest release from Gentoo, particularly its installation process. Although there is a revamped installer, using it proved to be a less than perfect experience: "This installer does not function like the previous ones. Before, the installer would wait until you made changes to the last option before it began installing. Now, everything is installed along the way." Sun, 13 May 2007 01:07:28 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Gentoo 26 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News Deathspawner http://www.osnews.com/story/17867/Gentoo_Linux_2007_0_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/17867/Gentoo_Linux_2007_0_Released/ The Gentoo Release Engineering project is pleased to announce the much-delayed release of Gentoo Linux 2007.0, code named 'Secret Sauce'. This release met with several delays due to an abnormally high number of security vulnerabilities in large packages which had to be rebuilt using the newer, secure versions of the packages. Update: Screenshots! Mon, 07 May 2007 22:56:24 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Gentoo 32 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News http://www.osnews.com/story/17544/Review_SabayonLinux_3_3/ http://www.osnews.com/story/17544/Review_SabayonLinux_3_3/ Techgage has reviewed SabayonLinux 3.3 and concludes: "Fans of Sabayon will be pleased. Things just keep getting better. For those who have never touched SL, you should give it a try and see what you are missing. Even if you don't plan on changing desktops (like myself), it's one of the best distros to play with, or use as a Live DVD if you are on the road a lot. I had a few people test it out on Apple computers, and it works great there as well. No one is left excluded! Kudos to Fabio and his team for the great work on this latest release." Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:42:47 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gentoo 6 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News Deathspawner http://www.osnews.com/story/17483/Gentoo_Fights_Flamewars_and_Bad_Behaviour/ http://www.osnews.com/story/17483/Gentoo_Fights_Flamewars_and_Bad_Behaviour/ "Triggered by recent examples of bad behavior and dissatisfaction among developers and users alike, the Gentoo Council has drafted a new Code of Conduct that will be enforced for both developers and users. The draft of the Code of Conduct is currently being discussed on the Gentoo-dev mailing list." Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:50:27 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gentoo 50 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News Bryan Østergaard http://www.osnews.com/story/17470/Gentoo_in_Crisis_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/17470/Gentoo_in_Crisis_/ "Last week, the Gentoo project entered the lowest point of its 7-year old existence. The single most telling statement attesting to this fact is this brief excerpt from the current issue of Gentoo Weekly News. 'The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project: Daniel Robbins; the following developers recently left the Gentoo project: Daniel Robbins' Yes, this is the same Daniel Robbins who founded Gentoo Linux back in the year 2000 and who left the project in 2004 for personal reasons. He officially re-joined the Gentoo development team two weeks ago - only to resign a few days later. The reason? Strong personal attacks by some of the current developers of the project." Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:32:42 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gentoo 110 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News anonymous http://www.osnews.com/story/17196/Review_Sabayon_Linux/ http://www.osnews.com/story/17196/Review_Sabayon_Linux/ Linux Tech Daily reviewed Sabayon Linux, and concludes: "In the few weeks I have been using it, Sabayon has become one of my favorite Linux distributions. The developers have done a very nice job, particularly for a newer distribution. It is great for the whole spectrum of Linux users, from a new user to a seasoned vet. It is very simple with the potential to be as complicated as you wish. If you have been curious about Gentoo but put off by the installation, I heartily recommend Sabayon." Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:55:53 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gentoo 22 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News mister http://www.osnews.com/story/15935/Source_Distributions_Their_Own_Worst_Enemies_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/15935/Source_Distributions_Their_Own_Worst_Enemies_/ "I love Gentoo, [but] I also hate it with a vengeance. I'm not talking small time peeves here, like the way Krispy Kremes icing gets all over your fingers (and by extension, clothes). I'm talking the type of frustration that is expressed in multitudes of expletives, some of which would make the profinsaurus cry. Why? Because, by definition and by nature, a source-based distribution is its own worst enemy." Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:28:55 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gentoo 42 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News danwarne http://www.osnews.com/story/15702/Review_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1/ http://www.osnews.com/story/15702/Review_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1/ Another review of Gentoo 2006.1. In one respect, Gentoo Linux 2006.1 is the same as it's always been, except with newer software on the installation media. Beginning with version 2006.0, though, a graphical environment was added to the live CD along with an installation program that rarely worked properly. The good news is, the installer works reasonably well in Gentoo 2006.1; the bad news is, it's still quicker and easier to install by hand via the command line. Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:45:38 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gentoo 15 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News Valour http://www.osnews.com/story/15693/Gentoo_2006_1_Review/ http://www.osnews.com/story/15693/Gentoo_2006_1_Review/ The Gentoo release team has just announced the launch of their 2006.1 version, so TechGage is going to take a look at what's new. Included in the updates is an improved installer/LiveCD with Networkless mode, smarter partitioner, updated compiler and more. Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:14:51 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Gentoo 34 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News csousa http://www.osnews.com/story/15676/Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/15676/Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_Released/ Linuxlookup.com is reporting on the release of Gentoo Linux 2006.1. Building on the strengths of previous releases and featuring all of Gentoo's well-documented flexibility, performance and portability, this release is now available on all supported architectures. The most popular architectures now use GCC 4.1, glibc 2.4 and baselayout 1.12.1, as well as including a new profile layout, with seperate desktop and server profiles. Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:09:50 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Gentoo 23 http://www.osnews.com/topics/63 News Jeff