Sabayon Linux SpinBase 8

Sabayon Linux SpinBase was formerly known as CoreCD. The Sabayon team decided to change its name for these reasons:

- SpinBase can be used as a base to make new Sabayon "spins", in other words, customized Sabayon ISO images
- SpinBase contains the new Anaconda text-based Installer, which is only suited for empty drives or drives with free space (no manual partitioning)
- SpinBase is very lightweight.
- Keeping the "CoreCD" name would have confused users that can now enjoy our new creation called "CoreCDX".


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Here are some key features of "Sabayon Linux SpinBase":

· Bootable Image suitable for a CD or USB thumb drive (~450MB-500MB for SpinBase, ~525MB-600MB for CoreCDX)
· Text-Based installer (SpinBase)
· Graphical installer and X.Org (CoreCDX)
· Basic default networking
· Entropy and Portage ready (giving access to thousands of installable packages)
· Based on new GCC 4.4 and Glibc 2.10
· Completely customizable system after install, thanks to Entropy package sets it's possible to install GNOME, KDE or X.Org in no time.
· Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.34
· Providing extra Server-optimized and OpenVZ-enabled kernels in repositories
· Quick installation (less than 5 minutes, guaranteed).

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· The first and best way to try a Gentoo-based Linux distribution at its full power, with all working out-of-the-box and no compilation needed at all
· The first Extreme-Rolling Release distribution, with automated repository package version bumping, thanks to Entropy Matter ebuild tracker
· Faster, cleaner and more evolved than any other rolling distro out there: we work hard to bring you the most stable rolling release experience
· Keep up-to-date your system in minutes while maintaining full Gentoo Portage compatibility
· Focusing on performance: GCC 4.6 with Graphite Loop Transformation infrastructure and Link Time Optimizations enabled
· Always up-to-date Linux Kernel 3.2 (and experimental "Fusion" Kernels available in repositories)
· Providing extra Server-oriented Linux kernels (OpenVZ, Vserver, Generic Server)
· Natively supporting the btrfs filesystem (besides ext4, aufs, and others)
· Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC 10.1 (11.0 available soon)
· GNOME 3.2.2 Visual Environment
· KDE 4.7.4 Desktop Environment (4.8.0 available in a few days)
· Improved Xfce 4.8 out-of-the-box experience (for those missing GNOME2)
· Improved LibreOffice integration, updated to 3.4.4
· Migrated to libav as ffmpeg replacement
· Migrated to Java 7 and Subversion 1.7
· Cinnamon and Razor Qt available in repositories
· Entropy Framework (Package Manager, Web Services) updated to 1.0_rc86, consolidating stability and performance
· Support for IME and non-roman fonts at install time
· Support for non-latin languages at install time
· More than 12000 packages available for x86_64, i686
· ARMv7 versions already available, with more than 2000 packages ready to be installed