February 8th, 2012· 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
October 12th, 2011Features:
· Ultra-optimized Linux Kernel 3.0 (Experimental Fusion Kernel available after install)
· Providing extra Server-optimized, OpenVZ-enabled, Vserver-enabled kernels in repositories
· Natively supporting the btrfs filesystem (besides ext4, aufs, and others)
· Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC 10.0
· GNOME 3.2.0 Visual Environment
· KDE 4.7 Desktop Environment
· Improved Xfce 4.8 out-of-the-box experience (for those missing GNOME2)
· Improved LibreOffice integration, updated to 3.4.3.2
· Entropy Framework (Package Manager, Web Services) updated to 1.0_rc59, containing tons of improvements
· Improved support for IME and non-roman fonts
· Improved support for non-latin languages
· Semi-automated package updates, for more extreme rolling
· 4000 application updates since Sabayon 6 (yay for rolling release model)
Important Fixes:
· Make possible to boot Sabayon off USB via dd (bug 2685)
· Disable GNOME Shell when fglrx is in use due to broken drivers (patch)
· Clickpad Touchpad fixes (bug 2517)
· Failsafe mode not showing login prompt (bug 2539)
· Fbsplash framebuffer 1280x800 size fixes (bug 2542)
· Properly set CONSOLEFONT variable (bug 2582)
· Switch to man-db (bug 2583)
· KDE: replace Clementine with Amarok (bug 2662)
· KDE: Improve/fix file associations (bug 2464)
· KDE: provide proxy settings menu (bug 2538)
· Installer: make possible to enable/disable firewall
· Installer: write proper keyboard layout for Russian (bug 2580)
· Installer: set proper console font for Russian (bug 2582)
· Installer: move language packs options to Language wizard page (bug 2518)
June 23rd, 2011· Linux Kernel 2.6.39.1 and blazing fast, yet reliable, boot
· Providing extra Server-optimized, OpenVZ-enabled, Vserver-enabled kernels in repositories
· Natively supporting btrfs filesystem
· Completely reworked artwork and boot music intro, thanks to our little Van Gogh (Ian Whyman)
· Improved theming for 16:9 and 16:10 widescreen monitors
· Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC
· Entropy 1.0_rc10, bringing outstanding speed and reliability. Entropy Store (Sulfur) went through a massive speed rework. Entropy Web Services foundation library has been introduced in order to support User Generated Content contributions in a more powerful way, bringing our Package Manager in the Social Internet age. Added support to delta packages downloads, parallel packages download, differential repository update through simple HTTPS protocol
· Several Sabayon Installer improvements, especially with dealing with crypt, LVM and swRAID environments
· Added a non-intrusive firewall tool called "ufw" and its frontends for GNOME and KDE
· X.Org Server updated to 1.10
· Sane Desktop Compositing now enabled by default
· Switched to IcedTea6 as bundled Java VM
· Switched to jpeg-turbo library, boosting JPEG images rendering speed
· Switched to LibreOffice 3.3.3
· Switched to Chromium/WebKit as bundled Web Browser
· Split nvidia-drivers and ati-drivers into userspace and kernel modules, improving reliability over kernel migrations
· Updated to GNOME 2.32.2 and KDE 4.6.4
· Updated to GRUB 1.99
· Introduced the "kernel-switcher" tool, to easily switch between available Sabayon Linux kernels
· Python toolchain updated to version 2.7
· Updated to GCC 4.5.2
· Dracut and Plymouth ready (expect them in Sabayon 7)
· Thousands of updates and bug fixes that flew in, during these last 4 months
· We're still here! (it's a feature), only thanks to your donations, please keep donating, donate now!
September 30th, 2010· More than 1000 updated packages since Sabayon 5.3 and more than 100 bugs (stability, usability and performance) fixed
· Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.35
· Providing extra Server-optimized, OpenVZ-enabled, Vserver-enabled kernels in repositories
· Installable in 10 minutes
· Fast boot time and lightweight default system
· Ext4 filesystem as default
· Official Btrfs filesystem support
· Encrypted filesystem support
· Featuring X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date Open Source, NVIDIA, AMD video drivers
· Containing GNOME 2.30 (with GNOME Shell!) and KDE 4.5.1
· Outstanding 3D Desktop applications (Compiz, Compiz Fusion and KWin) working out of the box
· Bringing Entropy Framework (Package Manager) 0.99.50.2, faster than ever!
· Shipped with OpenOffice 3.2 productivity suite, Multimedia applications
· Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC
· Shipped with World of Goo Demo - best 2D game ever!
· Refreshed Skin! (as usual)
· Try it out from Windows, just kick the DVD in and use Sabayon via QEMU virtualization!
June 6th, 2010· Based on new GCC 4.4 and Glibc 2.10
· Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.34
· Providing extra Server-optimized and OpenVZ-enabled kernels in repositories
· Installable in 10 minutes
· Fast boot time and lightweight default system
· Ext4 filesystem as default
· Official Btrfs filesystem support
· Encrypted filesystem support
· Featuring X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date Open Source, NVIDIA, AMD video drivers
· Containing GNOME 2.28 (with GNOME Shell!) and KDE 4.4.3
· Outstanding 3D Desktop applications (Compiz, Compiz Fusion and KWin) working out of the box
· Bringing Entropy Framework (Package Manager) 0.99.46.9
· Shipped with OpenOffice 3.2 productivity suite, Multimedia applications
· Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC
· Shipped with World of Goo Demo - best 2D game ever!
· Sexiest Skin ever! (Light blueeee!)
· Try it out from Windows, just kick the DVD in and use Sabayon via QEMU virtualization!
March 26th, 2010Features of Sabayon 5.2:
· Based on new GCC 4.4.1 and Glibc 2.10
· Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.33
· Providing extra Server-optimized and OpenVZ-enabled kernels in repositories
· Installable in 10 minutes
· Faster boot time and lightweight default system
· Ext4 filesystem as default
· Encrypted filesystem support
· Featuring X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date Open Source, NVIDIA, AMD video drivers
· Containing GNOME 2.28 (with GNOME Shell!) and KDE 4.4.1
· Outstanding 3D Desktop applications (Compiz, Compiz Fusion and KWin) working out of the box
· Bringing Entropy Framework (Package Manager) 0.99.38.7
· Shipped with OpenOffice 3.2 productivity suite, Multimedia applications
· Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC
· Shipped with World of Goo Demo - best 2D game ever!
· Sexiest Skin ever! (Light blueeee!)
· Try it out from Windows, just kick the DVD in and use Sabayon via QEMU virtualization!
Updates since Sabayon 5.2:
· New Linux Kernel 2.6.33 with enhanced wireless and power management support
· Switched to GRUB2, improved Mac support
· Improved VirtualBox Input drivers support
· KDE updated to 4.4.1 and now more integrated than ever (featuring new KNetworkManager)!
· Entropy Framework updated to 0.99.38.7, featuring outstanding performance improvements, tons of bugfixes and features (see our Git repos). Working towards 1.0!
· More than 2000 new updated packages available (since Sabayon 5.1)
· Greatly improved boot time
· Improved Pulseaudio/ALSA support
· Reduced ISO images footprint by 100Mb
· Improved NVIDIA legacy drivers support
· Improved XBMC, Media Center installation profile support and reliability
December 13th, 2009· Based on new GCC 4.4.1 and Glibc 2.10
· Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.31 (ready for 2.6.32)
· Providing extra Server-optimized and OpenVZ-enabled kernels in repositories
· Installer now available in multiple languages
· Complete Ext4 filesystem support (used by default)
· Complete Encrypted filesystems support (via dmcrypt, available in the Installer)
· Featuring X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date FLOSS, NVIDIA, AMD video drivers
· Containing GNOME 2.28 (with GNOME Shell!) and KDE 4.3.4
· Outstanding 3D Desktop applications (Compiz, Compiz Fusion and KWin) working out of the box
· Bringing Entropy Framework (Package Manager) 0.99.19.1
· Shipped with OpenOffice 3.1 productivity suite, Multimedia applications
· Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC
· Shipped with World of Goo Demo - best 2D game ever!
· Sexiest Skin ever! (Ian Whyman rocks)
· Try it out from Windows, just kick the DVD in and use Sabayon via QEMU virtualization!
· Ready for Sabayon 6 (someday!)
October 5th, 2009· Based on new GCC 4.4.1 and Glibc 2.10
· Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.31
· Providing extra Server-optimized and OpenVZ-enabled kernels in repositories
· Installer now available in multiple languages
· Complete Ext4 filesystem support (used by default)
· Complete Encrypted filesystems support (via dmcrypt, available in the Installer)
· Featuring X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date FLOSS, NVIDIA, AMD video drivers
· Containing GNOME 2.26 (2.28 ready) and KDE 4.3.1
· Outstanding 3D Desktop applications (Compiz, Compiz Fusion and KWin) working out of the box
· Bringing Entropy Framework (Package Manager) 0.99.3
· Shipped with OpenOffice 3.1 productivity suite, Multimedia applications
· Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC
· Shipped with World of Goo Demo - best 2D game ever!
· Sexiest Skin ever! (Ian Whyman rocks)
· Ready for Sabayon 6 (someday!)
July 7th, 2009· [System] Environment in sync with latest available Entropy updates
· [System] Featuring Entropy Framework (Package Manager) 0.96.26, improved performance, reduced hardware requirements
· [System] Featuring the new user-friendly Entropy Graphical Interface, Sulfur
· [System] KDE updated to 4.2.4
· [System] OpenOffice updated to 3.1.0
· [System] XBMC updated to 9.04 supporting NVIDIA "vdpau" video acceleration
· [Live] Improved boot performance significantly
· [Live] Improved GPU hardware detection and reliability (esp. for: NVIDIA, NVIDIA legacy, Catalyst, RadeonHD, Intel)
· [Live] Fixed a GDM issue causing X server to be respawned
· [Live] Featuring latest NVIDIA(185.14)/AMD(9.62) Graphics Drivers
· [Live] Improved PulseAudio support
· [Install] Significantly reduced hard-disk requirements
· [Install] Fixed text-based installation
· [Install] Installer now checks for available /boot space
· [Install] Installer now allows to share /home partitions across distributions and reinstallations
· [Install] Installer UI now got refreshed correctly
· [Install] Improved user home configuration (if $HOME is already available, it won't be touched)
· [Install] Several other minor bug fixes
April 29th, 2009· Smaller disk footprint, faster load times
· Improved boot speed
· Improved DVD drive detection on Live boot
· Fully working PolicyKit and ConsoleKit environment
· New 2.6.29.1 Linux kernel
· NetworkManager 0.7
· Compiz and Compiz Fusion 0.8.2
· GRUB now supports UUID
· Shipped with Vi (the *editor*)
· Merged all the Entropy Sabayon repository updates
· Split KDE and GNOME flavours
· Installer now detects other Linux distributions
· Installer now defaults on ext4 on new installs
· Installer now features an improved usability and installation speed
· Fresh, unmatched artwork and skin!
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