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Linux.com has a review of Gentoo 2007.0. Looks like there are some significant issues with the live discs, especially if you have an ATI video card. Gentoo 2007.0 is available in several formats for various platforms. As per its torrent download statistics, most popular are the live DVD, the live CD, and the minimal CD [...]
Wed, 30 May 2007 19:23:02 +0000
Techgage reviews the new 2007.0 release of Gentoo, and compares it and the new installer to the previous 2006.1 release. If you are familiar with the installers from either 2006.x version, you cannot consider yourself an expert with the installer from 2007.0, as many things have been changed around and it functions differently overall. I [...]
Sun, 13 May 2007 00:31:50 +0000
As seen on Digg, Gentoo LiveCDs which run on the Playstation 3 have been released. They also work on PowerMac G5 machines.
Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:57:35 +0000
Techgage has a review of the new Gentoo 2006.1. Included are many screenshots of the LiveCD and the GUI installer in action. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a full six months since 2006.0 was released. Time indeed flies. The regular Gentoo release schedule is one per six months, and with this current release [...]
Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:13:16 +0000
Gentoo has released all new LiveCDs for a variety of platforms. While they may be created with the intention of installing Gentoo, they offer great hardware support, and have enough tools to be used in a variety of different circumstances.
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:35:19 +0000
The Linux Newbie compares 11 different LiveCDs in this article. One interesting piece of information included is boot times for each of the LiveCDs.
Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:58:14 +0000
Techgage has a review of the new Gentoo 2006.0 LiveCD. Included is a screenshot of the new boot screen.
Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:27:21 +0000
OSDir.com has screenshots up of the new LiveCD from the fine people at Gentoo. Slashdot currently has a story linking to it, with surprisingly few comments about how people just finished compiling the previous version.
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:30:26 +0000
Gentoo Linux is announcing the release of their 2006.0 LiveCD. This LiveCD has major changes over the previous one by including a full desktop environment (Gnome 2.12) and the much anticipated official installer. They also state a KDE based LiveCD will be released in the future, and also a LiveDVD.
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:52:30 +0000
Oops, missed this from last week, Gentoo released a new version of their LiveCD for SGI machines with support for more SGI hardware, like the SGI Origin fridge-sized computers. I would have tried a joke about nobody using old SGI hardware, except there are two Origins running across the hall of my office, happily (slowly?) [...]
Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:53:06 +0000
 Milan is from Foresight Media s.r.o, who produce interactive Touch Tables, that run Gentoo Linux. One of the products are a low cost alternative to Microsoft's Surface. Be sure to check out an overview of their products. Milan, thank you very much for your time. My first question is this: - Who is Milan and how did you get started with Gentoo?
- I guess I'm a product designer, developer, entrepreneur and part time artist living in Central Europe usually in Vienna, Bratislava and Prague. To be able to create inventions, new gadgets you either need a ton of money or you learn how to do many things by yourself in a garage or in my case in my atelier. For me it would be quite depressing to ‘just design' something :) And so I create prototypes, which I push into serial production like my touch table designs. When I was 13 years old I accidentally saw a magazine with a penguin. I thought it was a cool logo of something. Then I saw it said that there's a free CD of an operating system that I haven't heard of. I could not hack my pre-installed commercial software enough and so I gave it a try and I guess it's the usual story of many Open Source and Linux geeks from there on :) After some time using various Linux distributions I saw that the complexity and the number of regressions in many of them has become so high over the years that I needed a system that would let me stay in control and a system that would value it's own design. Gentoo was a natural choice.
Be sure to check out the Full Interview! Discuss this! 2012-01-21 01:00:19
SCALE 10x is almost here, and
Gentoo will be there!
Southern California's premier open-source software event is just around the
corner, running from Friday, January 20 through Sunday, January 22. Several
Gentoo developers will be there; it will be even bigger than previous years.
We'll be showing off some nifty devices running Gentoo, and we'll be giving out
installation media. Whether you're a developer, user, or simply curious, be sure
to stop by booth #70.
See you there!
Discuss this! 2012-01-19 01:00:18
Figure 1.1: Heating your boxes since 1999 |  |
Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD to
celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The
LiveDVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below.
A special thanks to the Gentoo
Infrastructure Team. Their hard work behind the scenes provide the
resources, services and technology necessary to support the Gentoo Linux
project.
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Packages included in this release: Linux Kernel 3.1.5, Xorg 1.10.4, KDE
4.7.4, Gnome 3.2.1 XFCE 4.8, Fluxbox 1.3.2 Firefox 9.0, LibreOffice
3.4.99.2, Gimp 2.6.11, Blender 2.60, Amarok 2.5 , VLC 1.1.13, Chromium 16.0
and much more ...
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If you want to see if your package is included we have generated both the
x86 package
list, and amd64 package
list. You may also be interested in checking out the FAQ or the updated artwork plus dvd
cases and covers for the 12.0 release.
- Special Features:
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Writable file systems using AUFS so you can emerge new packages!
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Persistence for $HOME is available; press F9 for more info!
The LiveDVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 version, and
an x86_64 multi lib version. The livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.2 version
will work on 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64. If your CPU architecture is x86, then
boot with the default gentoo kernel. If your arch is amd64, boot with the
gentoo64 kernel. This means you can boot a 64-bit kernel and install a
customized 64-bit user land while using the provided 32-bit user land. The
livedvd-amd64-multilib-11.2 version is for x86_64 only.
If you are ready to check it out, let our bouncer direct you to the closest
x86
image or amd64
image file. If you would prefer to take it easy on the bandwidth and
help the community, torrents
are also provided.
If you need support or have any questions, please visit the discussion thread
on our forum.
Thank you for your continued support,
Gentoo Linux Developers,
the Gentoo Foundation, and the
Gentoo-Ten Project. 2012-01-03 01:00:16
We are glad to announce that the official Gentoo Wiki opens its doors today.
As you would expect it from a herd of proper Gentoo developers, we have spent
quite some time bikeshedding about various things concerning the wiki,
including the color. It seems we have finally reached a verdict, much to
everyone's surprise it will be purple!
Now, without further ado, we'd like to welcome you to our shiny new Wiki.
Feel free to browse around, look for answers to your questions and other cool
stuff to do with your Gentoo system. Do you think you have something useful to
share with other Gentoo users? Please go ahead and create an article about it -
or extend an existing one.
To help you get started, we've compiled some information on how the
wiki works. If you still got questions left you can find us on #gentoo-wiki at freenode, or
reach us via email at wiki@gentoo.org.
We are looking forward to your articles!
Your Gentoo Wiki Team 2011-11-11 01:00:23
Long live Gentoo!
As the quantity and quality of this year's entries will attest, Gentoo is
alive, well, and taking no prisoners!
Special thanks to likewhoa for putting together the Screenshot content management system. The Winners 1. whtwtr's Compiz desktop 
2. ifenslave's Kde desktop 
3. Berr's Xfce desktop 
4. ramonovski's Scrotwm desktop 
5. slashbeast's Openbox desktop 
For all the specifications and cool details please visit the main Gentoo screenshots page. Make sure to check out all the entries! discuss this! 2011-09-13 01:00:17
"The future is now" edition
Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD to
celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The
LiveDVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below.
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System packages include: Linux kernel 3.0 (with Gentoo patches),
Accessibility Support with Speakup, Bash 4.2, GLIBC 2.13-r2, GCC 4.5.2,
Binutils 2.21.1, Python 2.7.2 and 3.2, Perl 5.12.4, and more.
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Desktop environments and window managers include: KDE 4.7.0, GNOME 3.0.0,
Xfce 4.8, Enlightenment 1.0.8, Openbox 3.5.0, Fluxbox 1.3.1, XBMC 10.1
Awesome 3.4.10, and LXDE-Meta 0.5.5.
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Office, graphics, and productivity applications include: LibreOffice 3.3.3,
XEmacs 21.5.31 GVim 7.3.244, Abiword 2.8.6, Scribus 1.3.9, GIMP
2.6.11, Inkscape 0.48.2, Blender 2.57, XSane 0.998, and much more.
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Web browsers include: Mozilla Firefox 5.0, Chromium 13.0 Arora 0.11.0,
Opera 11.50.1074, Epiphany 3.0.4, Seamonkey 2.2, and other favorites.
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Communication tools include: Pidgin 2.9.0, Quassel 0.7.2, Mozilla
Thunderbird 5.0, Claws Mail 3.7.9, QTwitter 0.10.0, Irssi 0.8.15, and
many more.
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Development applications include: KDevelop 4.2.3, KDESvn 1.5.5, Qt-creator
2.2.1, Bluefish 2.0.3, and many more.
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Multimedia applications include: Amarok 2.4.3, MPlayer 1.0_rc4, MPlayer2
2.0, DVDAuthor 0.6.14, LAME 3.98.4, FFmpeg 0.6.90, GNOME-MPlayer 1.0.4,
SMPlayer 0.6.9, and several others.
- Special Features:
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Writable filesystems using AUFS so you can emerge new packages!
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Persistancy for $HOME is available; press F9 for more info!
The LiveDVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 version, and
an x86_64 multilib version. The livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.2 version
will work on 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64. If your CPU architecture is x86, then
boot with the default gentoo kernel. If your arch is amd64, boot with the
gentoo64 kernel. This means you can boot a 64-bit kernel and install a
customized 64-bit userland while using the provided 32-bit userland. The
livedvd-amd64-multilib-11.2 version is for x86_64 only.
Please select your architecture to be redirected to a mirror for
download:
If you need support or have any questions, please visit the discussion thread
on our forum.
Thank you for your continued support,
Gentoo Linux Developers,
the Gentoo Foundation, and the
Gentoo-Ten Project. 2011-08-09 01:00:41
After the success of the 2010 Screenshot
Contest the Contest Team is doing it again!
Gentoo Users, Developers, and Staffers are encouraged to submit their sweetest
screenshots. This year likewhoa went all out and put together a custom cms for
us to use for the contest. Please head over to the 2011 Contest Page for
all of the details.
You can visit this forum post for comments and suggestions. OK enough talk, get started tricking out that desktop.
2011-07-04 14:07:12
OpenRC, the replacement for
Gentoo's current services system (known as baselayout), will be stabilized
on May 8. It replaces the previous bash-only rc system in baselayout
with an rc system that has a C-based core and uses only POSIX-compliant shell
code.
You will see an update for sys-apps/baselayout to 2.x and a new package,
sys-apps/openrc. It is recommended that you perform this update as soon as
possible.
After these packages are emerged, it is absolutely critical that you
immediately update your configuration files with dispatch-conf,
etc-update or a similar tool then follow the steps in the OpenRC Migration
Guide.
Failure to follow all of these steps will result in an unbootable
system. If that happens, you will need to boot from a LiveCD or LiveDVD,
mount your root filesystem, chroot
into that environment and follow the above steps.
Christian Faulhammer and William Hubbs contributed this announcement. 2011-05-06 17:58:55
After a lot of bug-wrangling both by upstream and by our Qt and KDE teams, we
now feel confident that Qt 4.7.2 and KDE 4.6.2 are
ready for stabilization. If you are a stable tree user (amd64, ppc, x86), the
upgrade from current Qt 4.6.3 and KDE 4.4.5 will arrive at your machine soon,
with lots of new features. (The KDEPIM applications such as kmail, kontact, or
akregator will stay at trusty version 4.4 since development there is still
ongoing.)
As a special bonus, the stable upgrade will also include newer versions of
several popular applications that take advantage of KDE 4.6 features. These
include Digikam 1.9.0, KOffice 2.3.3, and KDevelop 4.2.2. There is a new bluetooth
framework called Bluedevil, we no longer need HAL, and, and, and... :)
The upgrade should go very smoothly; if you encounter any problems, we have a
specific Gentoo KDE 4.4 -
4.6 upgrade guide to help you with that. In addition, there is always
the Gentoo KDE guide with
general tips and tricks.
Thanks to everyone who made this possible!
2011-04-27 16:07:49
Gentoo has been accepted for its 6th consecutive year in the Google
Summer of Code! GSoC pays college students $5000 to work full-time on an
open-source project for a summer. Check out our GSoC
2011 homepage if you are interested in this year's GSoC for
Gentoo. We particularly encourage applications from students who are
new to Gentoo development—many of our students become
Gentoo developers after a successful summer.
Interested students can browse Gentoo's project ideas. Student
applications will be accepted starting March 28 until April 8.
Developers, if you'd like to apply to be a mentor, you can do so on the webapp. Please read the mentoring guide before
applying.
2011-04-19 10:53:14
Software in the making edition
Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD to
celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The
LiveDVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below.
- System packages include: Linux Kernel 2.6.37 (with Gentoo patches),
Accessibility Support with Speakup 3.1.6, bash 4.1, glibc 2.12.2, gcc 4.5.2,
binutils 2.21, python 2.7.1 and 3.1.3, perl 5.12.3, and more.
- Desktop environments and window managers include: KDE SC 4.6, GNOME
2.32, Xfce 4.8, Enlightenment 1.0.7, Openbox 3.4.11.2, Fluxbox 1.3.1, XBMC
10.0 and more.
- Office, graphics, and productivity applications include: OpenOffice
3.2.1, XEmacs 21.5.29 gVim 7.3.102, Abiword 2.8.6, GnuCash 2.2.9, Scribus
1.9.3, GIMP 2.6.11, Inkscape 0.48.1, Blender 2.49b, XSane 0.997, and much
more.
- Web browsers include: Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13, Arora 0.11.0, Opera
11.0, Epiphany 2.30.6, Seamonkey 2.0.11, and other favorites.
- Communication tools include: Pidgin 2.7.10, Quassel 0.7.1, Mozilla
Thunderbird 3.1.7, Claws Mail 3.7.8, Qtwitter 0.10.0, irssi 0.8.15, and many
more.
- Development applications include: KDevelop 4.2, KDESvn 1.5.5,
qt-creator 2.1.0, Bluefish 2.0.2, and many more.
- Multimedia applications include: Amarok 2.4, MPlayer 1.0_rc4,
DVDAuthor 0.6.14, LAME 3.98.4, ffmpeg 0.6, GNOME-MPlayer 1.0.0,
SMPlayer 0.6.9, and several others.
- Special Features:
- Writable AUFS support so you can emerge new packages!
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Persistancy for $HOME is available; press F9 for more
info!
The LiveDVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 version, and
an x86_64 multilib version. The livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.0 version
will work on 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64. If your CPU architecture is x86, then
boot with the default gentoo kernel. If your arch is amd64 boot with the
gentoo64 kernel. This means you can boot a 64bit kernel and install a
customized 64bit userland while using the provided 32bit userland. The
livedvd-amd64-multilib-11.0 version is for x86_64 only.
Please select your architecture to be redirected to a mirror for
download:
Please read the FAQ on using
the LiveDVD.
We have also started a discussion thread in our forum. Please post
any bugs you encounter.
Thank you for your continued support,
Gentoo Linux Developers, the Gentoo Linux
Foundation, and the Gentoo-Ten Project. 2011-04-19 10:53:14
SCALE 9x is almost here, and
Gentoo will be there!
Southern California's premier open-source software event is just around the
corner, running from Friday, February 25 through Sunday, February 27. Several
Gentoo developers will be there; it will be even bigger than last year.
We'll be showing off some nifty devices running Gentoo, and we'll be giving out
installation media. Whether you're a developer, user, or simply curious, be
sure and stop by booth #52.
See you there!
Discuss this! 2011-04-19 10:53:14
This week Gentoo Foundation joined Open Invention
Network as a licensee. OIN is an organization which helps protect the
Linux ecosystem by building a variety of defenses against patent attacks. These
defenses include both traditional mechanisms, like defensive patent pools, and
more innovative approaches, like the Linux Defenders project, which uses a
variety of methods to pro actively prevent the publication of particularly
egregious patents. As a licensee, we’ll have access to OIN resources in case
we’re threatened by operating entities with patents, and over time we’ll likely
become more involved in providing our own ideas and resources to OIN projects.
Patents owned by Open Invention Network are available royalty-free to any
company, institution or individual that agrees not to assert its patents against
the Linux System. By joining, Gentoo receives cross-licenses from other OIN
licensees, but more importantly, for the long term, it affords us a chance to
work with OIN in reducing IP threats to open source development and innovation.
This may include a defensive publications program that would make it harder for
others to patent work created by Gentoo contributors, sharing defensive tactics,
and cooperation to minimize patent threats.
We believe that by becoming an Open Invention Network licensee, we encourage
continued open source development and foster innovation in a technical community
that benefits everyone. We recognize the importance of participating in a
substantial community of Linux supporters and leveraging the Open Invention
Network to further spur open source innovation.
2011-04-19 10:53:14
Vilhelm and his team members: - Sebastian Hallén
- Alex Werther
- Johan Hyldentong
Picked Gentoo to play for and won Robot Fight Night, so $400 US was donated to
the Gentoo Foundation to pay for Gentoo Development and Services, etc.
Vilhelm I believe made the suggestion to the others to play for Gentoo and they
accepted.
Hi Vilhelm, is that about right?
That's absolutely correct. We got to choose an open source project to fight for
and I pitched Gentoo to my friends who gladly accepted.
If you would like to hear more from Vilhelm and his use of Gentoo, check out the
complete
interview. 2011-04-19 10:53:14
What? OpenRheinRuhr II - Ein Pott voll Software
When? 13th, November 2010 - 14th, November 2010 Where? Rheinisches Industriemuseum | Hansastraße 20
| Oberhausen, Germany
OpenRheinRuhr is almost here, and
Gentoo will be there!
Whether you're a developer, user, or simply curious, be sure and stop by our
Gentoo booth. We will have Gentoo and Larry t-shirts, plus much more! See you
there!
2011-04-19 10:53:14
What: Larry the cow t-shirt graphics contest ...
Where: irc.freenode.net, #gentoo-artwork
Starts: Wed, Sep 01, 2010
Ends: Sun, Oct 31, 2010
Introduction:
Larry the cow is our prized mascot and he is not getting the respect he
deserves. Just about every other Linux distribution, their mascot is adorned on
t-shirts and other types of schwag, but not our Larry, he cannot even decide his
gender. Please help up fix this terrible injustice by entering our contest and
provide Larry the graphics he deserves. For more information visit this Forum Post.
The top 3 contestants will receive three t-shirts in their design, donated by
the Gentoo Foundation. The judging panel includes Dawid Węgliński,
Alex Legler, and your host David Abbott.
Requirments:
Preferred format is scalable vector graphics (SVG) but any of the industry
standard vector graphics formats will be accepted.
How to Enter?
Please email your graphics to artwork@g.o - By making a submission to the contest, you agree to give unlimited,
non-exclusive rights to the Gentoo Foundation for your submission.
- This may include relicensing or trademarking the content the if required
to protect it from unfair commercial usage.
- You may, at your own discretion, also provide the content to any other
party under some form of open license (including, but not limited to the
full range of Creative Commons licenses, including re-sampling)
- The Foundation needs to be informed of any future licensing.
2011-04-19 10:53:14
Greetings! Today we have an excellent interview of two fine gentlemen, Mr. David
Gallo and Mr. Cassius Adams from SevenL
Networks Inc., conducted by our very own Joshua Saddler.
For those of you that have been around awhile, you will recognize the company
represented in this interview. SevenL Networks Inc. has been an infrastructure
sponsor for over six years now. David and Cassius took some time to fill us in
on their use of Gentoo throughout their extensive operations. We hope you
enjoy reading the complete interview which you will find here.
Discuss this! 2011-04-19 10:53:14
What? Free and Open Source Software Conference (FrOSCon) - 5th year
When? 21st, August 2010 - 22nd, August 2010
Where? Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg | Grantham-Allee 20 53757
| Sankt Augustin, Germany
FrOSCon 5 is almost here, and
Gentoo will be there!
Free Software and Open Source – these are the topics of FrOSCon. Many exciting
programs with talks, workshops and an exhibition, supported by LUUSA and
FrOSCon e.V. The Saturday night social event gives you the opportunity to
exchange opinions with other visitors, speakers or volunteers.
Whether you're a developer, user, or simply curious, be sure and stop by our
Gentoo booth. We will have Gentoo and Larry t-shirts, plus much more! See you
there!
2011-04-19 10:53:14
Long live Gentoo! As the quantity and quality of this year's entries will
attest, Gentoo is alive, well, and taking no prisoners!
Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. There were 103 total entries using 7
different window managers and desktop environments.
The Winners 1. Nickname: Chopinzee. Desktop: E17 built from the official EFL overlay.
 2. Nickname: whtwtr. Name: Shawn H. Desktop: Compiz window manager with
the Xfce panel.
 3. Nickname: GentooApologetin. Desktop: Custom Xfce.
 4. Nickname: shpaq. Name: Michał Laszuk. Desktop: Gnome with the Gant
icon theme.
 5. Nickname: nm. Desktop: dwm (simplicity is elegance).
For all the specifications and cool details please visit the main Gentoo screenshots page. Make sure to check out all
the entries! discuss this! 2011-04-19 10:53:14
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