Sabayon 5.4 released

Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 5.4: "On the behalf of the Sabayon Linux team, we are happy to announce the immediate availability of Sabayon Linux 5.4 KDE and GNOME editions. Features: more than 1,000 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 and VServer-enabled kernels in repositories; installable in 10 minutes; fast boot time and lightweight default system; ext4 file system as default; official Btrfs file system support; encrypted file system support; featuring X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date open-source, NVIDIA and AMD video drivers; containing GNOME 2.30 (with GNOME Shell) and KDE 4.5.1...." The complete release announcement can be found on the project's user forum.


Download: Sabayon_Linux_5.4_x86_K.iso (1,904MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_5.4_x86_G.iso (1,486MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_5.4_amd64_K.iso (2,048MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_5.4_amd64_G.iso (1,619MB, MD5, torrent).

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Sabayon Linux 5 : Linux 2u

Sabayon Linux is World Most used feature rich Gentoo Based Linux distro. It always find a place in top ten Linux Distro in Distrowatch.com top 100 Linux List.

Installation/Setup:
Installation is as usual smooth except my printer Epson C58 was not detected.

Multimedia :
Sabayon comes pre-loaded with all the required codecs. I was able to view DVD, listen mp3 files, watch windows media files.So, it is handy for all beginners who just want to try something better than windows.

Screen Shot:

Srceen shot for Sabayon Linux 5 is found here
http://www.sabayonlinux.org/screenshots

Visual Booting Tour:

Visual Booting Sabayon Linux 5 is found here
http://forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=18403

 Distribution Features :
    * Less than 2GB size (1.6GB for Sabayon5 GNOME x86)
    * 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
    * 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!)


Minimum requirements:
- an i686-compatible Processor (Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Celeron, AMD K6-2, Athlon)
- 512Mb RAM
- 9 GB of free space
- A X.Org supported 2D GPU
- a DVD reader

Conclusion:
Another outstanding release. I'll prefer you give try to this distro then you know its worthiness.The distro has everything for daily use or if you are a gamer then this distro will be ideal for you.

My Rating : 4.7/5
Distrowatch Ranking : 7 

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