Tag: GENTOO

Venerable Linux distro Gentoo will hit the decade mark this December, and they're celebrating the milestone with a new live DVD release. Born as Enoch Linux in 1999, the distribution has slipped a bit in popularity over the years, yet it still provides a solid foundation for other distros. Like Debian was supplanted by Ubuntu, Sabayon - which is Gentoo-based - maintains a spot in the top ten ...

Wow, I am pretty blown away. Almost unanimously everyone said that Ubuntu is the best Linux distro for almost everything you would want to do. I am already a Ubuntu fan, and I thought there would be a huge list of distros because there are so many out there. Ubuntu is the distro I used at work to recover old PC data, and fix PCs when even windows was trashed. It is definitely a killer build and ...

Monday saw the release of Gentoo Linux 2006.0. I really like Gentoo's version naming scheme. The new version boasts all the upgrades you'd expect, including KDE 3.4.3 and Gnome 2.12.2, and a 2.6.15 kernel. The new version can be installed from a LiveCD and OSDir.com has a nice bunch of screenshots of the install process. It looks pretty slick. ...

According to ZDNet UK, Gentoo Linux founder and lead developer Daniel Robbins has quit his job at Microsoft, having been with the company only eight months. Robbins, who worked in an "educational" role in Microsoft's Linux and Open Source Lab, says he left due to frustration over being unable to use all of his technical skills in Redmond. He's accepted a job as CTO of ABC Coding ...