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dberkholz Retired Dev


Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 1008 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:29 am Post subject: [NEWS] Gentoo Linux 2008.0 released |
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This forums thread is for discussion of the www.gentoo.org posting, "Gentoo Linux 2008.0 released." Please post your comments and suggestions here.
Quote: | The 2008.0 final release is out! Code-named "It's got what plants crave," this release contains numerous new features including an updated installer, improved hardware support, a complete rework of profiles, and a move to Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD. LiveDVDs are not available for x86 or amd64, although they may become available in the future. The 2008.0 release also includes updated versions of many packages already available in your ebuild tree.
- Updated installer: The installer now only performs networkless installations using the packages and ebuild tree on the LiveCD. It also contains numerous fixes for extended and logical partitions.
- Improved hardware support: Moving to the 2.6.24 kernel added many new drivers for hardware released since the 2007.0 release.
- Complete rework of profiles: Restructuring profiles allowed significant cleanup of redundancies, reducing developer maintenance and confusion. The difference for you is that profiles now appear in /usr/portage/profiles/ under default/linux/ instead of default-linux/. See the upgrading guide for more details.
- Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD: To save space, the LiveCDs switched to the smaller Xfce environment. This means that a binary installation using the LiveCD will install Xfce, but you're still free to build GNOME or KDE from source.
- No LiveDVDs on x86 or amd64: In the interest of getting the release out, the release engineering team decided to postpone LiveDVDs because of problems in their generation. They may show up later—if so, we'll let you know.
- Updated packages: Highlights of the 2008.0 release include Portage 2.1.4.4, a 2.6.24 kernel, Xfce 4.4.2, gcc 4.1.2 and glibc 2.6.1.
A big thanks goes out to our release engineering team members for their hard work over many months to turn 2008.0 into reality.
Get the new release from our "Get Gentoo!" page. |
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Kollin Veteran


Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 1139 Location: Sofia/Bulgaria
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:54 am Post subject: |
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Yeeeeeeeeeeey awesome
Thank you  _________________ "Dear Enemy: may the Lord hate you and all your kind, may you be turned orange in hue, and may your head fall off at an awkward moment."
"Linux is like a wigwam - no windows, no gates, apache inside..." |
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asturm Developer

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:04 am Post subject: |
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yeehaw! finally it's there.  |
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nasko88 n00b

Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 16
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: Great |
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What can I say that is not already said... nothing.
Keep the good work, and thank you for providing the best operating system for my 3 computers. |
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uzz75 n00b

Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 34 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Oh.. I'm too happy
Thanks to all _________________ Michele |
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V-Li Retired Dev

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the hard work. |
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alveraan n00b

Joined: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 59 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Great stuff, thanks alot to all involved! _________________ Everytime you kill a kitten, god masturbates.
Last edited by alveraan on Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:48 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Naib Watchman


Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 6069 Location: Removed by Neddy
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD: |
The best thing \o/
The Gentoo liveCD is a handy liveCD in itself _________________ #define HelloWorld int
#define Int main()
#define Return printf
#define Print return
#include <stdio>
HelloWorld Int {
Return("Hello, world!\n");
Print 0; |
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purak Apprentice


Joined: 21 Jun 2008 Posts: 160 Location: /dev/urandom
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot to all involved... _________________
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Januszzz Guru

Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 367 Location: Opole, Poland
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Yay! I wish I was first who congratulates here! I got shiny new Double Quad Xeon on some weird mainboard to boot from this hot CD, lets give it a try!
Lets spread the info further  |
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genmich Apprentice

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: |
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Nice to see the final released! What's planned for the next release? Is there a roadmap? |
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balkira Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 116 Location: /local/pub
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:41 am Post subject: Gotta thank the boys! |
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Congratulations for all the effort! _________________ no way to happiness, happiness is the way |
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Benni123 Tux's lil' helper

Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 110
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:03 am Post subject: |
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Thats great!
I installed the beta on my notebook before and it worked without any error.
The final might even be better.
It is good that the development of this amazing distro has not stopped. Hopefully gentoo will continue to grow... |
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david_e n00b


Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 51 Location: Berlin, Germany
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:57 am Post subject: |
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uzz75 wrote: | Oh.. I'm too happy
Thanks to all |
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gmtongar Apprentice


Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 224 Location: Kristiansand, Norway
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats to everyone involved ...
looking forward to test this ... _________________ "Did you understand the music, Yoko. Or was it all in vain" - r.waters |
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ercoppa Guru


Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 371 Location: roma
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the hard work! |
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JohnBlbec Guru

Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 306
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject: :o) |
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thanks, good work |
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Voyageur Developer


Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 342 Location: Paris, France
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks to all release engineering team members (and other people invovled in this release) for all the hard work _________________ Routinely breaking NX, GNUstep, net-ftp, miscellaneous (llvm, filezilla, rdesktop, chromium, ...) packages |
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Extintor Tux's lil' helper

Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 113 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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thanks a bunch!
I'll make sure to seed the torrents  _________________ Beerhazard | Nobelium | VIm | Perl | Ruby |
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xiaozhuflo n00b

Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 1
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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I think this will a good work!
thinks  |
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sungreen n00b


Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 39 Location: Kostroma default
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: [NEWS] Gentoo Linux 2008.0 released |
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... оно действительно долгожданное событие, спасибо ... |
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jmanko Tux's lil' helper

Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 139 Location: NEPA, USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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Everyone should make a donation. I just donated $25. :=) Gentoo rocks, and well worth the money. _________________ "What stands in the way becomes the way." -- Marcus Aurelius |
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skellr l33t


Joined: 18 Jun 2005 Posts: 988 Location: The Village, Portmeirion
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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RIP " Secret sauce"
jmanko wrote: | Everyone should make a donation. I just donated $25. :=) Gentoo rocks, and well worth the money. | No doubt.  |
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nbensa l33t


Joined: 10 Jul 2002 Posts: 799 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Does it work on Li.... Uh... forget it
Congrats!!
Hey. I don't see splash-themes-livecd-2008.0 on the tree. Hasn't it been released?
And what about a little versioning chage? Instead of 2008.0, 2008.7 (yup, just like Ubuntu)
Thanks!
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npcomplete n00b


Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 1 Location: New York
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject: This awesome news! |
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Can't wait to get my hands on this baby!  |
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