|
After several delays, the Gentoo Release Engineering team is proud to announce the release of Gentoo Linux
2007.0, code named Secret Sauce. This release includes a completely
rewritten version of the Gentoo Linux Installer on the AMD64 and x86
LiveCD and LiveDVD images. It also includes GNOME 2.16.2, KDE 3.5.5,
Xfce 4.4, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3, OpenOffice.org 2.1.0, and the 2.6.19
Linux kernel.
After several delays, the Gentoo Release Engineering team is proud to announce the release of Gentoo Linux
2007.0, code named Secret Sauce. This release includes a completely
rewritten version of the Gentoo Linux Installer on the AMD64 and x86
LiveCD and LiveDVD images. It also includes GNOME 2.16.2, KDE 3.5.5,
Xfce 4.4, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3, OpenOffice.org 2.1.0, and the 2.6.19
Linux kernel.
Alpha:
Alpha has upgraded to GCC 4.1 and Glibc 2.5 for this release. Alpha
also ends the 2.4 kernel support with this release and moves to the
NPTL threading library which replaces the legacy LinuxThreads library.
HPPA:
This HPPA release primarily focuses on bug fixes and updated system software. Profiles have also been split in server and desktop
profiles. The server profile provides minimal default settings and is
ideal in many environments while the desktop profile provides all the
defaults you would expect from a workstation for HPPA.
IA64:
IA64 primarily provides updated system software in this release. GCC 4.1
finally replaces GCC 3.3. GLIBC 2.5 is also new with this release.
Kernel support continues to see a steady stream of updates and bugfixes
providing an overall better IA64 experience. IA64 now also provides
seperate server and desktop profiles. The server profile provides a
minimal set of USE flags while the desktop profile provides all the
features normally expected from desktop environments.
MIPS:
The many updated packages are the primary highlight of this release.
Important packages include GCC 4.1 and improved hardware support thanks
to updated kernels.
PPC:
The PPC team brings lots of updated packages with this release and also brings you GLIBC 2.5.
PPC64:
Both 32-bit userland (32ul) and 64-bit userland (64ul) now provide
server and desktop profiles. 64ul have moved to GCC 4.1. In addition to
the generic PPC64 stages this release also brings optimized stages for
power5 and ppc970.
PPC64 also has seperate beta support for the PlayStation 3 available in the experimental/ tree on Gentoo mirrors.
S390/S390X:
New experimental stages have been released for both S/390 (32-bit) and S/390x (64-bit).
SH4:
New experimental stages have been released for the SuperH platform, such as the Sega Dreamcast and other SuperH-based computers.
SPARC:
SPARC has updated toolchain software including GCC 4.1 and GLIBC 2.5.
SPARC also ends support for 2.4 kernels allowing SPARC to focus on the
many improvements that 2.6 kernels provide regarding features and
stability. Finally theres improved profiles support with both server
and desktop profiles providing default USE flags for different
environments.
x86/amd64:
Updated hardware support is among the highlights of the x86 release.
Besides the many updated office and productivity packages x86 also
brings an update to GLIBC 2.5.
On amd64 you can enjoy updated 32-bit emulation libraries improving
support for many closed source applications and browser plugins.
x86 and amd64 also provides both hardened and non-hardened stages in
this release. Hardened stages are still using GCC 3.4.6 and GLIBC 2.3.6
but its possible to upgrade from hardened to non-hardened stages, if
needed.
Read the original article: http://stuff.techwhack.com/archives/2007/05/08/gentoo-linux-2007.0/
|
Get Informed 
