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dberkholz 08/07/06 08:30:26 |
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Added: 20080706-release-2008.0.xml |
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Log: |
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Announce 2008.0. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/news/20080706-release-2008.0.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/news/20080706-release-2008.0.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/news/20080706-release-2008.0.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: 20080706-release-2008.0.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version='1.0'?> |
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<!DOCTYPE news SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<news gentoo="yes" category="linux"> |
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<poster>dberkholz</poster> |
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<date>2008-07-06</date> |
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<title>Gentoo Linux 2008.0 released</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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<b>The 2008.0 final release is out!</b> Code-named "It's got what plants |
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crave," this release contains numerous new features including an updated |
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<uri link="/proj/en/releng/installer/">installer</uri>, improved |
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hardware support, a complete rework of profiles, and a move to Xfce |
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instead of GNOME on the LiveCD. LiveDVDs are not available for x86 or |
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amd64, although they may become available in the future. The 2008.0 |
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release also includes updated versions of many packages already |
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available in your ebuild tree. |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li><b>Updated installer</b>: The installer now only performs |
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networkless installations using the packages and ebuild tree on |
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the LiveCD. It also contains numerous fixes for extended and |
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logical partitions.</li> |
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<li><b>Improved hardware support</b>: Moving to the 2.6.24 kernel added |
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many new drivers for hardware released since the 2007.0 release.</li> |
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<li><b>Complete rework of profiles</b>: Restructuring profiles allowed |
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significant cleanup of redundancies, reducing developer maintenance and |
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confusion. The difference for you is that profiles now appear in |
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<path>/usr/portage/profiles/</path> under <path>default/linux/</path> |
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instead of <path>default-linux/</path>. See the <uri |
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link="/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml">upgrading guide</uri> for more |
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details.</li> |
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<li><b>Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD</b>: To save space, |
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the LiveCDs switched to the smaller Xfce environment. This means |
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that a binary installation using the LiveCD will install Xfce, |
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but you're still free to build GNOME or KDE from source.</li> |
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<li><b>No LiveDVDs on x86 or amd64</b>: In the interest of getting the |
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release out, the <uri link="/proj/en/releng/">release engineering |
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team</uri> decided to postpone LiveDVDs because of problems in their |
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generation. They may show up later—if so, we'll let you know.</li> |
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<li><b>Updated packages</b>: Highlights of the 2008.0 release include |
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<uri link="/proj/en/portage/">Portage</uri> 2.1.4.4, a 2.6.24 kernel, |
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Xfce 4.4.2, gcc 4.1.2 and glibc 2.6.1.</li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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A big thanks goes out to our <uri link="/proj/en/releng/">release |
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engineering team members</uri> for their hard work over many months to |
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turn 2008.0 into reality. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<b>Get the new release from our <uri |
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link="http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml">"Get Gentoo!" |
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page</uri></b>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<uri |
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link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-699099.html">Discuss |
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this!</uri> |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</news> |
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