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Hi everyone, |
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Gentoo Linux 1.0 has been released! The 1.0 release features the |
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following nifty new things: |
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Portage 1.8.9: |
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10-20x speed improvement in dependency calculations |
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New more flexible USE system |
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Powerful new dynamic world profiles supporting package "pinning" |
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emerge world == "emerge system" the way *you* want it. |
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Tons of bug fixes |
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Lots of new features, tweaks and refinements |
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Core system updates |
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glibc 2.2.5 |
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new shadow/pam packages |
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new more flexible autoconf packages |
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updates to many core packages, including SGI XFS-related tools |
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New kernel: |
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"2.4.19": 2.4.19-pre2-ac4-XFS |
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Includes up-to-the-minute XFS support, |
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O(1) scheduler, |
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Rik van Riel's reverse-mapping patch, |
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Andre Hedrick's IDE updates, |
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Andrew Morton's disk IO fixes, |
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and the usual Alan Cox goodness |
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Relevant links: |
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Install documentation: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html |
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New Portage Manual (in progress): |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/portage-manual.html |
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Note that we currently have an i686+ "gentoo linux system in a tarball" |
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(stage3) for much speedier installs. |
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Enjoy! |
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-- |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |