Sabayon 15.12 Updates Plasma 5, GNOME 3.18 Goes Into Testing

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Sabayon 15.12 Updates Plasma 5, GNOME 3.18 Goes Into Testing

The latest monthly ISO for the Gentoo-based Sabayon Linux distribution is now available...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Sabayon-15.12-Linux

[Guest]

How is Sabayon?

I'm looking for a nice rolling distro to use on my workstation and server computers. Would prefer to not deal with a set-up process like Arch (it's nice, but I really don't want to go through that across multiple machines). Sabayon appears to have workstation and server images available.

[tomtomme]

Try opensuse tumbleweed, the most stable rolling distro out there. And it comes with an easy yet powerfull installer.

[k1l_]

I wonder if they come with systemD on that. Since gnome and KDE said their Desktops are relying on systemd. But iirc gentoo didnt want to go the systemD way.

[Darkstar0129]

I used Sabayon for years, it's easy to use and quite well done. The issue I had is they started falling a bit behind the "cutting edge" as they say. They used to be good about keeping up on their packages and they were becoming a little lax in that department the last time I gave it a run. I'd say if you're looking for "easy" Gentoo, give it a go though.

[mmstick]

How is Sabayon?

I'm looking for a nice rolling distro to use on my workstation and server computers. Would prefer to not deal with a set-up process like Arch (it's nice, but I really don't want to go through that across multiple machines). Sabayon appears to have workstation and server images available.

Why not use Antergos then? That's the go-to distribution for installing Arch Linux with a GUI installation experience superior to Ubuntu.

[duby229]

I used Sabayon for years, it's easy to use and quite well done. The issue I had is they started falling a bit behind the "cutting edge" as they say. They used to be good about keeping up on their packages and they were becoming a little lax in that department the last time I gave it a run. I'd say if you're looking for "easy" Gentoo, give it a go though.

Basically as long as you use their packages and don't change make.conf Sabayon is decent. If you're looking for a gentoo based system you can do what you want with I think Calculate linux is a better starting point.

[ElectricPrism]

Why not use Antergos then? That's the go-to distribution for installing Arch Linux with a GUI installation experience superior to Ubuntu.

Only recently did I learn Antergos is Arch, I would highly recommend it as a test subject, infact if I didn't iron out a personal Arch Install script/guide I would just use Antergos.

My opinion? Iron out a install guide, I've used my Arch Install Guide probably a good 30 times since I created it.

[plonoma]

Only recently did I learn Antergos is Arch, I would highly recommend it as a test subject, infact if I didn't iron out a personal Arch Install script/guide I would just use Antergos.

My opinion? Iron out a install guide, I've used my Arch Install Guide probably a good 30 times since I created it.

Please share your installation guide with the community under a free license such as creative commons allowing derivates at the least.

[bobwya]

IMHO it's easier to use Gentoo than Sabayon... Ever tried to wrestle with 2 Package Managers at once - let's just say the results aren't pretty!! If you use it as a binary only distro (Entropy) it was a bit lacking in package support I found but otherwise OK...