Sabayon Linux Gets Behind ZFS File-System
Sabayon Linux, one of the distributions derived from Gentoo, has the following highlights with version 9:
- There's ZFS tech preview support in Sabayon Linux 9. Sabayon isn't supporting ZFS as the root file-system due to the CDDL-licensed file-system being incompatible with the Linux GPL kernel, but version 9 delivers what is said to be straightforward support following the installation.
- A "Gentoo Hardened" profile for better securing the base system packages. However, there is no Sabayon hardened Linux kernel at this time.
- A Rigo application has been introduced for what's described as "a new concept of minimalistic and easy to use Application Browser User Interface." Rigo replaces the project's earlier Entropy GUI.
- The x86_32 kernel now defaults to having PAE (Physical Address Extensions) enabled. See the recent i686 vs. i686 PAE vs. x86_64 Linux benchmarks on Phoronix.
- The Linux 3.4 kernel is being used by this Gentoo-based distribution.
- Some of the desktop options include GNOME 3.2.3, KDE 4.8.3, Xfce 4.10.
Find out more at Sabayon.org or to download one of the several flavors depending upon your Linux desktop desires.
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