Gentoo Linux 2005.0 arrives
The Gentoo Linux project has released its first 2005 Linux distribution: Gentoo Linux 2005.0. According to the project's website, the release had "a few setbacks including a complete security rebuild, but with the help of the many teams within the Gentoo developer community, we believe that this release will be one of the best that we have ever had."
"The release includes new installation media from Alpha, AMD64, PPC, PPC64, SPARC, and x86 and includes stages for IA64 and SPARC32," the project's statement continues.
"Please check out our mirrors to find the closest one to you. As with 2004.3, you will be able to download optimized PackageCD images for x86 and PPC via our bittorrent server, and also our 'unofficial' secondary bittorrent server, provided by Friends of Gentoo e.V. in Germany," the statement concludes.
The Gentoo project describes Gentoo as "a special flavor of Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need." The distribution is said to feature "extreme configurability, performance, and a top-notch user and developer community"
Gentoo Linux makes use of a technology called "Portage" to provide easy and flexible package building, installation, and updating. The distribution supports x86, AMD64, PowerPC, UltraSparc, Alpha, and MIPS processor architectures, and LiveCD versions are available for installation on x86, AMD64, PowerPC, UltraSparc, and Alpha-based systems.
