12 October 2011, 12:41

Sabayon Linux 7 arrives with experimental Fusion kernel

Sabayon logo The Sabayon Linux development team has released the GNOME, KDE and Xfce variants of version 7.0 of their Linux distribution. According to the developers, Sabayon 7 is "even more fun and cute" than the previous 6.0 release, while also being "bleeding edge" and reliable.

Sabayon Linux 7.0 is based on the 3.0 Linux kernel and includes a choice of either GNOME 3.2, KDE 4.7 or Xfce 4.8 as the desktop environment; the Xfce edition of Sabayon has been promoted to a non-experimental release. An experimental Fusion kernel is available as an option after install. The developers say that it is similar to Zen Linux kernel sources, calling it their "Sabayon-flavoured Linux kernel sources on steroids". It includes the Brain Fuck Scheduler (BFS), the BFQ I/O scheduler, experimental patches for DRM and Btrfs, Reiser4 and new wireless-next drivers.

Native support for the Btrfs filesystem has been added and the LibreOffice office suite, version 3.4.3.2, has been better integrated. Other changes include improved support for non-Latin languages, and IME and non-Roman fonts, "semi-automated" package updates and updates to the Entropy Framework. The developers also note that there have been more than 4,000 application updates since version 6.

Named after an egg-yolk based dessert (also known as zabaglione), Sabayon is derived from Gentoo Linux. It is intended to provide a "complete out-of-the-box experience" while being both stable and versatile.

Further information about the 7.0 release can be found in the official release announcement. Sabayon Linux 7 is available to download for 32- and 64-bit systems from one of the project's mirrors.

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