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Gentoo 1.4 Final Released

Posted by timothy on from the assimilates-your-pc's-soul dept.

markds writes "After a long wait, the Gentoo team has finally released the latest version of their distribution. Gentoo Linux 1.4 is now available. 1.4 includes automated kernel builds, CFLAGS generation, the Gentoo Reference Platform, and support for netless installation." And Beost writes "It looks like our favorite disto gentoo has released two of the new v1.4 LiveCDs. Enjoy!" Reader Luke-Jr points to the list of official mirrors and "unofficial (though created by developers) BitTorrents." (Of course, you can also buy CD sets for a variety of architectures from the Gentoo store.)

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  1. What is Gentoo based on? by WCMI92 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Is it Debian based, or RPM based?

    Or neither?

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    1. Re:What is Gentoo based on? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
      The only problem is, Debian isn't very cutting edge

      In what way? If you want the same bleeding edge versions of software (actually usually much newer) that goes into Mandrake then just follow the unstable release.

      BTW: Red Hat seems to be lacking one very important thing that Debian and Mandrake have... apt-get and urpmi respectively. How do you install software on Red Hat?? Download the RPM from an FTP site and install it apparently. I guess there's something called Red Carpet from Ximian, but it's not part of Red Hat.

  2. but what about my SCO license by heff · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If i've already purchased my SCO license, will I need to purchase another one to download and compile this? Or is the license I have more like a "blanket" license?

    just gotta make sure before I start breaking laws.

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  3. Re:And I thought... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    You'll feel bad about this when you sober up.