Gentoo Linux News

2008.0-r1 may help if you've had LiveCD problems - (Found July 15, 2008 )

For those unfortunate souls who couldn't boot or burn the LiveCD, we've provided the 2008.0-r1 revision bump. It fixes these specific problems: Bug 230998: 2008.0 LiveCD for x86amd64 messes up when copying kernelinitramfs into tmpfsBug 231024: LiveCD AMD64 image does not fit on ordinary 700MB CD We apologize if you encountered one of these problems. We fixed them as quickly as we could after hearing about them. Get the new 2008.0-r1 ...
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080708-release-2008.0-r1.xml

2008.0_beta2 released - (Found July 15, 2008 )

2008.0_beta2 is here. Thanks to you, our community, for testing beta1 and filing many bugs. You can help make 2008.0 amazing! Test out this beta and report any functionality issues you encounter. Since this is still a beta, we're looking only for bugs in functionality, not bugs in appearance such as desktop backgrounds or other artwork. This should be the last beta and will be followed by the final 2008.0 release after further bug fixing. .
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080429-release-beta2.xml

Foundation officially reinstated by New Mexico - (Found July 15, 2008 )

If you're interested in the legal standing of Gentoo, you can relax because in the past week, the State of New Mexico declared that the Gentoo Foundation Inc has returned to good standing and is free to do business. This accomplishment allows other aspects of the foundation's work to proceed again. The foundation takes care of Gentoo's intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks) and money. It ensures that nobody violates our copyrights and...
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080519-foundation-standing.xml

Gentoo Monthly Newsletter -- 26 May 2008 - (Found July 15, 2008 )

The May issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter has been released. In this month's issue: Gentoo Foundation status, Summer of Code interview, network monitoring, and more! Discuss This!
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080526-gmn.xml

Donnie Berkholz speaks with LinuxCrazy - (Found July 15, 2008 )

Developer Donnie Berkholz, who is a council member, the X maintainer and PR team lead, spoke with David Abbott of LinuxCrazy. Download the podcast. He described how he became a developer as well as his work on X, the council, the public relations team and the Summer of Code project he's mentoring for. Donnie also recommended the best video cards if you support open source. He saw the Linux desktop's future as increasing integration and security....
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080527-dberkholz-interview.xml

Gentoo Monthly Newsletter -- 30 June 2008 - (Found July 15, 2008 )

The June issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter has been released. In this month's issue: LinuxTag and FliSoL, GSOC interview, Gentoo in space, and more! Discuss This!
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080630-gmn.xml

Get involved: Bugday coming up Saturday - (Found July 15, 2008 )

What: Gentoo contributors get together to help each other fix bugs Where: irc.freenode.net, gentoo-bugs When: Saturday, July 5, in a timezone near you What do you need to bringA Gentoo system, an Internet connection and an IRC clientYour bug. If you don't have one, we will find you one to suit your area of interest and your skillsYour favorite editorA way to test that your bug is fixed (asking people counts!)You don't need to know C, C++, or bashWhat's a bug Gentoo's way of tracking change...
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080701-bugday.xml

New council elected - (Found July 15, 2008 )

Elections just ended for the Gentoo council for the next year. Turnout was 57% with 145 developers voting, which is quite excellent. The council, created by GLEP 39 to replace Gentoo's previous hierarchy, decides on global issues and policies that affect multiple projects. To select council members, Gentoo uses the Condorcet voting method, which involves ranking them in order rather than just picking a single candidate. Here are your new council...
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080705-council-elected.xml

Gentoo Linux 2008.0 released - (Found July 15, 2008 )

The 2008.0 final release is out! Code-named "It's got what plants crave," this release contains numerous new features including an updated installer, improved hardware support, a complete rework of profiles, and a move to Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD. LiveDVDs are not available for x86 or amd64, although they may become available in the future. The 2008.0 release also includes updated versions of many packages already available in your ebuild...
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080706-release-2008.0.xml

Gentoo Monthly Newsletter -- 24 April 2008 - (Found July 15, 2008 )

The April issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter has been released. In this month's issue: Summer of Code, Interview with Hyves, Speedup your boot time... and more! Discuss This!
http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080424-gmn.xml