From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-announce@chiba.3jane.net, lwn@lwn.net, news@linuxgames.com Subject: Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc6-r14 Released Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 14:04:08 -0600 Hi All! In celebration of the holidays, we're proud to announce a new release of Gentoo Linux -- Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc6-r14. With this release comes a huge number of improvements to almost every aspect of Gentoo Linux, including kernel, core system, ports tree and even our installation CD. Gentoo Linux is now most certainly ready to tackle the most challenging computing tasks Here's an overview of all the new goodies you'll find in 1.0_rc6-r14: In the kernel: 2.4.16 with preemption and lock-break (low-latency) support, resulting in improved interactive response. Full support for XFS, ext3, ReiserFS, and LVM. The very latest NVIDIA drivers have been fully tested and integrated into this release of Gentoo Linux. In the compiler toolchain: Binutils has been upgraded to 2.11.92.0.12.3, which resolves some kernel stability issues when an "Athlon/Duron/K7" or "Pentium III" or higher CPU type is chosen during kernel configuration. In the core system: The recent glibc-2.2.4 filename globbing vulnerability has been fixed. In addition, this release includes enhanced dependency-based initscripts, and many standard Linux binaries have been upgraded to their most recent versions. In Portage (our ports tree): Portage now supports safe in-place library upgrades. It's now possible to upgrade glibc safely, even on a busy system. Yes, this means you can be in X, running GNOME and playing music with xmms, and a glibc upgrade will not interfere with any running application. Also, we now have over 1100 up-to-date ports-based packages. On our installation CD: Our installation CD has been massively reworked, and is now compatible with much more hardware. Our CD now boots to kernel 2.4.16-SMP and fully supports installation to ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, software RAID and LVM volumes. We also support direct installation to IDE RAID controllers. ssh, scp and wget included on the CD so you can be productive (or just hang out on irc) while the system builds. Wanna try it out? To learn more about Gentoo Linux, head over to http://www.gentoo.org, or head straight to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html for installation instructions. About Gentoo Linux Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free x86-based Linux distribution geared towards developers and network professionals. Unlike other distros, it has an advanced package management system called Portage. Portage is a true ports system in the tradition of BSD ports, but is Python-based and sports a number of advanced features including dependencies, fine-grained package management, "fake" (OpenBSD-style) installs, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more. -- Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org> Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies, Inc.