Sabayon Linux is a live DVD designed to transform a computer into a powerful Gentoo Linux system in less than 5 minutes. Gentoo Linux is a Linux distribution powered by a software install manager engine called "Portage". Besides functioning as a live DVD, Sabayon Linux can also be installed on a hard disk, acting effectively as an easy-to-use Gentoo installation disk. The live DVD includes a large range of desktop environments and open source software applications, such as KDE, GNOME, XFce, Fluxbox, KOffice, OpenOffice.org, FreeNX, amaroK, Kaffeine, etc.
The video below will show you an example of what the Saboyan KDE Desktop really looks like.
Less than 2GB size (1.6GB for Sabayon5 GNOME x86)
Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.31
Installer now available in multiple languages
Complete Ext4 filesystem support (used by default)
Complete Encrypted filesystems support (via dmcrypt, available in the Installer)
Featuring X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date FLOSS, NVIDIA, AMD video drivers
Available in GNOME 2.26 and KDE 4.3.1
Outstanding 3D Desktop applications (Compiz, Compiz Fusion and KWin)
Comes with OpenOffice 3.1 productivity suite, Multimedia applications
Comes with World of Goo Demo - best 2D game ever!
Recommended System requirements
- a Dual Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or better, AMD Athlon 64 X2 or better)
- 1024Mb RAM
- 20 GB of free space
- A X.Org supported 3D GPU (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA) (esp. for XBMC)
Sound card
A network or Internet connection