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Gentoo to celebrate tenth birthday with new live DVD
by Lee Mathews Sep 28th 2009 at 12:00PM
Venerable Linux distro Gentoo will hit the decade mark this December, and they're celebrating the milestone with a new live DVD release.
Born as Enoch Linux in 1999, the distribution has slipped a bit in popularity over the years, yet it still provides a solid foundation for other distros. Like Debian was supplanted by Ubuntu, Sabayon - which is Gentoo-based - maintains a spot in the top ten on Distrowatch.
The anniversary build will be the first (and likely only) Gentoo release of 2009. A sneak peak of the release is already available via the US and EU mirrors for those who want to check it out now. As Phoronix points out, there aren't yet any 10th anniversary customizations in the snapshot builds. You'll just be getting a look at the current default packages for now.
[via Phoronix]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Cam said 1:19PM on 9-28-2009
I'm loving that wallpaper though. is that with the LiveDVD?
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motang said 2:57PM on 9-28-2009
Happy Birthday Gentoo!
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Paco said 3:42PM on 9-28-2009
I doubt Jamiroquai gave official sanction for that wallpaper to be used in a distro, although I also doubt he'd personally mind at all, his greedy record execs might though.
Regardless, I would also love to know where to get that HQ wallpaper. The video for that song was awesome, and I love how whomever owns that desktop put the trash can so it looks like it's in the far corner of the room. lols
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Tehseen Hussain said 4:04PM on 9-28-2009
woo finally 2009 is coming out
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Max said 4:24PM on 9-28-2009
http://www.cool-wallpapers.net/detail.php?ide=344&pag=1
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Max said 4:30PM on 9-28-2009
or, higher res http://www.customity.com/content/customity/free-wallpaper/music/jamiroquai-virtual-insanity-wallpaper
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Apfelgluck said 4:49PM on 9-28-2009
You can easily find the wallpaper on Google Images with search = "virtual insanity". Found one anyway sized 1280x1024, saw 1024x768, other sizes not sure! I sort of like (like like love) this wallpaper as well :)
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Tom Manderson said 8:53PM on 10-01-2009
Nice wallpaper. I love jamiroquai, and I'm only 13. I might decide to use this distro instead of Ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop, nut I need to check if my ISP has the mirrors. Happy Birthday Gentoo
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