[Lazarus] Sabayon Linux

Torsten Bonde Christiansen tc at epidata.dk
Wed Mar 23 14:42:51 CET 2011


Hi Juha

Which WM do you use with it?

As far as i can tell from my local ftp download site, there are ISO's for:
Gnome, Enlightenment, KDE, LXDE and XFCE

Happy linuxing,
Torsten Bonde Christiansen.

On 2011-03-23 13:50, Juha (gmail) wrote:
> Hi
>
> This is not really Lazarus related but I found a Linux distro that works well
> without any tweaking and runs fast.
> I think it is OK to advertise an open source project when you see a good one.
>
> It is called Sabayon Linux. It has a good installer, too.
> It is based on Gentoo Linux which is rather a geek distro and very difficult to
> install. That's why the ease of installation and usage is surprising.
>
> Every web-page works without tweaking. Earlier I had to boot Windows for my
> school CCNA (Cisco Admin) course material with Java+Flash.
> Now even that works!
>
> Everything is faster than anything I have seen in Linux before. The reason
> must be the good and optimized Gentoo base. Even the Sabayon devels during
> chat didn't find other explanation for it.
>
> Java apps that run from browser, like Runescape game, have speed equal or
> better than Windows.
> OpenGL apps and games all work super-fast.
> Earlier my son booted Windows to play Runescape (browser) or Sauerbraten
> (OpenGL) because they were slow on Linux. No need for that any more.
>
> Sabayon is basically a pre-compiled Gentoo.
> You can use Gentoo ebuilds if you need.
> It makes the system very flexible, but most users don't need that.
>
> I am impressed!
>
> Regards,
> Juha
>
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