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Sabayon 8 Xfce review ? Gentoo for the masses

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 9, 2012

[ Thanks to Linux User &
Developer magazine
for this link. ]

“Sabayon isn?t just any rolling-release distro, though. It?s a
?true? rolling release, which means instead of being based on a
development branch of its parent distribution, it?s based on a
rolling-release distro itself. Since Sabayon?s family tree leads
directly back to Gentoo, you?ll be hard-pushed to find a purer
thoroughbred in the Linux field. We?re great believers in the
rolling-release philosophy since it benefits and rewards long-term
users with regular updates, the idea ultimately being to ensure
your computer ?just works? without the biannual potential for
catastrophic upgrades. Sabayon achieves this (Gentoo perhaps not so
much).”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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