Gentoo clones

melloe · Posted: Sat May 02, 2025 10:22 pm Post subject: Gentoo clones

Distribution Release: Toorox 04.2009
toorox Joern Lindau has released a new version of Toorox, an i686-optimised, Gentoo-based live DVD which boots into a KDE desktop using KNOPPIX hardware auto-detection and auto-configuration technologies: "A new release of Toorox is done and available in the download section. Now you can simply make a live USB pen drive with it. The KDE was updated to 4.2.2 and OpenOffice.org speaks German and English. There are no significant changes to the prior version except package updates and small bug fixes. Changes: contains Iceweasel 3.0.9 web browser; the Windows emulator WINE was updated to 1.1.19; VLC media player 0.99a; Clam antivirus 0.95.1." Read the complete release announcement to learn more about Toorox. http://toorox.de/

Download the live DVD image from here: http://toorox.de/

Toorox_04.2009.iso (1,761MB).

NOTE They apparently have very limited bandwidth, and it took several tries to get the ISO. Maybe after the distrowatch effect is over, it will be easier.

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melloe · Posted: Sat May 02, 2025 10:26 pm Post subject:

Sabayon 3.5 was good, and the 4 action games interesting. 4 was Great. Here is a new version less the Games and KDE only. Gnome version http://forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtopic.html?f=60&t=16580

NEW • Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 4.1 "KDE"
sabayon Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 4.1 "KDE" edition: "On the behalf of the Sabayon Linux team, we are happy to announce the immediate availability of Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE. Distribution features: based on Sabayon Linux 4 LiteMCE; custom Linux kernel 2.6.29.1; ext4 is now the default file system; complete KDE 4.2.2 environment; OpenOffice.org 3.0.1; Compiz and Compiz Fusion 0.8.2; X.Org 7.4 supporting latest AMD and NVIDIA video cards; multimedia applications (audio, video, DVD ripping, file sharing); media center mode, transforming your Sabayon into a complete multimedia platform thanks to XBMC. Major changes since Sabayon 4: improved boot speed; NetworkManager 0.7; GRUB now supports UUID; installer now detects other Linux distributions...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. http://forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtopic.html?f=60&t=16766

Download sources
Our Mirrors Page:
- http://www.sabayonlinux.org/mirrors
Bittorrent
:
- Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE i686 torrent download
- Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE x86_64 torrent download

Or www.distrowatch.com
Sabayon_Linux_4.1_x86_K.iso (1,863MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_4.1_amd64_K.iso (1,944MB, MD5, torrent).

NOTE: Did this one, and its a winner There are three versions now
But, 4.0 is the one with 4 action games.

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jada · Posted: Sat May 02, 2025 10:26 pm Post subject:

Toorox is allready death since it was posted on distrowatch.com

I tried to download it several times, can't access there website.

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melloe · Posted: Sun May 03, 2025 1:49 am Post subject:

I got it, but it hangs up on boot on this box
OTOH, Sabayon and Calculate both work fine.
I'll try this one on another box

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tlmiller · Posted: Sun May 03, 2025 2:06 am Post subject:

Never could bring myself to like Sabayon. The more recent versions at least run for me, but still don't impress in the least. Calculate I think looks REALLY nice when they get their installer improved. I have no interest in trying out toorox since I can't understand why anyone still bothers with 686 distros considering how long 64-bit processors have been out, and the fact that now 64-bit has all the software support that the ancient 32-bit does.

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melloe · Posted: Mon May 04, 2025 9:43 am Post subject: Funtoo

Funtoo Builds

* Info: Funtoo is a Gentoo Linux variant maintained by Daniel Robbins. Funtoo has its own git-based Portage tree that tracks the upstream Gentoo tree.

>>> NEW! Funtoo STABLE builds:
NEW! core2 - Built Yesterday
NEW! amd64 - Built 4 days ago
NEW! opteron - Built 5 days ago
NEW! x86 - Built 6 days ago

http://www.funtoo.org/

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melloe · Posted: Fri May 29, 2025 2:10 am Post subject: Calculate Linux 9.6

Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.6
calculate Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Linux Desktop 9.6 "KDE" edition, a Gentoo-based distribution for the desktop: "Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 KDE released. This is an anniversary version of Calculate Linux Desktop, the first version of which was released exactly 2 years ago. The main changes: to boot from the DVD using isolinux; added a choice of keyboard layout when booting from the DVD; graphical network configuration tool wicd has been added; the setting of video card during download from DVD has been made through the X.Org video drivers; the installation image will not be distributed, the system can be updated without recording to DVD; improved the support for booting from USB DVD. Main components: Linux kernel 2.6.28.10, X.Org 7.4, KDE 4.2.3, OpenOffice.org 3.0.1." Here is the brief release announcement.
http://www.calculate-linux.org/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0

Download: http://www.calculate-linux.org/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C
on page above, or at www.distrowatch.com
cld-9.6-i686.iso (1,444MB, MD5), cld-9.6-x86_64.iso (1,515MB, MD5).

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melloe · Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2025 3:55 pm Post subject: Calculate 9.6 xfce

Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.6 Xfce
calculate Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 "Xfce" edition, the first version of the Gentoo-based distribution based on the Xfce environment: "The main differences: The system is optimized to work on slower computers; The size of the image stored on a CD; Instead, the graphic library Qt uses Gtk; Because of limitations in the amount of the image removed Portage and sources kernel. Features: The system is fully compatible with the Calculate Directory Server; CLDX Users can work with CLD 9.6, save the settings for your desktop in different directory; XFCE interface is made in traditional style Calculate Linux Desktop; Supports 7 languages: Russian, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, French and Ukrainian; Supports installation on the HDD and USB-HDD File System: ext4, ext3, ext2, reiserfs, jfs or xfs." Here are the brief release announcement, the package list, and a few screenshots. http://www.calculate-linux.org/Screenshots
http://www.calculate-linux.org/Calculate_Linux_Desktop_9.6_XFCE_released

Download: http://www.calculate-linux.org/Download

or at www.distrowatch.com
cldx-9.6-i686.iso (695MB, MD5 and SHA1).

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melloe · Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2025 10:48 pm Post subject:

Here with Calculate Linux 9.6 Live on test box using default browser..oh there it is, FF.

This was a pain to get going. Thought I had a bad burn at first.
Often when some one produces a new Live, and it has trouble getting up, I disconnect All USB stuff, including the flash card readers if possible, and it can be coaxed to boot up. This was one of those. Very slow till up.

Took half a dozen tries. It would come to the second screen and stop. I would go get a cup of coffee, or something, ands it would set there. MY hardware? who knows. It acted like it was waiting for a sign in screen, but there was none. Tried it with and without the X server in case that was the problem

Once up, it was pretty nice if lousy default resolution live. All the ones up to monitor default were possible, but the letters were only actually readable around 1060 x 768 live. Possibly logging off and back on would have cleared that up, but as much trouble as I had getting it up I did not try <G>< All distorted at most other resolutions. I don't know what type fonts, or a log off required... but suspect that is the problem.

Came up and no internet. It found none of the wired connections as far as I could tell, at least not the hot one.. So I clicked on the wicd icon on the top and said yes to wifi, and was online.

This thing has promise, and I might install it to see where that goes, and if any better resolution. I will also try the wired RTL 8138 instead of the newer nvidia ethernet controller.

Correction. I found the netrwork controller clicking on "preferences" in the wicd networ manager. The BIG pop up about wifi not connected distracted from the total purpose of the network manager. My bad.

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tlmiller · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2025 4:58 am Post subject:

Couldn't agree more. It's a very promising, but it's got some serious bugs, and while functional, the installer s****. I'm here with it installed, and looks great dual monitor 1680x1050 + 1280x1024 on Nvidia. Doesn't even have a CLUE what my webcam is though. Everything else pretty much worked out of the box.

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melloe · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2025 10:04 pm Post subject: PapugLinux

What is PapugLinux

PapugLinux is a minimal GNU/Linux live CD based on the Gentoo Linux distribution for x86 computer architecture.

The live CD allow you to run the operating system without installing anything on your hard drive.

The goal of PapugLinux is to provide a minimal but functional free operating system and to be runable on most computers, from 64MB old systems to the latest powerful configurations.
http://www.papuglinux.net/papugLinux/papugContent-09.1.html
Download 220M
http://www.papuglinux.net/papugLinux/papugDownload.html

http://www.papuglinux.net/

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melloe · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2025 4:45 am Post subject:

New version of TRX Toofox

Distribution Release: Toorox 06.2009
toorox Joern Lindau has announced the release of Toorox 06.2009, a Gentoo-based live DVD featuring the latest KDE 4: "Toorox 06.2009 is finished now. As always, the KDE was updated to the latest version 4.2.4. The recent CVS snapshot of the lancelot_part plasmoid was included because Qt was updated to 4.5.1 and the old version of the plasmoid had some trouble with it. The USB stick creator script was optimised; now there are three options - static, personal and encrypted. For the last two options the home folder will be stored and with the remaining option even password-encrypted when shut down. Now two partitions will be created - ext2 for Toorox and FAT32 for regular data storage on the pen drive. Some users had kernel panics after installation and booting from an USB hard disk - this has been fixed." Here is the brief release announcement.
http://toorox.de//en/news/1-latest-news/27-toorox-062009
Download: http://toorox.de//en/download

or at www.distrowatch.com
Toorox_06.2009.iso (1,713MB, MD5).

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melloe · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2025 10:17 pm Post subject: Sabayon Linux 4.2 "GNOME"

Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 4.2 "GNOME"
sabayon Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 4.2 "GNOME" edition, a Gentoo-based desktop distribution and live DVD: "On the behalf of the Sabayon Linux team, we are happy to announce the immediate availability of Sabayon Linux 4.2 GNOME. Features: based on Sabayon 4.1 GNOME, containing hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements; less than 2 GB ISO footprint; custom Linux kernel 2.6.29; ext4 as default file system; complete GNOME 2.26.2; OpenOffice.org 3.1. Changes since Sabayon 4.1: environment in sync with latest available Entropy updates; featuring Entropy framework 0.96.26, improved performance, reduced hardware requirements; featuring the new user-friendly Entropy graphical interface...." Find more information in the detailed release notes. http://forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtopic.html?f=60&t=17438

Download: http://www.sabayonlinux.org/mirrors

Or at www.distrowatch.com
Sabayon_Linux_4.2_x86_G.iso (1,699MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_4.2_amd64_G.iso (1,814MB, MD5, torrent).

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melloe · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2025 5:33 pm Post subject: Calculate Linux 9.7

EW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.7
calculate Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD) is a Gentoo-based operating system for PCs and notebooks. Alexander Tratsevskiy just announced a new version, 9.7 KDE. Main changes: "Support of Italian and Polish has been added. The system installation on USB Flash card has been added. You need in 2 GB for it. The forming of a new user account in KDE was accelerated by 2.5 times. The setting of sound card has been added. The identification of PCs and notebooks with using of 2 video cards has been added. Unmasking of the unstable program versions was made with taking account of the last available version at the building system time. The option for boot of the LiveDVD image into the cache has been added. This routine is possible only for PC with more than 2 GB of cache. File README.html with description of installation has been added on the LiveCD desktop. All packages are collected from the ebuild files Calculate Overlay. Thus Calculate Linux Desktop KDE is compatible with Gentoo on 100%." More information in the release announcement.
http://www.calculate-linux.org/Calculate_Linux_Desktop_9.7_KDE_released

Download: http://www.calculate-linux.org/Download

Or at www.disttowatcg.com
cld-9.7-i686.iso (1390MB, MD5), cld-9.7-x86_64.iso (1470MB, MD5).

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tlmiller · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2025 11:29 pm Post subject:

Just installed Calculate 9.7. I've never been a huge fan of Gentoo, but WOW, did it take a downturn. I unmerged some of the worthless programs (djview3, kontact, kmail, korganizer, kaddressbook, gwenview, kscd, kmail, kopete, kolourpaint, etc), and a couple are now REQUIRED by things like phonon, okular and K3b. Thoroughly unimpressed, and will be removing it once I reboot. I guess it's back to Arch on the desktop since Calculate decided to go the "we're making completely random programs dependencies of programs that are actually essential to a working desktop" route.

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