SabayonLinux 3.3

Rob Williams · 03-21-2007, 08:37 PM

We have been a fan of SabayonLinux for quite some time, so we could not pass up a chance to tinker with their heavily anticipated new version. In addition to updated software, 3.3 brings about a new color scheme. It's also touted as being more stable, so let's put it to the test.

You can read the full article here and discuss it here!

03-23-2007, 06:21 PM

Hi Rob,

Great review!

Just wanted to let you know of another distro that uses SuSE's Kicker, Pardus Linux http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/. It is a Turkish distro and the developers seems to have done a lot of new thinking making it.

Among the highlights are a very good package manager with a great GUI. Good automatic updater app and some really great apps in theri repo. For example VirtualBox, Xara, Tremolous, Nexuiz among others.

Try it, I thing you will like it, maybe so much that you do a review of it also :-)

Cheers,

Jon

Rob Williams · 03-23-2007, 06:50 PM

Hi Jon,

Thanks for the comments! I was actually on the Pardus site the other day, but none of their screenshots show off the kicker. Their package manager looks quite nice though.

I will download it and take a look when I have the chance. Looks like a solid offering! Too many new distros become available that are basically hack jobs of other distros.. it's good to see Pardus adds it's own package manager and boot scheme.

03-23-2007, 07:37 PM

Hi,

Enjoyed your review, but didn't see any details on running it on Apple computers. Any probs or special parameters or anything needed?

I was actually looking for a LiveCD for recovering or troubleshooting an Intel MacBook.

Thanks,
Doug

Rob Williams · 03-23-2007, 10:29 PM

Hi Doug,

I didn't write much about testing it on Apples because I don't own one. As far as I know, the people who tested it out on an Apple didn't have much of an issue. Sabayon has great hardware detection, so it shouldn't be much of a problem.

If you would like to know more, your best bet is to look through the official forums.

http://www.sabayonlinux.org/forum/

03-24-2007, 04:42 PM

Hi Rob,

I ran into the same problem that you did with Beryl on 3.3. I couldn't figure out what the problem was....so I just changed from AIGLX to XGL in the acceleration manager. I have an NVIDIA card so was skeptical that this would work or work well....but it worked and now everything works like a dream!

Only problem I still have is installing onto my Dell laptop....installation keeps hanging and is a major problem...but I'm still trying. I think its just my Dell DVD reader (hardware).

Steven

03-24-2007, 05:37 PM

SL3.3 is inteed a great distro, having been an avid user of Ubuntu for a while, i actually like the fact that there is a huge amount of software installed, i have the hard disk space, and i get to see alternative applications, which i may not necesseily use. or know about. I work on the assumption, ts better to be overloaded and have a tool for a job, than not.

That being said, the installed SL3.3 drivers for the BCM43xx do work, but are painfully slow, the forum discusses this, and a quick switch to Ndiswrapper resolved the problem on my Dell 1501.

I would happily recomend this as a distro.

Rob Williams · 03-24-2007, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven

I ran into the same problem that you did with Beryl on 3.3. I couldn't figure out what the problem was....so I just changed from AIGLX to XGL in the acceleration manager.

Ahh good catch, I used AIGLX the entire time. I will give XGL a shot next time. Good luck on getting it working on the Dell. Are you trying to dual boot? Maybe you will need to manually partition it first.

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Field

I work on the assumption, ts better to be overloaded and have a tool for a job, than not.

I agree completely. I don't use Sabayon as my regular distro, but even using the Live DVD, I find a few programs I've never heard of (which I've since installed on my own rig).

I hear about that problem with BCM43xx as well, but I have not tested it out. That "workaround" is the same one I've seen being thrown about as well. As least it's an easy fix.

03-25-2007, 05:14 PM

Hi,

I don't think that this is an issue which you can blame on Sabayon Linux.

I have had installed the latest masked alsa-driver available in portage on Gentoo, but alsaconf, did not recognize my on-board-sound C-Media CM 6501.

I think alsaconf does not check for usb audio devices. But that was no big problem (after I configured my kernel the right way :-) ).

I built the kernel with usb-snd-audio support and added

alias snd-card-0 snd_usb_audio
alias sound-slot-0 snd_usb_audio

to /etc/modules.d/alsa

If you make sure that "alsasound" is run
during boot, everything should work fine now.

Bye,
spanier

e-mail: gentoorulz-gmail AT yahoo DOT de

02-04-2008, 09:08 PM

I just install sabayon on mi pc
one thing I notice is that every time I install sabayon on mi system I have to use analog connection on my screen
after the installation I change the config an no problem
any idea why ?

03-21-2007, 08:37 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	SabayonLinux 3.3 We have been a fan of SabayonLinux for quite some time, so we could not pass up a chance to tinker with their heavily anticipated new version. In addition to updated software, 3.3 brings about a new color scheme. It's also touted as being more stable, so let's put it to the test. You can read the full article here and discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

03-23-2007, 06:21 PM	#2
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	SuSE Kicker... Hi Rob, Great review! Just wanted to let you know of another distro that uses SuSE's Kicker, Pardus Linux http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/. It is a Turkish distro and the developers seems to have done a lot of new thinking making it. Among the highlights are a very good package manager with a great GUI. Good automatic updater app and some really great apps in theri repo. For example VirtualBox, Xara, Tremolous, Nexuiz among others. Try it, I thing you will like it, maybe so much that you do a review of it also :-) Cheers, Jon

03-23-2007, 06:50 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Hi Jon, Thanks for the comments! I was actually on the Pardus site the other day, but none of their screenshots show off the kicker. Their package manager looks quite nice though. I will download it and take a look when I have the chance. Looks like a solid offering! Too many new distros become available that are basically hack jobs of other distros.. it's good to see Pardus adds it's own package manager and boot scheme. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

03-23-2007, 07:37 PM	#4
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	test it out on Apple computers? Hi, Enjoyed your review, but didn't see any details on running it on Apple computers. Any probs or special parameters or anything needed? I was actually looking for a LiveCD for recovering or troubleshooting an Intel MacBook. Thanks, Doug

03-23-2007, 10:29 PM	#5
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Hi Doug, I didn't write much about testing it on Apples because I don't own one. As far as I know, the people who tested it out on an Apple didn't have much of an issue. Sabayon has great hardware detection, so it shouldn't be much of a problem. If you would like to know more, your best bet is to look through the official forums. http://www.sabayonlinux.org/forum/ __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

03-24-2007, 04:42 PM	#6
Steven Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Hi Rob, I ran into the same problem that you did with Beryl on 3.3. I couldn't figure out what the problem was....so I just changed from AIGLX to XGL in the acceleration manager. I have an NVIDIA card so was skeptical that this would work or work well....but it worked and now everything works like a dream! Only problem I still have is installing onto my Dell laptop....installation keeps hanging and is a major problem...but I'm still trying. I think its just my Dell DVD reader (hardware). Steven

03-24-2007, 05:37 PM	#7
David Field Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Its a good distro SL3.3 is inteed a great distro, having been an avid user of Ubuntu for a while, i actually like the fact that there is a huge amount of software installed, i have the hard disk space, and i get to see alternative applications, which i may not necesseily use. or know about. I work on the assumption, ts better to be overloaded and have a tool for a job, than not. That being said, the installed SL3.3 drivers for the BCM43xx do work, but are painfully slow, the forum discusses this, and a quick switch to Ndiswrapper resolved the problem on my Dell 1501. I would happily recomend this as a distro.

03-25-2007, 05:14 PM	#9
Spanier Guest Poster Posts: n/a	usb-snd-audio problems Hi, I don't think that this is an issue which you can blame on Sabayon Linux. I have had installed the latest masked alsa-driver available in portage on Gentoo, but alsaconf, did not recognize my on-board-sound C-Media CM 6501. I think alsaconf does not check for usb audio devices. But that was no big problem (after I configured my kernel the right way :-) ). I built the kernel with usb-snd-audio support and added alias snd-card-0 snd_usb_audio alias sound-slot-0 snd_usb_audio to /etc/modules.d/alsa If you make sure that "alsasound" is run during boot, everything should work fine now. Bye, spanier e-mail: gentoorulz-gmail AT yahoo DOT de

02-04-2008, 09:08 PM	#10
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	ANALOG VERSUS DIGITAL CONNECTION I just install sabayon on mi pc one thing I notice is that every time I install sabayon on mi system I have to use analog connection on my screen after the installation I change the config an no problem any idea why ?

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