Gentoo provided two major releases in
2006, and one in 2007.
The Gentoo 2006.0 release in February 2006 featured a new live CD that combined a complete
GNOME desktop environment with a Gentoo installer. The installer can be used to install the live
CD??™s desktop system permanently to hard disk. In terms of support for multiple hardware architectures,
the PPC64 team produced optimized stages for G5 and Power5 processors.
The Gentoo 2006.1 release in August 2006 brought improved support for Alpha, SPARC, PPC, and
HPPA architectures. On the x86 and AMD64 platforms, networkless installs were added to provide
a much easier and more streamlined installation experience for users. Other advancements to the
Gentoo Catalyst installer included improvements to features that enabled you to run a Gentoo
install that resulted in your own, custom live CD image.
The Gentoo 2007.0 release in May 2007 included a rewriter version of the Gentoo Linux Installer
as well as updated applications. Another release is scheduled, but at the time of this writing it is
not available. If released in late 2007, it is expected to be called Gentoo 2007.1, continuing the
current Gentoo numbering scheme.
Installing Gentoo
A traditional Gentoo installation is more like building your own Linux than it is like typical Linux
installs.
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