Sabayon 5.2 will catch you, anything that could have been compiled, has been compiled, anything cool that could have been implemented or updated, it's there: you will find outstanding amount of new applications and features, like XBMC 9.11, KDE 4.4.1, GNOME 2.28, Linux Kernel 2.6.33, and so forth.
Features of Sabayon 5.2:
- Based on new GCC 4.4.1 and Glibc 2.10
- Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.33
- Providing extra Server-optimized and OpenVZ-enabled kernels in repositories
- Installable in 10 minutes
- Faster boot time and lightweight default system
- Ext4 filesystem as default
- Encrypted filesystem support
- Featuring X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date Open Source, NVIDIA, AMD video drivers
- Containing GNOME 2.28 (with GNOME Shell!) and KDE 4.4.1
- Outstanding 3D Desktop applications (Compiz, Compiz Fusion and KWin) working out of the box
- Bringing Entropy Framework (Package Manager) 0.99.38.7
- Shipped with OpenOffice 3.2 productivity suite, Multimedia applications
- Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC
- Shipped with World of Goo Demo - best 2D game ever!
- Sexiest Skin ever! (Light blueeee!)
- Try it out from Windows, just kick the DVD in and use Sabayon via QEMU virtualization!
- Ready for Sabayon 6 (someday!)

Updates since Sabayon 5.1-r1:
- New Linux Kernel 2.6.33 with enhanced wireless and power management support
- Switched to GRUB2, improved Mac support
- Improved VirtualBox Input drivers support
- KDE updated to 4.4.1 and now more integrated than ever (featuring new KNetworkManager)!
- Entropy Framework updated to 0.99.38.7, featuring outstanding performance improvements, tons of bugfixes and features (see our Git repos). Working towards 1.0!
- More than 2000 new updated packages available (since Sabayon 5.1)
- Greatly improved boot time
- Improved Pulseaudio/ALSA support
- Reduced ISO images footprint by 100Mb
- Improved NVIDIA legacy drivers support
- Improved XBMC, Media Center installation profile support and reliability
Minimum requirements:
- an i686-compatible Processor (Intel Pentium II/III, Celeron, AMD Athlon)
- 512Mb RAM
- 6 GB of free space
- A X.Org supported 2D GPU
- a DVD reader
Optimal requirements:
- a Dual Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or better, AMD Athlon 64 X2 or better)
- 1024Mb RAM
- 15 GB of free space
- A X.Org supported 3D GPU (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA) (esp. for XBMC)
- a DVD reader
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