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Re: A Look at the New Sabayon GNU/Linux 6 (GNOME)

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____/ Gregory Shearman on Tuesday 26 Jul 2011 01:39 : \____

> On 2011-07-25, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> ____/ Goblin on Monday 25 Jul 2011 20:49 : \____
>>
>>> On 25/07/11 20:46, JeffM wrote:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>> |Adobe Flash plugin and Java JRE are installed, |and with libdvdcss
>>>>> installed, Totem, the installed video player, |has no problem
>>>>> playing encrypted video DVDs
>>>>>
>>>> Sabayon's out-of-the-box completeness puts it in a class with e.g.
>>>> Mint and Pardus, making it a nice demonstrator distro (especially
>>>> for showing Windoze weenies what they *could* have).
>>> 
>>> Ive been using Sabayon for a good while and have always wondered why
>>> it was always overshadowed by other distros...
>>
>> Gentoo and Sabayon lack the marketing muscle ($$) of Red Hat, Novell,
>> and Canonical.
> 
> I can't speak for Sabayon, but Gentoo is *purely* a community linux
> distribution. It has no big backers. Everyone works on Gentoo for the
> *love* of Gentoo.

Yes, neither Gentoo nor Sabayon can be described as "corporate".

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