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Gentoo Linux LiveDVD Updated With X.Org Server 1.16, Linux 3.15 Kernel

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 6 September 2014 at 09:13 AM EDT. 7 Comments

For those that missed it, a big update to the Gentoo LiveDVD was released a few days back. This LiveDVD update is dubbed the "Iron Penguin Edition" and has a ton of package updates.

Gentoo Iron Penguin, a.ka. Gentoo 20140826. ships with the Linux 3.15 kernel, X.Org Server 1.16, KDE 4.13, GNOME 3.12, Xfce 4.10, Fluxbox 1.3.5, LXQt 0.7, i3 Desktop 2.8, Chromium 37, etc. The Gentoo LiveDVD continues to be offered in a hybrid x86/x86_64 version and an x86_64 multi-lib version.

Those interested in more information on the Gentoo LiveDVD update can visit Gentoo.org.

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