Project:RelEng/LiveDVD/20160514

Choice Edition


Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD code named "Choice Edition" to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The FAQ for this release can be found here.

A special thanks to Fernando Reyes and the Gentoo Infrastructure Team for their hard work behind the scenes provide the resources, services, and technology necessary to support the Gentoo Linux project.

The LiveDVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 version, and an x86_64 multilib version. The ISO will work on 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64:


 * If CPU architecture is, then boot with the default gentoo kernel.
 * If the arch is, boot with the gentoo64 kernel. This means you can boot a 64-bit kernel and install a customized 64-bit userland while using the provided 32-bit userland.

The ISO is for x86_64 CPUs only and will not boot on x86 CPUs.

If you are ready to check it out, let our bouncer direct you to the closest x86 image or amd64 image.

If you need support or have any questions, please visit the discussion thread on our forum.

To thank directly visit him in the  channel (click the channel name) via Freenode's webchat application.

Thank you for your continued support,

Gentoo Linux Developers, the Gentoo Foundation, and the Gentoo-Ten Project.

Naming
According to Wiktionary, the code name Choice Edition is appropriate for this Gentoo LiveDVD release for the following reasons:


 * n. The best or most preferable part.
 * adj. Especially good or preferred.
 * adj. Cool; excellent.

By its nature, Gentoo is all of the above.

Packages
The LiveDVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below:


 * Linux kernel 4.5.0
 * Xorg 1.18.3
 * Plasma 5.6.2
 * Firefox 45.0.1
 * LibreOffice 5.1.2.2
 * Gimp 2.9.2
 * Blender 2.72b-r3
 * Chromium 50.0.2661.75
 * Thunderbird 38.7.1
 * Gparted 0.25.0
 * And many, many more ...

To see if your package is included in the ISO please see the package lists:


 * x86 package list
 * amd64 package list

DVD labels
DVD labels are located in the file on the distribution mirrors.

Special features
Special features included with this release are as follows:


 * UEFI support
 * ZFSOnLinux
 * Writable file systems using AUFS so you can emerge new packages!