Sabayon Linux is an Operating System, just like Windows, powered by the Linux Kernel, GNU and built from the users' side. There are many "Linux" flavours, geeks usually call them "distributions". We are a Linux distribution though. Even if Linux is known to not be as simple as the commercial counterparts in some (and few) cases, we are trying to provide to our users the best and most complete Computing Experience.

Our philosophy follows two simple statements:

a) Out of the box functionalities: In a perfect World, everything should work without human intervention

b) KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid! That's self-explanatory

Moreover, to achieve this, believe it or not, Sabayon Linux uses Gentoo Linux as its base. It is (and it will always be) 100% compatible with it. We are one of the most scalable distributions and are happy to support everyone from the most creative kernel hacker to the newbie of the newbies. Why do we say that? Because of point a) above and because Gentoo Linux, is the most extensible Linux distribution. No one can say anything to the contrary.

Release announcement for Sabayon 5.3 can be found here.

Sabayon 5.3 1 Install DVD with GNOME / KDE / LXDE / XFCE for X86 / X86_64