Gentoo-based Sabayon Linux 8 available for download.

The Sabayon development team announced the availability of version 8 this week, acknowledging the challenge to allow “the bleeding edge and reliability to coexist.” Gentoo-based Sabayon touts its variety of packages and installations to choose from, and even though their FAQ mentions its appropriateness for new Linux users, it’s aimed at more experienced users who want to customize to their hearts’ content.

Here is what’s available:

• Sabayon GNOME
• KDE
• Xfce
• SpinBase (bare-metal flavour for building your own ISO images)
• ServerBase (same but with server-optimized kernel)
• CoreCDX, for those liking Fluxbox 

Some of the new features included are:

• The first Extreme-Rolling Release distribution, with automated repository package version bumping, thanks to Entropy Matter ebuild tracker
• Always up-to-date Linux Kernel 3.2 (and experimental “Fusion” Kernels available in repositories)
• Providing extra Server-oriented Linux kernels (OpenVZ, Vserver, Generic Server)
• GNOME 3.2.2 Visual Environment
• KDE 4.7.4 Desktop Environment (4.8.0 available in a few days)
• Improved Xfce 4.8 out-of-the-box experience (for those missing GNOME2)
• Improved LibreOffice integration, updated to 3.4.4
• Cinnamon and Razor Qt available in repositories

To download, check out the Mirror List here.

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Finally Microsoft unveil Windows 8 on Feb 29.

BANGALORE, INDIA: It seems Microsoft was waiting for a perfect date to launch its upcoming operating system code named Windows 8.
So, a consumer preview of the Windows 8 operating system has been scheduled on February 29 in Barcelona, Spain, at a mobile industry show.

Also read: How to develop metro apps for Windows 8

Inviting journalists for the big event, Redmond-based company Microsoft plans to give an update about the latest operating system during the two-hour session.
Windows 8 operating system comes with a new user interface (UI), which Microsoft calls as "Metro" and the new UI is compatible for three screens- smartphones, tablet PCs, and laptops/desktop PCs.

Also read: A review on Windows 8 developer preview

However, the company has declined to say when Windows 8 will be officially released.
It may be noted that last year in October Micorost had given an opportunity for the developer community to preview the latest operating system to download and develop application based on it.
Some of the features of Windows 8 include:
* 360 degrees change in the Start
* Control panel in Metro interface
* Includes Internet Explorer 10
* Metro style apps which are tablet specific, like PaintPlay and Ink Pad.

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