Sabayon Linux is a live DVD designed to transform a computer into a powerful Gentoo Linux system. Gentoo Linux is a Linux distribution powered by a software install manager engine called "Portage". Altough Sabayon Linux can be used as a live DVD, Sabayon Linux can also be installed on a hard disk, acting effectively as an easy-to-use Gentoo installation disk. It has the following features :

• The most advanced: Linux Kernel 2.6.22 with extra Power Management (PowerTop), Wireless (mac80211), Ext4 Filesystem, Scheduler (CFS) and Virtualization (KVM,Virt-Manager,VirtualBox) support
• Gaming oriented: featuring,
• Savage 2
• FlightGear
• DangerDeep
• Warsow
• Nexuiz
• Torcs
• Battle of Wesnoth
• Second Life
• Latest NVIDIA (100.14.11) and AMD (8.38.6) GPU drivers
• The most Windows-aware: supporting NTFS in read/write and Wine Doors utility, that let you install Windows applications as easy as 1-2-3 (using Wine 0.9.40).
• The first to support Ext4 File System: for the braves, Sabayon Linux Installer can easily handle it.
• The most Stable Cutting Edge DVD: featuring Compiz Fusion and Metisse ( Technology Preview) integration
• Much more flexible: the Installer now features a really improved execution speed, RAID10 support, Ext4 Support, UUID device naming support, a Packages Selector, a Boot Services Selector and also a Core/Minimal Install Method (Server deployments)
• The Most Laptop Aware: tested and optimized also for Laptop usage
• X.Org 7.3 with automatic Monitor configuration
• KDE 3.5.7
• GNOME 2.18.2
• Strong identity: no Server applications installed (you will find them in the Business Edition)
• Less Duplicated Packages: removed about 140 duplicated applications
• Better Mactel support: added support for Intel ICH8M, Atheros Wireless cards, Backlight management and new Synaptics touchpads
• Better Out of the Box hardware support: Agere et131x,
• VMware Guest Installation Support
• Media Center capabilities: featuring GeeXbox 1.1 and Elisa Media Center (Technology Preview)
• Incredible set of installed and preconfigured Applications (see Packages List below)
• The most tested Stable Release: in the last 4 months, our Core Beta Team have done a great work to accomply our always growing QA standards. This transformed Sabayon Linux 3.4 in the most reliable version ever released.