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The 2008.0 final release is out! Code-named “It’s got what plants
crave,” this release contains numerous new features including an updated
installer, improved
hardware support, a complete rework of profiles, and a move to Xfce
instead of GNOME on the LiveCD. LiveDVDs are not available for x86 or
amd64, although they may become available in the future. The 2008.0
release also includes updated versions of many packages already
available in your ebuild tree.

• Updated installer: The installer now only performs
  networkless installations using the packages and ebuild tree on
  the LiveCD. It also contains numerous fixes for extended and
  logical partitions.
• Improved hardware support: Moving to the 2.6.24 kernel added
  many new drivers for hardware released since the 2007.0 release.
• Complete rework of profiles: Restructuring profiles allowed
  significant cleanup of redundancies, reducing developer maintenance and
  confusion. The difference for you is that profiles now appear in
  /usr/portage/profiles/ under default/linux/
  instead of default-linux/. See the upgrading guide for more
  details.
• Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD: To save space,
  the LiveCDs switched to the smaller Xfce environment. This means
  that a binary installation using the LiveCD will install Xfce,
  but you’re still free to build GNOME or KDE from source.
• No LiveDVDs on x86 or amd64: In the interest of getting the
  release out, the release engineering
  team decided to postpone LiveDVDs because of problems in their
  generation. They may show up later—if so, we’ll let you know.
• Updated packages: Highlights of the 2008.0 release include
  Portage 2.1.4.4, a 2.6.24 kernel,
  Xfce 4.4.2, gcc 4.1.2 and glibc 2.6.1.

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I have to share with you nearly 50 movies that, god willing, we will never, ever have to see.

No Country for Mole Men

JarJarHead

Robin Hood: Prince in the Closet

Really, there were lots of these entries that deserved to be in the top 3; I
had a really hard time choosing the winners. Which makes your perusal
of the Gallery of Champions even more imperative now. This gallery is
full of some serious gold. Thanks to all who entered!

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The release of PlayStation 3 firmware 2.40 last night seems to have caused a wide number of issues for those who updated to the new release, as we reported earlier. It now appears that Sony has since pulled the newest update, reverting back to firmware 2.36 as the most recent available version. We were just prompted to download version 2.36 after having skipped the most recent pair of PS3 software updates.

This may be a temporary move to prevent more widespread reliability issues. We are awaiting confirmation on the move from Sony and will update when we hear back.

Thanks to Eddie H for the quick tip.

Update: SCEA has gotten back to us to let us know they are “looking into it.”