Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 2005.1 Gentoo Linux 2005.1 has been released: "The Gentoo Foundation is both pleased and proud to announce the much anticipated release of Gentoo Linux 2005.1 (Codename: 'El Nino'). Due to a scheduled power outage at the Open Source Laboratory (OSUOSL) affecting our master mirror, the release is currently only available for download via BitTorrent. We anticipate recovery from the downtime and full staging of release material to mirrors within 48 hours, accompanied by a comprehensive press release and ChangeLog. Much thanks to [urlhttp://www.gentoo-ev.org/]Friends of Gentoo e.V.[/url] for providing a stable and reliable tracker on short notice." Here is a quick link to the torrent file of the universal installation live CD for x86: install-x86-universal-2005.1.iso (679MB). The Gentoo Installer project is also happy to announce GLI 0.1; It will hit the mirrors under /experimental at the same time as the 2005.1 release. Refer Gentoo homepage for further announcements.