Hello 2021! The first tree-regeneration of the year and its a big one!
In the ongoing effort to improve the Funtoo experience, several kits have been updated and autogenned. Here is a list of what has changed.
Perl-kit from 5.28.2-r1 to 5.32
Ruby-kit from 2.5.5 to 2.7 Please read: https://www.funtoo.org/Ruby-kit
QT-kit from 5.12.7 to 5.15.2
LLVM-kit from 9 to 11.
Python 3 support for Spidermonkey
Display manager change from GDM to SDDM
and many enhancements to Funtoo's metatools!
Also included are many bugfixes and package updates.
PLEASE NOTE:
ALL users will need to run
root# perl-cleaner --all
for the perl update and
root# eselect ruby set ruby27
to set the default ruby interpreter to version 2.7.
If you have questions, issues, or just want to drop in and say hello you can find us on Discord https://discord.gg/BNUSpUU or Telegram https://t.me/funtoolinux
Installation Instructions: https://www.funtoo.org/Install/Introduction
Find and download your Subarch here: https://www.funtoo.org/Subarches
Find a bug or want an improvement? https://bugs.funtoo.org (once you have created a user account, you will need to login with your username in all lowercase)
We hope you enjoy the new updates and thank you for choosing to use Funtoo!