Gentoo Linux 1.2 has been released; basic changes include install-related fixes and countless updates to our Portage tree, such as KDE 3.0.1 (20020604) and GNOME 2 (beta, 20020607) support. Note that GNOME 2 is still masked, but fully useable -- more information here and in the Gentoo Forums. New users can find install instructions here and ISOs and build tarballs here (and on our mirrors soon). Existing users need only emerge sync to be up-to-date.

Tux CDs is now selling Gentoo Linux 1.2 PPC, i686, and SPARC CDs for $3.75 USD apiece, and donating 20% of their profits from Gentoo sales to the Gentoo Linux project! :) Note that the i686 CD will allow a build from scratch for *all* systems, but also has pre-built stuff for i686+ CPUs.