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[Bootable Gentoo QCOW2 disk images - ready for the cloud!](/news/2025/02/20/gentoo-qcow2-images.html) (Feb 20, 2025)
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We are very happy to announce [new official downloads](https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/) on our website and our mirrors: Gentoo for amd64 (x86-64) and arm64 (aarch64), as immediately bootable disk images in qemu’s QCOW2 format! The images, updated weekly, include an EFI boot partition and a fully functional Gentoo installation; either with no network activated but a password-less root login on the console (“no root pw”), or with network activated, all accounts initially locked, but [cloud-init](https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) running on boot (“cloud-init”). Enjoy, and [read on for more](https://www.gentoo.org/news/2025/02/20/gentoo-qcow2-images.html)!
[2024 in retrospect & happy new year 2025!](/news/2025/01/05/new-year.html) (Jan 5, 2025)
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Happy New Year 2025! Once again, a lot has happened over the past months, in Gentoo and otherwise. Our fireworks were a bit early this year with the stabilization of GCC 14 in November, after a huge amount of preparations and bug fixing via the Modern C initiative. A lot of other programming language ecosystems also saw significant improvements. As always [here we’re going to revisit all the exciting news](https://www.gentoo.org/news/2025/01/05/new-year.html) from our favourite Linux distribution.
[All news items](/news)
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Developer blogs live from [Planet Gentoo](https://planet.gentoo.org)
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GentooNews
[Bootable Gentoo QCOW2 disk images - ready for the cloud!](https://www.gentoo.org/news/2025/02/20/gentoo-qcow2-images.html "Bootable Gentoo QCOW2 disk images - ready for the cloud!")
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[Tinderbox shutdown](https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2025/02/01/tinderbox-shutdown/ "Tinderbox shutdown")
GentooNews
[2024 in retrospect & happy new year 2025!](https://www.gentoo.org/news/2025/01/05/new-year.html "2024 in retrospect & happy new year 2025!")
GentooNews
[FOSDEM 2025](https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/12/29/gentoo-fosdem-2025.html "FOSDEM 2025")
mgorny
[Poetry(-core), or the ultimate footgun](https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2024/12/20/poetry-core-or-the-ultimate-footgun/ "Poetry(-core), or the ultimate footgun")
Security advisories from our [Security database](https://security.gentoo.org/)
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GLSA 202502-01
[OpenSSH: Multiple Vulnerabilities](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202502-01)
normal
GLSA 202501-11
[PHP: Multiple Vulnerabilities](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-11)
high
GLSA 202501-10
[Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-10)
high
GLSA 202501-09
[QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-09)
high
GLSA 202501-08
[Qt: Buffer Overflow](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-08)
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New packages at the [Gentoo packages database](https://packages.gentoo.org)
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[gui-libs/kddockwidgets](https://packages.gentoo.org/package/gui-libs/kddockwidgets)
KDAB's Dock Widget Framework for Qt
[media-video/ffmpeg-compat](https://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-video/ffmpeg-compat)
Complete solution to record/convert/stream audio and video
[net-wireless/rtl-sdr-blog](https://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-wireless/rtl-sdr-blog)
Modified Osmocom drivers with enhancements for RTL-SDR Blog V3 and V4 units
[sec-keys/openpgp-keys-dnkl](https://packages.gentoo.org/package/sec-keys/openpgp-keys-dnkl)
OpenPGP keys used by dnkl to sign releases & commits
[dev-python/zmq-anyio](https://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/zmq-anyio)
Asynchronous API for ZMQ using AnyIO
Fresh documentation on the [Gentoo wiki](https://wiki.gentoo.org/)
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[Virt-install](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Virt-install)
started by Egberts
[Device file/hu](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Device_file/hu)
started by Torontál-vármegye
[Filesystem in Userspace/hu](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace/hu)
started by Torontál-vármegye
[Broadcom Bluetooth/hu](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Broadcom_Bluetooth/hu)
started by Torontál-vármegye
[Wine/hu](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wine/hu)
started by Torontál-vármegye
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