Gentoo Linux

The Gentoo Distribution Kernel project is excited to announce that our new Linux Kernel packages are ready for a wide audience! The project aims to create a better Linux Kernel maintenance experience by providing ebuilds that can be used to ... [More] configure, compile, and install a kernel entirely through the package manager as well as prebuilt binary kernels. We are currently shipping three kernel packages: sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel - providing a kernel with genpatches applied, built using the package manager with either a distribution default or a custom configuration sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin - prebuilt version of gentoo-kernel, saving time on compiling sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel - providing a vanilla (unmodified) upstream kernel All the packages install the kernel as part of the package installation process — just like the rest of your system! More information can be found in the Gentoo Handbook and on the Distribution Kernel project page. Happy hacking! [Less]

Our packages.gentoo.org site has recently received major feature upgrades thanks to the continued efforts of Gentoo developer Max Magorsch (arzano). Highlights include: Tracking Gentoo bugs of specific packages (Bugzilla integration) ... [More] Tracking available upstream package versions (Repology integration) QA check warnings for specific packages (QA reports integration) Additionally, an experimental command-line client for packages.gentoo.org named “pgo” is in preparation, specifically also for our users with accesssibility needs. [Less]

We have good news! Gentoo’s Portage project has recently stabilized version 3.0 of the package manager. What’s new? Well, this third version of Portage removes support for Python 2.7, which has been an ongoing effort across the main Gentoo ... [More] repository by Gentoo’s Python project during the 2020 year (see this blog post). In addition, due to a user provided patch, updating to the latest version of Portage can vastly speed up dependency calculations by around 50-60%. We love to see our community engaging in our software! For more details, see this Reddit post from the community member who provided the patch. Stay healthy and keep cooking with Gentoo! [Less]

We have good news! Gentoo’s Portage project has recently stabilized version 3.0 of the package manager. What’s new? Well, this third version of Portage removes support for Python 2.7, which has been an ongoing effort across the main Gentoo ... [More] repository by Gentoo’s Python project during the 2020 year (see this blog post). In addition, due to a user provided patch, updating to the latest version of Portage can vastly speed up dependency calculations by around 50-60%. We love to see our community engaging in our software! For more details, see this Reddit post from the community member who provided the patch. Stay healthy and keep cooking with Gentoo! [Less]

Gentoo Project Android is pleased to announce a new 64bit release of the stage3 Android prefix tarball. This is a major release after 2.5 years of development, featuring gcc-10.1.0, binutils-2.34 and glibc-2.31. Enjoy Gentoo in your pocket!

Gentoo Project Android is pleased to announce a new 64-bit release of the stage3 Android prefix tarball. This is a major release after 2.5 years of development, featuring gcc-10.1.0, binutils-2.34 and glibc-2.31. Enjoy Gentoo in your pocket!

Gentoo Project Android is pleased to announce a new 64bit release of the stage3 Android prefix tarball. This is a major release after 2.5 years of development, featuring gcc-10.1.0, binutils-2.34 and glibc-2.31. Enjoy Gentoo in your pocket!

Did you already know that we have official Gentoo Docker images available on Docker Hub?! The most popular one is based on the amd64 stage. Images are created automatically; you can peek at the source code for this on our git server. Thanks to the Gentoo Docker project!

Did you already know that we have official Gentoo Docker images available on Docker Hub?! The most popular one is based on the amd64 stage. Images are created automatically; you can peek at the source code for this on our git server. Thanks to the Gentoo Docker project!

Way back in 2005, the reorganization of Gentoo led to the formation of the Gentoo Council, a steering body elected annually by the Gentoo developers. Forward 15 years, and today we had our 200th meeting! (No earth shaking decisions were taken today though.) The logs and summaries of all meetings can be read online on the archive page.