Gentoo Linux: Difference between revisions

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It's''Gentoo builtLinux''' almostis entirelya fromhigh performance, sources-based [[sourceLinux code|sourcedistribution]]. It has an advanced *[[BSD]]-style package management system called [[Portage (software)|Portage]]. which Someis written in [[Python]]. consider Gentoo is hailed as a [[meta-distribution]] because of its near infinite configurability. This includes the incrediblyoptional use of USE FLAGS, which describe the hardware and software features the user would like to include flexiblewhile installationbuilding processpackages. The originator and current head of the Gentoo project is [[Daniel Robbins]].

'''Gentoo Linux''' is a '''[[LiveCD]] [[Linux distribution]]''', like [[Knoppix]], so it can be fully executed from a [[CD-ROM]], without installation in the [[hard disk]]. But it's less [[userfriendliness|user friendly]] for the newbbies than Knoppix, specially to acceso to the [[Graphical User Interface]].

It's built almost entirely from [[source code|source]]. It has an advanced package management system called [[Portage (software)|Portage]]. Some consider Gentoo a [[meta-distribution]] because of the incredibly flexible installation process. The originator and current head of the Gentoo project is [[Daniel Robbins]].

One of the goals for Gentoo [[Linux]] 1.4 is the addition of the '''GRP'''--the ''Gentoo Reference Platform''--which will allow users to install precompiled packages built to certain baselines specifications. This may be an attempt to appease naysayers; some believe that Gentoo users spend too much time compiling and recompiling common packages.

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In June 2003, [[Zachary Welch]], a long-standing developer and sponsor of Gentoo, announced that he was unhappy with the direction of Gentoo and was creating a new distribution. This is to be maintained by a new non-profit organisation, the Zynot Foundation.

Ports of Gentoo exist for the x86, PowerPC, Sparc, and HPPA platforms at the time of this edit.