'''Funtoo Linux''' is a [[Linux distribution]] based on [[Gentoo Linux]], and initiated in 2008 by [[Daniel Robbins (computer programmer)|Daniel Robbins]], former Gentoo Linux project leader.<ref>{{cite web|title=DistroWatch.com: Funtoo Linux|url=http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Funtoo|accessdate=15 October 2011|date=14 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Waybackwebarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025044351/http://blog.funtoo.org/2008/10/goal-of-funtoo.html |date=October 25, 2008 |title=Funtoo by Daniel Robbins: The Goal of Funtoo|date=20081025044351 }}</ref>
== History ==
In early 2008, Gentoo founder [[Daniel Robbins (computer programmer)|Daniel Robbins]] proposed to resolve<ref>{{Waybackwebarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113042159/http://blog.funtoo.org/2008/01/here-my-offer.html |date=January 13, 2008 |title=Funtoo by Daniel Robbins: Here's my offer...|date=20080113042159 }}</ref> the Gentoo Foundation problems.<ref>{{Waybackwebarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115061441/http://blog.funtoo.org/2008/01/and-it-gets-worse.html |date=January 15, 2008 |title=Funtoo by Daniel Robbins: And it gets worse...|date=20080115061441 }}</ref> But he had left the project in 2004, and his offer was refused.<ref>{{Waybackwebarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129092658/http://blog.funtoo.org/2008/01/what-to-do.html |date=January 29, 2008 |title=Funtoo by Daniel Robbins: What to do?|date=20080129092658 }}</ref> The Funtoo project was born as an initiative to implement his vision, with aims to share innovations.