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== History ==
In early 2008, [[Daniel Robbins (computer programmer)|Daniel Robbins]] proposed to resolve<ref>{{webarchive |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... }}</ref> the Gentoo Foundation problems.<ref>{{webarchive |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... }}</ref> But he had left the project in 2004, and his offer was refused.<ref>{{webarchive |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? }}</ref> The Funtoo project was born as an initiative to implement his vision, with aims to share innovations<ref>[{{cite web|url=https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/78238.html]|title=Gentoo Creator Daniel Robbins: Making Linux Free and Flexible - Exclusives - LinuxInsider|website=www.linuxinsider.com}}</ref>.
==Features==
Funtoo is a [[Source code|source]] based [[Linux]] [[Linux distribution|distribution]]. Its development is discussed on [[IRC]] and a [[mailing list]].<ref>[{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/group/funtoo-dev|title=Google funtoo-dev mailing list]Groups|website=groups.google.com}}</ref> Changes are sometimes announced in advance, and published via an [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] feed.
===Core technologies===
==== Kits ====
In July 2017 Funtoo switched from plain portage approach to splitting the portage tree into kits <ref>[{{cite web|url=https://www.funtoo.org/News:Kits_are_Go_(Switch_to_Them!)]|title=News:Kits are Go (Switch to Them!) - Funtoo|website=www.funtoo.org}}</ref>. This should tie software updates together and help with the dependency problems of a rolling release distribution. Kits also are gaining maturity status as they are tested and as patches are applied.
====Git====
Funtoo uses [[git (software)|Git]] to store the [[Portage (software)|Portage]] tree. The tree is split into kits now with meta-repo <ref>[{{cite web|url=https://github.com/funtoo/meta-repo/]|title=funtoo/meta-repo|website=GitHub}}</ref> being the repo holding all the kits as submodules.
====Metro====
Metro<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Metro_Quick_Start_Tutorial |title=Metro Quick Start Tutorial - Funtoo Linux]|website=www.funtoo.org}}</ref> is an automatable software package for building stages used in installing Funtoo.
====boot-update====
boot-update<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Boot-Update|title=Package: Boot-Update (sys- Funtoo Linux]boot/boot-update)|website=www.funtoo.org}}</ref> provides a unified mechanism for configuring the [[GNU GRUB]]2 and GRUB Legacy [[boot loader]] versions.
====Core networking====
===Kernel===
Since May 2015 Funtoo offers a pre-build generic kernel with stage3 <ref>[{{cite web|url=https://forums.funtoo.org/topic/527-pre-built-kernels/]|title=Pre-built kernels!|website=funtoo forums}}</ref> Although Funtoo is a source-based distribution, it should be possible to use a prebuilt [[Linux kernel]].<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Funtoo_Linux_Kernels |title=Funtoo Linux Kernels - Funtoo Linux]|website=www.funtoo.org}}</ref> Funtoo no longer encourages the use of the [[Sabayon Linux|Sabayon]] kernel; however, with many improvements to Funtoo's design and init process, one should be able to load a binary kernel plus initrd from a preferred distribution hosting a precompiled/preconfigured kernel. Ubuntu's kernel linux-3.2.0-17-generic has been tested and is known to work. This can benefit those who like to avoid building custom kernels. Using a generic kernel from another distribution should be straightforward if using [http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Boot-Update boot-update].
=== Other differences ===
There are multitude of users blog posts or discussions about difference between Gentoo and Funtoo. <ref>[{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6ta5qy/differences_between_pros_and_cons_of_gentoo_and/]|title=Differences between, pros and cons of Gentoo and Funtoo • r/linux|website=reddit}}</ref>
The most marked difference between the two would be no systemd support in Funtoo, but still delivering for example a working Gnome desktop<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/gentoo-and-funtoo-linux-users-can-now-enjoy-the-gnome-desktop-without-systemd-503091.shtml]|title=Gentoo and Funtoo Linux Users Can Now Enjoy the GNOME Desktop Without systemd|first=Marius|last=Nestor|publisher=}}</ref> without the systemd need <ref>[{{cite web|url=https://www.funtoo.org/News:Gnome-3.20_Update]|title=News:Gnome-3.20 Update - Funtoo|website=www.funtoo.org}}</ref>.
==References==
[[Category:Source-based Linux distributions]]
[[Category:X86-64 Linux distributions]]
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