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Gentoo Linux - Default branch

Section: Unix

Added: Fri, Dec 17th 1999 23:54 PDT (8 years, 5 months ago)

Updated: Mon, Mar 5th 2007 14:31 PDT (1 year, 2 months ago)

About:
Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast Linux distribution for x86, PowerPC, Sparc, and Sparc64 that's geared towards Linux power users. Unlike other distros, it has an advanced package management system called Portage. Portage is a true ports system in the tradition of BSD ports, but is Python-based and sports a number of advanced features including dependencies, fine-grained package management, "fake" (OpenBSD-style) installs, path sandboxing, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more.

Author:
Gentoo Foundation [contact developer]

Homepage:
http://www.gentoo.org/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
Tar/BZ2:
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
Changelog:
http://www.gentoo.org/[..]proj/en/releng/release/2006.1/2006.1.xml
Bittorrent:
http://torrents.gentoo.org/
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://sources.gentoo.org/
Bug tracker:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/
Mailing list archive:
http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/
Mirror site:
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml

Trove categories: [change]
[Development Status] 6 - Mature
[Intended Audience] Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License] Freely Distributable, OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] MacOS X, POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD, POSIX :: Linux
[Topic] System :: Operating System, System :: Operating System :: Linux Distributions, System :: Software Distribution, System :: Software Distribution Tools

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

Project admins: [change]
» Gentoo Foundation (Owner)
» Gentoo Foundation (Owner)

» Rating: 8.75/10.00 (Rank 79)
» Vitality: 0.01% (Rank 3273)
» Popularity: 5.16% (Rank 649)

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Branches

Branch Version Last release License URLs

Default 2006.1 03-Mar-2007 GNU General Public License (GPL)

Articles referencing this project

Lessons in Packaging Linux Applications
by Billy Biggs and Doug Bell , in Editorials
Sat, Sep 20th 2003 00:00

Comments

[»] Very impressed
by devnullify - Aug 28th 2003 03:11:34

Hands down, the best-engineered (and most fun to use) Linux distribution I've ever used. Portage makes sense...and works a charm, file locations are sane, and the advanced init.d setup is a godsend.

Nice work.

--
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." --Plato

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