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Gentoo Linux
The official Gentoo Linux logo
Release Status	Maintained
Release Model	Rolling Release / Stable
Package Manager	portage
Default Desktops	KDE Plasma
Usage Type	Desktop, Server
Architectures	amd64, alpha, arm, arm64, hppa, ia64, loong, mips, m68k, ppc, riscv, s390, sparc, x86
Website	gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux is a source-based Linux distribution, aimed around user customization. This distribution, in addition to having the systemd init system, also provides its own init system known as OpenRC.

Unlike other Linux distributions, everything you install is compiled on the local system. As such, users can use compile flags, known as 'Use Flags,' to help them fit their system to their use case.^[1]

Their unofficial mascot is Larry the Cow, a cow who was once frustrated at the state of Linux distributions until he found Gentoo Linux.^[1]

Gentoo has support for a large variety of hardware and has extremely minimal requirements, which makes it great for most devices.

Portage

Portage is the package manager for Gentoo Linux, it provides many configuration options based off of Bash, an example make.conf can be found here. Emerge is a front-end for Portage and is used to manage the entire system.

Trivia

You can find Larry the Cow by running emerge --moo on the command line.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/about/

[about-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/about/

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 | caption     = The official Gentoo Linux logo
 | releasestatus = Maintained
-| updatemethod = Rolling Release / Stable
+| releasemodel = Rolling Release / Stable
 | packagemanager = [[portage]]
+| defaultdesktops = [[KDE Plasma]]
 | usagetype = Desktop, Server
+| architectures = amd64, alpha, arm, arm64, hppa, ia64, loong, mips, m68k, ppc, riscv, s390, sparc, x86
 | website = [https://www.gentoo.org/ gentoo.org]
 }}
-[[File:Gentoo Live GUI USB running KDE.png|thumb|Gentoo Live GUI USB running [[KDE|KDE Plasma]]]]
+[[File:Gentoo Live GUI USB running KDE.png|thumb|Gentoo Live GUI USB running [[KDE Plasma]]]][https://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo Linux] is a source-based [[Linux Distributions|Linux distribution]], aimed around user customization. This distribution, in addition to having the systemd init system, also provides its own init system known as OpenRC.
-[https://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo Linux] is a source-based Linux distribution, aimed around be how you want it to be. This distro aside having the systemd init system, also provides its own init system, known as OpenRC.
-Unlike other Linux distributions, everything you make is to be compiled. As such, users can compile their system in the way they want it to be.<ref name="about">https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/about/</ref>
+Unlike other Linux distributions, everything you install is compiled on the local system. As such, users can use compile flags, known as 'Use Flags,' to help them fit their system to their use case.<ref name="about">https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/about/</ref>
 Their unofficial mascot is [[Larry the Cow]], a cow who was once frustrated at the state of Linux distributions until he found Gentoo Linux.<ref name="about">https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/about/</ref>
+Gentoo has support for a large variety of hardware and has extremely minimal requirements, which makes it great for most devices.
 === Portage ===
-Portage is the package manager for Gentoo Linux, it provides many configuration options based off of Bash, an example <code>make.conf</code> can be found [https://github.com/gentoo/portage/blob/master/cnf/make.conf.example here].
+[[Portage]] is the package manager for Gentoo Linux, it provides many configuration options based off of Bash, an example <code>make.conf</code> can be found [https://github.com/gentoo/portage/blob/master/cnf/make.conf.example here].  '''Emerge''' is a front-end for Portage and is used to manage the entire system.
 === Trivia ===