Welcome – Gentoo Linux Bootable Gentoo QCOW2 disk images - ready for the cloud! (Feb 20, 2025) We are very happy to announce new official downloads on our website and our mirrors: Gentoo for amd64 (x86-64) and arm64 (aarch64), as immediately bootable disk images in qemu’s QCOW2 format!
Getting started with Gentoo – Gentoo Linux Installing Gentoo works a bit differently than other Linux distributions But don't worry, we got you covered every step of the way Step 1: Boot a live environment
Downloads - Gentoo Linux Gentoo Handbook Please see the Gentoo Handbook for the complete installation documentation It explains how you can find the right architecture for your machine and which files you need at what stage of the installation process
Gentoo Wiki Both official Gentoo project documentation as well as community-contributed content can be found here The vast majority of documentation is publicly editable Official documents have a Handbook: or Project: prefix (only developers can edit them)
Handbook:Main Page - Gentoo Wiki The Gentoo handbook is an effort to centralize essential documentation for initial Gentoo installation and basic system administration The handbook contains the installation instructions for an Internet-based install and additional chapters for working with Gentoo's native software tools such as the OpenRC init system and the Portage package
About Gentoo - Gentoo Linux Gentoo is a free operating system based on Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need Extreme configurability, performance, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience
Gentoo Linux amd64 Handbook: Installing Gentoo - Gentoo wiki Alternatively, Gentoo can be installed from non-official media such as an already installed distribution or a non-Gentoo bootable disk (such as Linux Mint) This document covers the installation using official Gentoo Installation media or, in certain cases, netbooting
Urgent - OSU Open Source Lab needs your help – Gentoo Linux Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab (OSL) has been a major supporter of Gentoo Linux and many other software projects for years It is currently hosting several of our infrastructure servers as well as development machines for exotic architectures, and is critical for Gentoo operation
Documentation - Gentoo Linux In addition to the documentation available on the wiki, we also offer documentation resources geared towards Gentoo development: Gentoo Development Guide (a k a Devmanual) Online eclass reference
Bootable Gentoo QCOW2 disk images - ready for the cloud! We are very happy to announce new official downloads on our website and our mirrors: Gentoo for amd64 (x86-64) and arm64 (aarch64), as immediately bootable disk images in qemu’s QCOW2 format!