Gentoo Foundation

A flexible, source-based Linux distribution.

Technologies
c, python, shell, linux, bash
Topics
operating systems, security, embedded, init, package
A flexible, source-based Linux distribution.
Every user has work they need to do. The goal of Gentoo is to design tools and systems that allow a user to do that work as pleasantly and efficiently as possible, as they see fit. Our tools should be a joy to use, and should help the user to appreciate the richness of the Linux and free software community, and the flexibility of free software. This is only possible when the tool is designed to reflect and transmit the will of the user, and leave the possibilities open as to the final form of the raw materials (the source code.) If the tool forces the user to do things a particular way, then the tool is working against, rather than for, the user. We have all experienced situations where tools seem to be imposing their respective wills on us. This is backwards, and contrary to the Gentoo philosophy. Put another way, the Gentoo philosophy is to create better tools. When a tool is doing its job perfectly, you might not even be very aware of its presence, because it does not interfere and make its presence known, nor does it force you to interact with it when you don’t want it to. The tool serves the user rather than the user serving the tool. The goal of Gentoo is to strive to create near-ideal tools. Tools that can accommodate the needs of many different users all with divergent goals. Don’t you love it when you find a tool that does exactly what you want to do? Doesn’t it feel great? Our mission is to give that sensation to as many people as possible.
2022 Program

Successful Projects

Contributor
littlewu2508
Mentor
heroxbd
Organization
Gentoo Foundation
Refining ROCm Packages in Gentoo
ROCm open software platform, mostly serves as the famous “CUDA toolkit” for AMD GPUs, brings an open source solution for HPC/Hyperscale-class GPU...
Contributor
Catcream
Mentor
Sam James, Amdreas K. Hüttel (dilfridge)
Organization
Gentoo Foundation
Gentoo musl support expansion
This project is about porting the KDE Plasma desktop to run with the musl libc implementation. Many libraries and applications use "glibc-isms" and...
Contributor
Atharva Amritkar
Mentor
Guilherme Amadio, Kenneth Hoste (@boegel)
Organization
Gentoo Foundation
RISC-V support for Gentoo Prefix
RISC-V is an emerging open standard instruction set architecture that can be used to build hardware without paying royalties. Gentoo Prefix develops...
Contributor
listout
Mentor
Sam James, Amdreas K. Hüttel (dilfridge)
Organization
Gentoo Foundation
Musl support expansion to support GNOME desktop
The goal of this project is to get a full GNOME desktop installed and work with musl, which Gentoo provides as the drop-in alternative for Glibc, the...