Editing Gentoo Linux (section)

==History==
[[File:Gentoo Logo Vector.svg|thumb|Gentoo Linux's old vector logo]]
Gentoo Linux was initially created by [[Daniel Robbins (computer programmer)|Daniel Robbins]] as the ''Enoch Linux'' distribution. Its [[design philosophy]] was that of precompiled binaries which were tuned to the hardware and that only included required programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/making-the-distro-p1.xml|title=Gentoo Linux Documentation – Making the distribution, Part 1|date=2005-10-09|website=Gentoo.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126223839/http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/making-the-distro-p1.xml|archive-date=November 26, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-01-28|df=mdy-all}}</ref> At least one version of Enoch was distributed under that name: version 0.75, in December 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/enoch/enoch-0.75 |title=Planet Mirror – enoch – Enoch Linux – enoch-0.75 – download now |website=Public.planetmirror.com |date=2007-02-11 |access-date=2010-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228085838/http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/enoch/enoch-0.75 |archive-date=December 28, 2008 |df=mdy}}</ref> An older release labeled "Enoch 0.5" can be found on the CD accompanying the August 1999 edition of the Danish computer magazine ''Alt om Data''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/1999-08-alt-om-data-august-1999 | title=Alt Om Data August 1999 | date=August 1999 }}</ref>

Daniel Robbins and the other contributors experimented with a fork of [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]] known as EGCS, developed by [[Cygnus Solutions]]. It was at this point that "Enoch" was renamed "Gentoo" Linux. The modifications to EGCS eventually became part of the official GCC (version 2.95); Gentoo and other Linux distros benefited from similar speed increases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/making-the-distro-p2.xml|title=Gentoo Linux Documentation – Making the distribution, Part 2|date=2005-10-09|website=Gentoo.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126223839/http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/making-the-distro-p2.xml|archive-date=November 26, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-01-28|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

After problems with a bug on his own system, Robbins halted Gentoo development and switched to [[FreeBSD]] for several months, later saying, "I decided to add several FreeBSD features to make our autobuild system (now called Portage) a true next-generation ports system."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/making-the-distro-p3.xml|title=Gentoo Linux Documentation – Making the distribution, Part 3|date=2005-10-09|website=Gentoo.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126223839/http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/making-the-distro-p3.xml|archive-date=November 26, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-01-28|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Gentoo Linux 1.0 was released on March 31, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://linux.slashdot.org/story/02/03/31/2123251/gentoo-10-released |title=Slashdot &#124; Gentoo 1.0 Released |website=Linux.slashdot.org |date=2002-03-31 |access-date=2018-02-10 |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618152256/https://linux.slashdot.org/story/02/03/31/2123251/gentoo-10-released |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, Robbins set up the non-profit Gentoo Foundation, transferred all copyrights and trademarks to it, and stepped down as chief architect of the project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://developers.slashdot.org/story/04/04/26/2259211/daniel-robbins-resigns-as-chief-gentoo-architect |title=Daniel Robbins Resigns As Chief Gentoo Architect |website=Slashdot.org |date=April 26, 2004 |access-date=2018-02-10 |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175228/https://developers.slashdot.org/story/04/04/26/2259211/daniel-robbins-resigns-as-chief-gentoo-architect |url-status=live}}</ref>

The current board of trustees<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#The_Board_of_Trustees |title=Gentoo Linux Wiki – The Board of Trustees |website=gentoo.org |date=2018-01-21 |access-date=2018-02-10 |archive-date=August 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820201827/https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#The_Board_of_Trustees |url-status=live}}</ref> is composed of five members who were announced (following an election) on March 2, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080302-foundation-election.xml|title=Gentoo Linux – New foundation trustees elected|date=2008-03-02|website=Gentoo.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224124218/http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080302-foundation-election.xml|archive-date=December 24, 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=2010-01-28|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The seven-member Gentoo Council oversees related technical issues and policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council|title=Gentoo Council|website=gentoo.org|access-date=2014-01-06|archive-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624061748/https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council|url-status=live}}</ref> The Gentoo Council members are elected annually, for a period of one year, by the active Gentoo developers. When a member of the Council retires, the successor is voted into place by the existing Council members.<ref>[//wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council Gentoo Council]. Accessed January 6, 2014.</ref>

The Gentoo Foundation is a domestic non-profit corporation,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#Gentoo_Foundation_Charter|title=Gentoo Foundation Charter|website=gentoo.org|access-date=2021-07-20|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820201827/https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#Gentoo_Foundation_Charter|url-status=live}}</ref> registered in the State of [[New Mexico]].<ref>[http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/cgi-bin/prcdtl.cgi?2463313+GENTOO+FOUNDATION+INC GENTOO FOUNDATION, INC.]{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Corporations Information Inquiry, New Mexico Public Relation Commission. Accessed May 8, 2009.</ref> In late 2007, the Foundation's charter was revoked,<ref>{{cite web |author=jake |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/265006/ |title=Gentoo loses charter; Robbins offers to return |publisher=[[LWN.net]] |date=2008-01-14 |access-date=2010-01-28 |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914123808/https://lwn.net/Articles/265006/ |url-status=live}}</ref> but by May 2008 the State of New Mexico declared that the Gentoo Foundation, Inc. had returned to good standing and was free to do business.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://efile.prc.newmexico.gov/Efile/corplookup/Details.aspx?Nmscc=2463313 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130626172841/https://efile.prc.newmexico.gov/Efile/corplookup/Details.aspx?Nmscc=2463313 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-26 |title=Gentoo Foundation, Inc. |publisher=New Mexico Corporation Division Efile |access-date=2013-04-27}}</ref>

The creator of Gentoo, Daniel Robbins, left the project in both 2004 and 2007 due to conflicts with other developers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-04-26 |title=Daniel Robbins Resigns As Chief Gentoo Architect - Slashdot |url=https://developers.slashdot.org/story/04/04/26/2259211/daniel-robbins-resigns-as-chief-gentoo-architect |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=developers.slashdot.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Robbins leaves Gentoo, again [LWN.net] |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/225060/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=lwn.net |quote=Daniel Robbins, creator of gentoo, had returned to the project. Well, a week later he left again. Basically, drobbins got into an epic flamewar with Ciaran McCreesh, a popular but controversial former gentoo dev who still frequents gentoo mailing lists.  empers flared, and drobbins pushed for getting ciaranm banned from gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list, ostensibly on the grounds that ciaranm is no longer an official gentoo developer. The rest of the gentoo devs refused to do so. Then Daniel Robbins quit the project.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=652240 – 7 day gentoo-project ban for Daniel Robbins |url=https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652240 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=bugs.gentoo.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gentoo Forums :: View topic - Quite late but why Daniel Robbins left Gentoo? |url=https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1108032-start-0.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=forums.gentoo.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. |url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070312#future |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=distrowatch.com |quote=He officially re-joined the Gentoo development team two weeks ago - only to resign a few days later. The reason? Strong personal attacks by some of the current developers of the project.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-03-26 |title=Gentoo attempts to deal with developer conflicts |url=https://www.linux.com/news/gentoo-attempts-deal-developer-conflicts/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Linux.com |language=en-US |quote=The latest Gentoo flamewar started as a discussion on the gentoo-dev mailing list about topics for the March Gentoo Council meeting. Gentoo founder Daniel Robbins, who had rejoined the Gentoo project earlier that week after leaving in April, 2004, seemed keen on arguing with Gentoo contributor Ciaran McCreesh on whether the Package Manager Specification (PMS) is an official Gentoo project. After the discussion became heated, Robbins says that he’s going to “look for a way to remove Ciaran from gentoo-dev” and then later says he doesn’t want to be associated with Gentoo after all.}}</ref>