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Gentoo Linux

Last Update: Tuesday 9 February 2010 09:20 GMT


Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution geared towards developers and network professionals. Unlike other distros, Gentoo Linux 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, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more.


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Distribution Gentoo Linux
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd".
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature unstable stable 10.1 2008.0 2007.0 2006.1 2006.0 2005.1 2005.0 2004.3 2004.2 2004.1 2004.0 1.4 1.2 1.1a 1.0 Feature
Release Date 2010/02/09 2010/02/09 2009/10/10 2008/07/06 2007/05/07 2006/08/30 2006/02/27 2005/08/08 2005/03/28 2004/11/15 2004/07/26 2004/04/28 2004/03/01 2003/08/05 2002/06/05 2002/04/08 2002/03/31 Release Date
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
CDs -- -- 1 DVD 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CDs
Free Download ISO Packages Packages Packages Packages ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop -- -- KDE Xfce GNOME -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Default Desktop
Package Management SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) SRC (Portage) Package Management
Office Suite GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice KOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, ia64, mips, ppc, ppc64, sparc x86, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, ia64, mips, ppc, ppc64, sparc amd64, x86, x86_64 x86, alpha, amd64, hppa, ia64, ppc, ppc64, sparc x86, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, ia64, mips, ppc, ppc64, sparc x86, amd64, hppa, ppc, ppc64, sparc x86, amd64, hppa, ppc, ppc64, sparc x86, amd64, hppa, ppc, ppc64, sparc x86, amd64, hppa, ppc, ppc64, sparc x86, amd64, hppa, ppc, ppc64, sparc x86, amd64, ppc, sparc x86, amd64, ppc, sparc x86, HPPA, ppc, sparc, mips x86, HPPA, ppc, sparc, mips x86, ppc, sparc x86, ppc, sparc Processor Architecture
Journaled File Systems ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw -- cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw       Asian Language Support
Package unstable stable 10.1 2008.0 2007.0 2006.1 2006.0 2005.1 2005.0 2004.3 2004.2 2004.1 2004.0 1.4 1.2 1.1a 1.0 Package
abiword (2.8.1) 2.6.8 2.6.4 2.6.4 2.6.3 2.4.6 2.4.5 2.2.11 2.2.8 2.2.3 2.0.10 2.0.6 2.0.5 2.0.2 1.0.6 1.0.1 0.99.3 -- abiword (2.8.1)
alsa-lib (1.0.22) 1.0.22 1.0.21a 1.0.20 1.0.16 1.0.14rc3 1.0.11 1.0.10 1.0.9 1.0.8 1.0.6 1.0.5 1.0.3b 0.9.8 0.9.2 0.9.0rc1 0.9.0beta10 -- alsa-lib (1.0.22)
amarok (2.2.2) 2.2.2 2.2.0 2.1.1 1.4.8 1.4.5 1.4.0a 1.3.8 1.2.4                   amarok (2.2.2)
ati-driver (8.690) 9.11 9.11 -- 8.471.3 8.32.5 8.21.7                       ati-driver (8.690)
bind (9.6.1-P3) 9.6.1-P3 9.4.3-P4 -- 9.4.1-P1 9.3.4 9.3.2 9.3.2 9.2.5 9.2.2 9.2.2 9.2.2 9.2.2 9.2.2 9.2.2 9.2.1 9.2.0 -- bind (9.6.1-P3)
compiz (0.8.4) 0.8.4 -- -- --                           compiz (0.8.4)
cups (1.4.2) 1.4.2 1.3.11 1.3.10 1.3.7 1.2.9 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.20 1.1.20 1.1.20 1.1.20 1.1.19 1.1.14 1.1.14 -- cups (1.4.2)
db (4.8.26) 4.8.24 4.7.25 4.6.21 4.5.20 4.3.29 4.2.52p4 4.2.52p2 4.2.52p2 4.1.25p1 4.1.25p1 4.1.25p1 4.1.25p1 4.1.25p1 3.2.9 4.0.14 -- 3.2.3h db (4.8.26)
dhcp (4.1.1) 4.1.0 3.1.2p1 3.1.2p1 3.1.1 3.0.3 3.0.3 3.0.3 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0pl2 3.0pl2 3.0pl2 3.0 3.0 -- dhcp (4.1.1)
emacs (23.1) 23.1 23.1 23.1 22.2 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.2 21.1 -- emacs (23.1)
evolution (2.28.2) 2.28.2 2.26.3 2.26.3 2.12.3 2.8.2.1 2.6.2 2.4.2.1 2.2.3 2.0.3 2.0.2 1.4.6 1.4.5 1.4.5 1.4.3 1.0.3 1.0.3 -- evolution (2.28.2)
firefox (3.6) 3.6 3.5.6 3.5.3 2.0.0.15 2.0.0.3 1.5.0.6 1.0.7 1.0.6 1.0.2 1.0pre 0.9.1             firefox (3.6)
freetype (2.3.11) 2.3.11 2.3.9 2.3.9 2.3.7 2.3.3 2.1.10 2.1.9 2.1.9 2.1.9 2.1.5 2.1.5 2.1.5 2.1.5 2.1.4 2.1.0 2.0.9 -- freetype (2.3.11)
gcc (4.4.3) 4.4.3 4.3.4 4.3.2 3.4.6 4.1.1 4.1.1 3.4.4 3.4.4 3.4.3 3.4.1 3.3.3 3.3.3 3.3.2 3.2.3 2.95.3 2.95.3 2.95.3 gcc (4.4.3)
gimp (2.6.8) 2.6.8 2.6.8 2.6.4 2.4.2 2.2.14 2.2.12 2.2.8 2.2.6 2.0.4 2.0.4 2.0.0 1.2.5 1.2.5 1.2.4 1.2.3 1.2.3 -- gimp (2.6.8)
glibc (2.11.1) 2.11 2.10.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.3.4 2.3.5 2.3.4 2.3.4 2.3.3 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.2.5 2.2.5 2.2.5 glibc (2.11.1)
gnucash (2.2.9) 2.3.8 2.2.9 2.2.9 2.2.5 2.0.5 1.8.11 1.8.11 1.8.9 1.8.9 1.8.9 1.8.9 1.8.8 1.8.8 1.8.4 1.6.6 1.6.6 -- gnucash (2.2.9)
gnumeric (1.8.4) 1.8.4 1.8.4 1.8.4 1.8.3 1.6.3 1.6.3 1.4.3 1.4.3 1.4.1 1.2.13 1.2.6 1.2.6 1.2.2 1.0.13 1.0.6 1.0.5 -- gnumeric (1.8.4)
grub (1.97.2) 1.97.1 1.97.1 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.93 0.93 0.90 0.91 0.90 grub (1.97.2)
gtk+ (2.18.6) 2.18.6 2.16.6 2.16.6 2.12.9 2.10.9 2.8.19 2.8.8 2.6.7 2.6.2 2.4.9 2.4.1 2.4.0 2.2.4 2.2.1 2.0.2 1.2.10 -- gtk+ (2.18.6)
hal (0.5.14) 0.5.14 0.5.13 0.5.12rc1 0.5.11                           hal (0.5.14)
httpd (2.2.14) 2.2.14 2.2.14 -- 2.2.9 2.0.58 2.0.58 2.0.55 2.0.54 2.0.52 2.0.49 2.0.49 -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.2.14)
inkscape (0.47) 0.47 0.47 0.46 0.46 0.45.1 0.43 0.43 0.41                   inkscape (0.47)
jre (6u18) 1.6.0.18 1.6.0.17 -- 1.6.0                           jre (6u18)
k3b (1.0.5) 1.70.0beta1 1.69.0alpha4 -- 1.0.4 0.12.17 0.12.14 0.12.8 0.11.24 0.11.18 0.11.17 0.11.12 0.11.9 0.11.1 0.8.1 0.6.0pre2 0.6.0pre2 -- k3b (1.0.5)
kdebase (4.4.0) 4.4.0 4.3.3 4.3.1 3.5.9 3.5.5 3.5.2 3.4.3 3.4.1 3.3.2 3.3.1 3.2.3 3.2.2 3.2.0 3.1.2 3.0 3.0 -- kdebase (4.4.0)
Package unstable stable 10.1 2008.0 2007.0 2006.1 2006.0 2005.1 2005.0 2004.3 2004.2 2004.1 2004.0 1.4 1.2 1.1a 1.0 Package
koffice (2.1.1) 2.1.0 2.1.0 -- 1.6.3 1.6.1 1.5.1 1.4.2 1.3.5 1.3.5 1.3.4 1.3.1 1.3 1.3 1.2.1 1.2beta1 1.1.1 -- koffice (2.1.1)
libgnome (2.28.0) 2.28.0 2.26.0 2.26.0 2.20.1.1 2.16.0 2.14.1 2.12.0.1 2.10.0 2.8.0 2.8.0 2.6.0 2.4.0 2.4.0 2.2.2 -- -- -- libgnome (2.28.0)
linux (2.6.32.8) 2.6.33rc7 2.6.31.6 2.6.30.5 2.6.25.9 2.6.19 2.6.17 2.6.15 2.6.12 2.6.11 2.6.9 2.6.7 2.6.5 2.4.25 2.4.19 2.4.18 2.4.18 2.4.17 linux (2.6.32.8)
module-init-tools (3.11.1) 3.11.1 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.2.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0             module-init-tools (3.11.1)
mono (2.6.1) 2.4.3 2.4.2.3 -- 1.2.5.1 1.2.2.1 1.1.13.6                       mono (2.6.1)
mysql (5.1.43) 5.5.1alphapre2 5.0.84 5.0.84 5.0.54 5.0.38 4.1.21 4.1.14 4.0.24 4.0.24 4.0.22 4.0.20 4.0.18 4.0.16 4.0.13 3.23.49 3.23.49 -- mysql (5.1.43)
nautilus (2.28.4) 2.28.4 2.26.4 2.26.4 2.20.0 2.16.3 2.14.1 2.12.2 2.10.1 2.8.2 2.8.0 2.6.0 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.2.4 1.0.6 1.0.6 -- nautilus (2.28.4)
NVIDIA (190.53) 195.36.03 190.42 -- -- 1.0-8776                         NVIDIA (190.53)
OpenOffice.org (3.2.0) 3.1.1 3.1.1 3.1.1 2.4.1 2.1.0 2.0.3 2.0.1 1.1.4 1.1.4 1.1.3 1.1.1 1.1.1 1.1.0 1.0.3 1.0 641b -- OpenOffice.org (3.2.0)
openssh (5.3p1) 5.3p1 5.2p1 5.2p1 4.7p1 4.5p1 4.3p2 4.2p1 3.9p1 3.9p1 3.8.1p1 3.8.1p1 3.8p1 3.7.1p2 3.6.1p2 3.1p1 3.1p1 3.1p1 openssh (5.3p1)
openssl (0.9.8l) 1.0.0beta5 1.0.0beta5 0.9.8k 0.9.8g 0.9.8d 0.9.7j 0.9.7i 0.9.7e 0.9.7e 0.9.7d 0.9.7d 0.9.7d 0.9.7c 0.9.6j 0.9.6c 0.9.6c 0.9.6c openssl (0.9.8l)
perl (5.10.1) 5.10.1 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.6 5.8.5 5.8.4 5.8.4 5.8.2 5.8.2 5.8.0 5.6.1 5.6.1 5.6.1 perl (5.10.1)
php (5.3.1) 5.2.12 5.2.12 -- 5.2.6rc4 5.2.2 5.1.4 5.0.5 4.4.0 4.3.10 4.3.9 4.3.8 4.3.4 4.3.4 4.3.2 4.2.0 4.1.2 -- php (5.3.1)
pidgin (2.6.5) 2.6.5 2.6.5 2.5.9 2.4.3 1.5.0 1.5.0 1.5.0 1.4.0 1.1.4 1.0.2 0.79 0.75 0.75 0.66 0.57 0.55 -- pidgin (2.6.5)
postfix (2.6.5) 2.6.5 2.6.5 2.5.9 2.4.6 2.3.6 2.2.10 2.2.5 2.1.5 2.1.5 2.1.5 2.0.19 2.0.19 2.0.16 2.0.11 1.1.7 1.1.6 -- postfix (2.6.5)
postgresql (8.4.2) 8.5alpha3 8.4.2 -- 8.0.15 8.0.13 8.0.8 8.0.7 8.0.3 7.4.7 7.4.6 7.4.3 7.3.6 7.3.5 7.3.3 7.2 7.2 -- postgresql (8.4.2)
Python (3.1.1) 3.1.1 2.6.4 2.6.2 2.4.4 2.4.4 2.4.3 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.3.4 2.3.4 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.2.3 2.2.1 2.2 2.2 Python (3.1.1)
qt-x11 (4.6.1) 4.6.1 4.5.3 4.5.2 3.3.8 4.2.3 4.1.4 3.3.4 3.3.4 3.3.4 3.3.3 3.3.2 3.3.1 3.3.0 3.1.2 3.0.3 3.0.3 -- qt-x11 (4.6.1)
samba (3.4.5) 3.5.0rc2 3.0.37 3.0.33 3.0.28a 3.0.24 3.0.22 3.0.14a 3.0.14a 3.0.10 3.0.8 3.0.5 3.0.2a 3.0.1 2.2.8a 2.2.4 2.2.3a -- samba (3.4.5)
sendmail (8.14.4) 8.14.4 8.14.4 -- 8.14.0 8.14.0 8.13.7 8.13.4 8.13.4 8.13.1 8.12.11 8.12.11 8.12.10 8.12.10 8.12.9 -- -- -- sendmail (8.14.4)
thunderbird (3.0.1) 3.0.1 2.0.0.23 2.0.0.23 2.0.0.14 1.5.0.10 1.5.0.5 1.0.7 1.0.6 1.0.2 0.8 0.6             thunderbird (3.0.1)
udev (151) 151 146 141 119 104 090 079 058                   udev (151)
vim (7.2) 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.1 -- vim (7.2)
xfce (4.6.1) 4.6.1 4.6.1 4.6.1 4.4.2 4.4.0 4.2.3.2 4.2.2 4.2.2 4.2.0 4.0.6 4.0.5 3.8.18 3.8.18 3.8.18 3.8.16 3.8.14 -- xfce (4.6.1)
xine-lib (1.1.17) 1.1.17 1.1.17 1.1.16.3 1.1.11.1 1.1.4 1.1.2 1.1.1 1.0.1 1-rc8 1-rc6 1-rc4 1-rc3 1-rc3 1-beta12 0.9.9 0.9.8 -- xine-lib (1.1.17)
xorg-server (1.7.4) 1.7.4.901 1.6.5 1.6.3.901 1.3.0.0 (7.2) (7.1) (6.8.2) (6.8.2) (6.8.2) (6.8.0) (6.7.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (1.7.4)

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