Rarraba Gentoo Linux yana da shekaru 20. A ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 1999, Daniel Robbins ya yi rajistar yankin gentoo.org kuma ya fara haɓaka sabon rarraba, wanda, tare da Bob Mutch, ya yi ƙoƙarin canja wurin wasu ra'ayoyi daga aikin FreeBSD, tare da haɗa su tare da rarraba Linux Enoch wanda aka kasance. tasowa na kimanin shekara guda , wanda aka gudanar da gwaje-gwaje don gina rarraba da aka tattara daga rubutun tushe tare da ingantawa don takamaiman kayan aiki. Babban fasalin Gentoo shine rarraba zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa da aka haɗa daga lambar tushe (portage) da mafi ƙarancin tsarin tushe da ake buƙata don gina manyan aikace-aikacen rarrabawa. An sake sakin Gentoo na farko bayan shekaru uku, a ranar 31 ga Maris, 2002.
source: linux.org.ru