Kabo ea Gentoo Linux e lilemo li 20. Ka la 4 Mphalane, 1999, Daniel Robbins o ile a ngolisa sebaka sa gentoo.org mme a qala ho hlahisa kabo e ncha, eo, hammoho le Bob Mutch, a ileng a leka ho fetisetsa mehopolo e meng ho tsoa morerong oa FreeBSD, a e kopanya le kabo ea Enoch Linux e neng e entsoe. ho nts'etsapele nako e ka etsang selemo, moo liteko li ileng tsa etsoa ho aha kabo e hlophisitsoeng ho tsoa lingoloeng tsa mohloli ka ntlafatso ea lisebelisoa tse ikhethileng. Karolo ea mantlha ea Gentoo e ne e le karohano ea likou tse hlophisitsoeng ho tsoa ho khoutu ea mohloli (portage) le sistimi e tlase e hlokahalang ho aha lits'ebetso tsa mantlha tsa kabo. Tokollo ea pele e tsitsitseng ea Gentoo e etsahetse lilemo tse tharo hamorao, ka la 31 Hlakubele 2002.
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