Kabo o qetile lilemo tse 20. Ka la 4 October, 1999, Daniel Robbins o ile a ngolisa sebaka sa gentoo.org le nts'etsopele ea kabo e ncha, eo ho eona, 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 ntse e tsoela pele ka nako e ka etsang selemo, moo liteko li ileng tsa etsoa mabapi le kabo e hlophisitsoe ho tsoa lingoloeng tsa mohloli ka ntlafatso ea lisebelisoa tse itseng. 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.
Ka 2005, Daniel Robbins , o kentse letsoho thepa ea mahlale e amanang le Gentoo ho Gentoo Foundation mme a etella pele Microsoft Linux le Open Source Lab. Ka mor'a likhoeli tse 8 Daniele ho tsoa ho Microsoft, ho hlalosa mohato ona ka ho se khonehe ho hlokomela bokhoni ba motho ka botlalo. Ka March 2007 Daniel ho sebetsa kabong ea Gentoo, empa libeke tse peli hamorao ke ile ka qobelloa hape , ha ke ntse ke kopana le maikutlo a fosahetseng le likhohlano har'a bahlahisi ba Gentoo.
Ka Pherekhong 2008, Daniel o ile a leka ho ntša morero mathateng a tsamaiso, ka boeena e le Mopresidente oa Motheo oa Gentoo (ka molao ke eena ) le mohlala oa tsamaiso. Likhetho li etsahetse ka Hlakubele, empa Daniele tšehetso e nepahetseng, ka mor'a moo qetellong o ile a tloha ho nts'etsopele ea Gentoo 'me hona joale o ntse a ntlafatsa kabo ea liteko , e lekang ho ntlafatsa mahlale a sebelisoang ho Gentoo.
Source: opennet.ru