Ukusatshalaliswa kweGentoo Linux kuneminyaka engama-20 ubudala. Ngo-Okthoba 4, 1999, uDaniel Robbins wabhalisa isizinda se-gentoo.org futhi waqala ukuthuthukisa ukusatshalaliswa okusha, lapho, kanye no-Bob Mutch, azama ukudlulisa imibono ethile evela kuphrojekthi ye-FreeBSD, eyihlanganisa nokusatshalaliswa kwe-Enoch Linux ukuthuthukisa isikhathi esingangonyaka , lapho kwenziwa ukuhlola ukuze kwakhiwe ukusatshalaliswa okuhlanganiswe kusukela kumibhalo ewumthombo ngokulungiselelwa okokusebenza okuthile. Isici esibalulekile se-Gentoo kwaba ukuhlukaniswa kwamachweba ahlanganiswe kusukela kukhodi yomthombo (portage) kanye nesistimu yesisekelo esincane esidingekayo ukuze kwakhiwe izinhlelo zokusebenza eziyinhloko zokusabalalisa. Ukukhululwa kokuqala okuzinzile kweGentoo kwenzeka eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, ngoMashi 31, 2002.
Source: linux.org.ru