Ukusabalalisa waba neminyaka engu-20 ubudala. Ngo-Okthoba 4, 1999, uDaniel Robbins wabhalisa isizinda se-gentoo.org kanye ukuthuthukiswa kokusatshalaliswa okusha, lapho, kanye no-Bob Mutch, azama ukudlulisa eminye imibono evela kuphrojekthi ye-FreeBSD, eyihlanganisa nokusatshalaliswa kwe-Enoch Linux, okwase kwakhiwe isikhathi esingangonyaka, lapho kwenziwa khona izivivinyo zokwakha. ukusatshalaliswa okuqoqwe kusuka emibhalweni yomthombo 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.
Ngo-2005, uDaniel Robbins , unikele ngempahla yengqondo ehlobene ne-Gentoo ku-Gentoo Foundation futhi wahola i-Microsoft Linux kanye ne-Open Source Lab. Ngemva kwezinyanga ezingu-8 uDaniel evela kwaMicrosoft, echaza lesi sinyathelo ngokungenzeki kokwazi ngokugcwele amakhono omuntu. Ngo-March 2007 uDaniel ukusebenza ekusakazeni iGentoo, kodwa ngemva kwamasonto amabili ngaphoqeleka futhi , njengoba ngihlangabezane nezimo zengqondo ezingezinhle kanye nokuxabana phakathi konjiniyela be-Gentoo.
NgoJanuwari 2008, uDaniel wazama ukukhipha iphrojekthi enkingeni yokuphatha, ngokwakhe njengoMongameli weGentoo Foundation (ngokomthetho unguye ) futhi imodeli yokuphatha. Ukhetho lwenzeka ngoMashi, kodwa uDaniel ukusekelwa okufanele, okwathi ngemva kwalokho wagcina ephumile ekuthuthukisweni kweGentoo futhi manje usethuthukisa ukusatshalaliswa kokuhlola , ezama ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obusetshenziswa ku-Gentoo.
Source: opennet.ru