1.  Release Information

Descriptions, release notes, roadmaps, sub-projects and a list of the Gentoo Developers who work on the Gentoo release media can all be found on our Release Engineering Project page.

Please consult our Gentoo Handbooks for more information on what to download and how to install Gentoo.

Downloading Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux is available free over the Internet. You can download Gentoo Linux from the appropriate iso and architecture link below or, if you prefer BitTorrent, you may see a list of available torrents at torrents.gentoo.org.

Gentoo Minimal Install CD and Stages

Our Release Engineering team provides minimal install CDs and stages on a weekly basis. You can find these releases on any of our mirrors in /releases/<arch>/current/. Not every architecture is updated on the same day.

Since these releases are built automatically by Release Engineering servers, there is some chance that a stage or CD may not be produced for a given week. When this happens, just use the latest CD and stage available. More releases are available on our mirrors in /releases/<arch>/autobuilds/. Use this directory if there isn't anything recent enough in current/.

alpha amd64 hppa ia64 ppc sparc x86

If you prefer to select a local mirror yourself, they are listed at www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml.

Please consult our Gentoo Handbooks for more information on what to download and how to install Gentoo.

Gentoo 2008.0 Minimal CD/InstallCD
(up to 140 megabytes depending on arch)
alpha amd64 hppa ia64 ppc/ppc64 sparc64 x86

Gentoo 2008.0 Universal install CD
(up to 600 megabytes depending on arch)
hppa ppc/ppc64 sparc64

Gentoo 2008.0 LiveCD
(up to 710 megabytes depending on arch)
i686 amd64

Gentoo 2008.0 Package CD
(up to 640 megabytes depending on arch)
sparc64

Gentoo Linux CDs

Several third party companies sell Gentoo Linux on CD . Here is a list of CD distributors that sell Gentoo Linux on CD:

North America:
CheapBytes
Edmunds Enterprises
MadTux
Frozentech
OSDisc.com
The Linux Store
OneDollarLinux

Europe:
LinuxPusher.dk (Denmark)
LinISO.de (Germany)
Eexi.gr (Greece)
Munnikes.nl (The Netherlands)
MaxTux (UK)
Getlinux (FR)
Linux2Go (DE)
CD/DVD/Linux/BSD (FR)
CheapLinux (DE)
TuxDiscs (UK)
Linux-Distro (UK)
linuxshoppen.dk (Denmark)
Ikarios (FR)

Oceania:
lankum.com - The Australian Linux/BSD Online Store
Linux Information Technology (Australia)
Linux System Labs Australia
Linux CD Mall (New Zealand)

Asia:
Linux Flavour (India)

Computers with Gentoo Linux pre-installed

On our Gentoo Vendors site you can find pre-installed systems from vendors who support the Gentoo development efforts.

The following companies sell computers that come pre-installed with Gentoo Linux.

North America:
Linux Certified, Inc.
Micronux
rayServers
Microway, Inc. (International shipping)
BestekPC

Australia:
VG Computing

Europe:
Linux Service (Belgium)

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