The Gentoo/AMD64 Project works to make Gentoo the most up to date, fast, robust AMD64 Linux distribution available. Part of this involves coming up with innovative ways to integrate a 32bit compatibility layer into our native 64bit userland without tainting or interleaving the current environment. Our main goal is to provide a stable production-quality release targeted at servers which will be the core use of the Opteron processors.
The AMD line of 64-bit extended processors were released well ahead of Intel's offering. Therefore, for historical reasons the arch keyword for all x86-64 compatible architectures is amd64.
The Gentoo/AMD64 project offers the following documentation:
| Developer | Nickname | Role |
| Homer Parker | hparker | Arch Tester Lead |
| Alex Legler | a3li | Developer |
| Steve Dibb | beandog | Developer |
| Tony Vroon | chainsaw | Developer |
| Patrick McLean | chutzpah | Developer ( GNOME ) |
| Dawid Węgliński | cla | Developer |
| Marcus D. Hanwell | cryos | Developer |
| Kenneth Prugh | ken69267 | Developer |
| Markus Meier | maekke | Developer |
| Romain Perier | mrpouet | Developer ( GNOME Team liaison ) |
| Peter Volkov | pva | Developer |
| Thomas Anderson | tanderson | Developer |
| Tiago Cunha | tcunha | Developer |
| Olivier Crête | tester | Developer |
| Christoph Mende | angelos | Operational Lead ( Releases ) |
| Tobias Heinlein | keytoaster | Operational Lead ( Security Team liaison ) |
| Mike Doty | kingtaco | Strategic Lead ( Kernel, pitr ) |
All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org.
The Gentoo/AMD64 project has the following subprojects:
| Project | Lead | Description |
| Gentoo/AMD64 ATs | The Gentoo/AMD64 AT Project is devoted to help the developers with time-consuming testing. | |
| Release Engineering | Danny van Dyk | Development and maintenance of the Gentoo/AMD64 Live- and Install-CDs, the installation stages and the related development tools. (Catalyst and Genkernel) |
Resources offered by the Gentoo/AMD64 project are:
The Gentoo/AMD64 project maintains the following herds:
| Herd | Members | Description |
| amd64 | a3li, angelos, beandog, chainsaw, chutzpah, cla, cryos, hparker, ken69267, keytoaster, kingtaco, maekke, mrpouet, pva, tanderson, tcunha, tester | x86_64-specific packages |
There are several ways to help the distribution and its community: