Gentoo/MIPS is a port of the Gentoo GNU/Linux and the Gentoo Portage package management system to mips-based platforms. Primary focus is on the Silicon Graphics (SGI) line of mips-based workstations, specifically the Indy and Indigo2. Support is also available for the Cobalt Microserver Qube2/RaQ2 units and the SGI O2 R5000 units.
| Developer | Nickname | Role |
| Joshua Kinard | kumba | Lead |
| Ilya Volynets | iluxa | Member ( Porting ) |
| Colin Morey | peitolm | Member ( Porting ) |
| Stuart Longland | redhatter | Member ( Porting / Documentation ) |
| Ricardo Mendoza | ricmm | Member ( Porting ) |
All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org.
The Gentoo MIPS project has the following subprojects:
| Project | Lead | Description |
| Documentation | Stuart Longland | Maintaining and updating documentation for Gentoo/MIPS. |
| Stages/Netboot | Joshua Kinard |
Creation of the Gentoo/MIPS stages for installation. A stage tarball is
a UNIX compressed tar archive of a chrootable environment for installing
Gentoo. Netboot images are for the initial booting of an environment to unpack the stages and install Gentoo. |
| SGI O2 Porting | Ilya Volynets | The stabilization of the linux kernel on SGI O2 systems and sucessful installation and running of Gentoo/MIPS in a multi-user environment. If you have an SGI O2 with an R5000 or R12000 CPU and wish to help with this subproject, then this is the team you will want to contact. |
| Cobalt MIPS | Stuart Longland | Creation of installation stages and documentation for installing Gentoo/MIPS on the Cobalt Microserver RaQ[2]/Qube[2] machines. |
| LiveCD | Joshua Kinard | The creation and maintainence of a LiveCD for installing Gentoo/MIPS. |
The Gentoo MIPS project maintains the following herds:
| Herd | Members | Description |
| mips | alexxy, iluxa, kanaka, kumba, redhatter, ricmm | Gentoo/MIPS Team |
5. Installation Guide, Mailing Lists, and IRC Channel
Those interested in running Gentoo/MIPS on an SGI or Cobalt MIPS-based system can get started by reading the Handbook. You may also find the FAQ page a useful read. Help can be obtained by subscribing to the gentoo-mips mailing list. More information about subscribing to a Gentoo mailing list can be found on the Mailing Lists page.
Those with access to an IRC Client can join #gentoo-mips on irc.freenode.net for general questions, help, or just to talk with others using Gentoo/MIPS.