Microsoft has hired one of the key figures behind a popular Linux distribution to educate its in-house developers about open source. Daniel Robbins, the former chief architect of Gentoo, began working ...

Also in today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews the Gentoo Linux live DVD "Choice Edition," and Google will kill Chrome apps for Linux Gentoo Linux was fairly well known at one point, with ...

Among users of Linux distributions there’s a curious one-upmanship, depending on how esoteric or hardcore your distro is. Ubuntu users have little shame, while at the other end if you followed Linux ...

I can't think of a better way to start a religious war in the Linux community than to compare Linux distributions. I don't intend to try to say that my favorite distribution is best; I just want to ...

Gentoo Linux can be either an experienced Linux user’s ideal desktop choice or a new user’s worst computing nightmare. I am not talking about being new to the Linux OS. I mean just plain and simple ...

Popular Linux distribution Gentoo has been “totally pwned” according to researchers at Sophos, and none of the current code can be trusted. The team immediately posted an update and noted that none of ...

Most LJ readers are familiar with the various commercial distributions of Linux available for desktop and server systems. When one thinks of these commercial versions of Linux, one naturally might ...

At the start of the month, Gentoo Linux’s website was treated to a great-looking overhaul, and somehow, it managed to inspire me. For a couple of reasons, I’ve wanted to wipe the slate clean and start ...

In today's open source roundup: Gentoo has much to offer experienced Linux users. Plus: Is it easy to avoid systemd in Debian? And Civilization: Beyond Earth is coming to Linux for the holidays Gentoo ...

A Gentoo Linux project server has been compromised by attackers and subsequently pulled offline for a full forensic analysis. The attack and subsequent compromise comes after several machines ...