Gentoo Linux 2025 Review

4 months ago

Gentoo in 2025 had 31,663 ebuilds for 19,174 packages, with 89GB of binary packages for amd64.
Four new developers joined Gentoo in 2025: Jay Faulkner, Michael Mair-Keimberger, Alexander Puck Neuwirth, and Jaco Kroon.
Key initiatives included migrating from GitHub to Codeberg, finalizing EAPI 9, and participating in events like FOSDEM 2025.
Architectural updates included RISC-V QCOW2 images, Gentoo for WSL, and destabilizing hppa and sparc.
Package improvements featured GPG alternatives, zlib-ng support, system-wide jobserver, NGINX rework, and Rust bootstrap from C++.
Infrastructure enhancements included an additional build server and ongoing documentation improvements.
Financial updates showed $12,066 income for the Gentoo Foundation, with $104,831 in the bank as of July 1, 2025.

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