10th Anniversary of Gentoo
NeddySeagoon and I have been trying to figure out the official 10th anniverary date of Gentoo, and here are the dates I've figured out so far:
- July, 1997 - Started a new position at University of New Mexico, was using Debian 1.3
- Nov, 1998 - Was using/developing for Stampede Linux at home, but had not (yet) started Enoch?
- Apr, 1999 - Was working on Enoch - wrote xpak .tbz2 code that is still in Portage
- May 18-27, 1999 - First version of Enoch released, according to LWN.net. My blurb for Enoch: "Enoch is an advanced GNU/Linux distribution for the x86 PC Architecture, designed to bring your Linux experience into a new dimension. Or something like that."
- Aug, 1999 - My new dual Celeron mobo would not run Linux, went to FreeBSD, Achim Gottinger kept Enoch going
- Late 1999 - Must have came back to Enoch and done the Gentoo name change right about now - the "Gentoo" name was Bob Mutch's idea - started incorporating some FreeBSD ideas into Enoch - Portage (as we know it today) was born.
- July 26, 2000 - Gentoo 1.0 release "imminent", cvs online, rsync "coming soon"
- Nov 3, 2000 - Gentoo 1.0 Release Candidate 2
- Dec 11, 2000 - Gentoo 1.0 Release Candidate 3
- Aug 14, 2001 - New Gentoo Logo/Web site debut - designed by me! Still in use today! :)
- Feb 16-17, 2002 - Was in Brussels, Belgium to attend FOSDEM
- Mar 31, 2002 - Gentoo Linux 1.0 Released !!!
- May 10, 2002 - Gentoo Listed as one of the top 10 Linux distributions on DistroWatch
- Apr 8, 2002 - Gentoo Linux 1.1a released :)
- Jun 10, 2002 - Gentoo Linux 1.2 released :)
So, we're thinking of calling "late 2009" the official 10th anniversary of the birth of Gentoo - whaddya think? If it sounds good, we need to get the party planning committee together...
12 comments:
Thanks for the chronology Daniel.
We could celebrate for several months if we can't pin down a date.
would be neat if we could find a convention to celebrate at!
March 31, 2012 seems like the right date to me. I know that means waiting longer, but the 1.0 release is a good definite date to count from.
OK, here's my problem with March 31, 2002. :) Yes, it was the 1.0 release, but like much open source software, 1.0 wasn't the first release of Gentoo. 1.0 came approx. two years after Gentoo was "born".
But that doesn't mean we can also celebrate the 1.0 release in March 31, 2012 ;)
why don't you celebrate at FOSDEM 2010?
It's also the 10th anniversary.
Beginning of February
For the party its:-
USE="+girls +booze +smoke" emerge -v party
Seriously after rading this I am so tempted to install funtoo again...
I am using arch now and the packages are generally so much more up to date in that.
But I miss (in a weird way) the emerge process - obviously the control is missing in arch (although with abs/yaourt you can easily compile any package with your CFLAGS in arch). I also miss the time it takes to compile stuff - I found myself doing something useful while it was installing like walking the dog, etc.
For me the final straw was the latest kde4 update - it took about 10 mins to download and install in arch - gentoo was over an hour.
I came in late to gentoo..early '02 I think...stuck with it for a few years then bounced around...but I've been back for a while now and never happier!!
Unlike the previous poster, I had nothing but issues with Arch. I tried to stick it out for a few weeks, but it was a pain to get everything working in sync. But I wish them the best of luck.
Here's to 10 more years of gentoo
Hi Daniel,
It would be interesting to compare some current screenshots / specs with those from the beginning. Do you know of any screenshots that I could use to put something together.
thanks
-david
Hi Daniel,
I put together this;
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dabbott/pr/birthday.xml
Let me know if it is Ok to quote you and link to your blog.
thanks
comprookie2000, yes that would be great.
Amazing!.
I still remember the first time I used gentoo... or tried to install it (My knowledge was not enough that time)... around 2003.
I feel kind of nostalgic ;)
Happy Birthday Gentoo!
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