| Company / developer | Daniel Robbins, Funtoo/Gentoo community, Funtoo Technologies |
|---|---|
| OS family | GNU variants |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free Software |
| Initial release | 2008 |
| Latest stable release | Rolling release |
| Update method | Emerge |
| Package manager | Portage |
| Supported platforms | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | various |
| License | Various |
| Official website | http://www.funtoo.org/ |
Funtoo is a a free operating system, more precisely a GNU/Linux distribution based on Gentoo, and initiated in 2008 by Daniel Robbins former Gentoo Linux project leader.[1][2]
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In early 2008, Gentoo founder Daniel Robbins proposed to resolve[3] the Gentoo Foundation problems.[4] But he had left the project in 2004, and his offer was refused.[5] The Funtoo project was born as an initiative to implement his vision, with aims to share innovations.
Funtoo is a source based GNU/Linux distribution.
Funtoo's model is quite different from Gentoo's development process; there is no structure to impose rules, just the project leader with strong qualifications and development discussed on IRC and dev mailing list.[6] Changes are sometimes announced in advance, and as they occur via an Atom feed. This allows for easy tracking of issues, and new core packages. Also, when something major happens, the Funtoo project leader will announce in advance the users for any migration or anything that may require a specific procedure.
Funtoo has several critical changes, or major software packages which are unique to it. It has native UTF-8 support enabled by default.
Funtoo utilizes Git to store the Portage tree. This method has been described as superior to Gentoo's current system of utilizing rsync.[7]
Metro[8] is an automatable software package for building stages used in installing Funtoo.
boot-update[9] provides a unified mechanism for configuring the GRUB 1.9x (sys-boot/grub) and GRUB 0.97 (sys-boot/grub-legacy) boot loaders.
Funtoo has an added simplified core networking solution to allow users to easily create complex network interfaces based on pre-created profiles.[10]
Funtoo switched from bz2 to xz compression in July 2010[11]
Although Funtoo is a source-based distribution, it should be possible to use a Linux kernel binary version[12] at some point in the future. For now, Daniel Robbins proposes the use of the Sabayon Linux kernel.[13]
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