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Gentoo Linux is available free over the Internet.
Live environments and stage archives can be downloaded using the links below.

amd64 aka x86-64, x64, Intel 64

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2021-09-26

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-09-26 Stage 3 systemd 2021-09-26

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Minimal Installation CD, Stage 3

arm64 aka AArch64

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2021-09-26

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-09-26 Stage 3 systemd 2021-09-26

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Minimal Installation CD, Stage 3

What should I download? What do I do with these files?
Gentoo Handbook

If you are unsure what you need to download, please refer to the Gentoo Handbook for the complete installation documentation.
It explains how you can find the right architecture for your machine and which files you need at what stage of the installation process.

Advanced choices and other architectures

amd64 – Advanced choices

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2021-09-26 Admin CD 2021-09-26

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-09-26 Stage 3 systemd 2021-09-26 Stage 3 no multilib | openrc 2021-09-26 Stage 3 no multilib | systemd 2021-09-26 Stage 3 x32 | openrc 2021-09-26

Hardened stage archives

Hardened stage 3 openrc 2021-09-26 Hardened stage 3 no multilib | openrc 2021-09-26 H/SELinux stage 3 openrc 2021-09-26 H/SELinux stage 3 no multilib | openrc 2021-09-26

Processor compatibility

Processor compatibility

The amd64 architecture is intended for use on AMD 64-bit CPUs as well as 64-bit Intel Pentium/Core/Xeon processors.

Musl stage archives

Stage 3 musl | openrc 2021-09-26 Hardened stage 3 musl | openrc 2021-09-26
Musl stages require the musl overlay

If you want to use the musl stages, you must add the musl overlay to your installation. Instructions how to do this can be found on the page of the Hardened musl project.

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alpha

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2021-07-28

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-07-28

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arm64

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD EFI 2021-09-26

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-09-26 Stage 3 systemd 2021-09-26

Musl stage archives

Stage 3 musl | openrc 2021-09-26 Hardened Stage 3 musl | openrc 2021-09-26
Musl stages require the musl overlay

If you want to use the musl stages, you must add the musl overlay to your installation. Instructions how to do this can be found on the page of the Hardened musl project.

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ia64

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2020-08-04

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-07-06

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Processor compatibility

Processor compatibility

The ia64 architecture is intended for use on Intel Itanium processors only.
If you have a 64-bit Intel Pentium/Core/Xeon processor, you need to use the amd64 architecture.

m68k

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-09-22

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ppc

Boot media

PPC/PPC64 Minimal Installation CD 2021-08-26 PPC64LE Minimal Installation CD 2021-08-26

Stage archives

PPC stage 3 openrc 2021-08-26 PPC64 stage 3 openrc 2021-08-26 PPC64 stage 3 systemd 2021-08-26 PPC64LE stage 3 openrc 2021-08-26 PPC64LE stage 3 systemd 2021-08-26 PPC64LE stage 3 openrc | power9 2021-08-26 PPC64LE stage 3 systemd | power9 2021-08-26

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Processor compatibility

Processor compatibility

PowerPC CPUs can operate in two modes: big-endian and little-endian.

  • The ppc and ppc64 stages are big-endian stages and can be used with any PowerPC CPU, including some old Apple™ hardware.
  • The ppc64le stages are little-endian stages and are created for running on POWER8 and newer CPUs.
  • The power9le stages are little-endian stages optimized exclusively for POWER9 CPUs.

Hardened / musl stage archives

PPC64 stage 3 musl | openrc 2021-08-26 PPC64LE stage 3 musl | openrc 2021-08-26
Musl stages require the musl overlay

If you want to use the musl stages, you must add the musl overlay to your installation. Instructions how to do this can be found on the page of the Hardened musl project.

riscv

Stage archives (~riscv)

Stage 3 lp64d | openrc 2021-09-24 Stage 3 lp64d | systemd 2021-09-24 Stage 3 lp64 | openrc 2021-09-24 Stage 3 lp64 | systemd 2021-09-24

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Stage 3

Processor compatibility

Processor compatibility

The lp64d stages can be used on all 64-bit RISC-V processors supporting the double-precision floating point instruction set. The lp64 stages can be used on all 64-bit RISC-V processors; they require no hardware support for floating point arithmetics.

For an overview of the different instruction sets, see, e.g., the RISC-V wikipedia page.

Additional Gentoo-specific information can be found on the web page of the Gentoo RISC-V project.

x86

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2021-09-23 Admin CD 2021-09-23

Stage archives

Stage 3 i686 | openrc 2021-09-23 Stage 3 i686 | systemd 2021-09-23 Stage 3 i486 | openrc 2021-09-23

Hardened stage archives

Hardened stage 3 i686 | openrc 2021-09-23

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Processor compatibility

Processor compatibility

There are two builds of the x86 architecture: i486 and i686.
Processors prior to the Intel Pentium Pro or Pentium II require the i486 variant to be used.

Musl stage archives

Stage 3 i686 | openrc | musl 2021-08-23
Musl stages require the musl overlay

If you want to use the musl stages, you must add the musl overlay to your installation. Instructions how to do this can be found on the page of the Hardened musl project.