# Daniel Robbins Daniel Robbins is an American software developer best known as the creator of [[Gentoo]] Linux (2000). He originally started the project as "Enoch Linux" in 1999 before renaming it to Gentoo (after the fastest-swimming penguin species). He designed Gentoo's philosophy of compiling software from source with user-defined optimizations, giving users complete control over their systems. Robbins created Portage, Gentoo's powerful package management system inspired by FreeBSD's ports collection. After stepping back from Gentoo in 2004, he briefly worked at Microsoft (2005-2006) before returning to the Linux world. He later founded Funtoo Linux, a Gentoo-based distribution with his own improvements. ## Career - **Gentoo Linux** (1999-2004): Founded and led development - **Microsoft** (2005-2006): Brief stint working on Linux interoperability - **Funtoo Linux** (2008-present): Founded Gentoo derivative with enhancements ## Key Contributions - **[[Gentoo]]**: Source-based Linux distribution emphasizing choice and optimization - **Portage**: Package management system with USE flags and ebuild scripts - **Funtoo**: Continued innovation on Gentoo foundations ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Robbins_(computer_programmer) ## Related - [[Gentoo]] - [[Linux]] - [[Linus Torvalds]] ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Daniel Robbins]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Daniel Robbins]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->