Gentoo Dedicated Servers

ServerPronto offers the world's most affordable Gentoo dedicated servers. Gentoo is available on all of our dedicated hosting packages with prices ranging from $29.95 a month to $249.95 a month. Options include Gentoo Linux.

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Gentoo is a free operating system based on Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized for numerous applications. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience.

Thanks to Portage, Gentoo is a metadistribution and can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, or an embedded solution.

Portage is the software distribution for Gentoo and performs many key functions. To obgtain the latest software for Gentoo, you type one command: emerge --sync. This command tells Portage to update your local "Portage tree" over the Internet. This tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to create and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, the are more than ten-thousand packages in the Portage tree, with updates added frequently.

Portage is also a package building and installation system. When you want to install a package, you type emerge packagename, at which point Portage automatically builds a custom version of the package to your exact specifications, optimizing it for your hardware and ensuring that the optional features in the package that you want are enabled - and those you don't want aren't.

Portage also keeps your system up-to-date. Typing emerge -uD world, one command, will ensure that all the packages that you want on your system are updated automatically.

Gentoo Links

• Order a Gentoo Dedicated Server from ServerPronto
• Gentoo Forums
• Gentoo Handbook