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IDG Contributor Network: Why did Gentoo Linux fade into obscurity?


Why did Gentoo Linux fade into obscurity?


Gentoo Linux was fairly well known at one point, with many tech-savvy Linux users opting to run it on their computers. But Gentoo Linux slowly lost popularity over time and is now a pale shadow of its former self in terms of usage and mind-share among Linux users (though there are still some die-hard Gentoo users left on Reddit).


What happened to Gentoo Linux? A redditor asked this question in a recent thread on the Linux subreddit and got some very interesting answers.


Walfers: “Why did Gentoo peak in popularity in 2005, then fade into obscurity?”


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IDG Contributor Network: Why did Gentoo Linux fade into obscurity?

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