Comment by Philpax
13 hours ago
...is Gentoo large and influential these days? As far as I'm aware, its current cultural status is that of a punchline, but I'm open to being corrected.
13 hours ago
...is Gentoo large and influential these days? As far as I'm aware, its current cultural status is that of a punchline, but I'm open to being corrected.
Gentoo's Portage build system is (or at least was?) part of Google's ChromeOS
Gentoo also runs the backend infra of Sony's Playstation Cloud gaming service
Anecdotal evidence claims it used to also run the NASDAq
Highly unlikely that PSN runs Gentoo. They're using AWS.
I've no idea if Sony uses Gentoo or not, but you can definitely run Gentoo on AWS
OP's statement matches my understanding; parts were gentoo-based at one point.
Gentoo is often at the forefront of identifying and helping resolve integration issues between different software projects, particularly when it comes to compiler tech (e.g. fixing packages so they can be built properly with LTO, or with LLVM as well as GCC) or other backend-detail-minutia which makes the whole system better without always being visible to the end user.
ChromeOS is based in Gentoo.
Yes, Gentoo is like NixOS, sort of a meta-distribution.
Being the base of ChromeOS makes it highly influential.
ChromeOS market share is >5% in many countries, sometimes around double digits.
Also curious of Gentoo's influence in 2026.