Daniel Robbins is a software developer best known as the founder and former chief architect of the Gentoo Linux project.
During his time as a system administrator at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque Robbins first came into contact with Linux. He became a developer on Stampede Linux, and later formed his own distribution Enoch Linux, which was later renamed Gentoo in 2002.
He has also been a fairly prolific technical writer, writing wel...
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Daniel Robbins is a software developer best known as the founder and former chief architect of the Gentoo Linux project.
During his time as a system administrator at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque Robbins first came into contact with Linux. He became a developer on Stampede Linux, and later formed his own distribution Enoch Linux, which was later renamed Gentoo in 2002.
He has also been a fairly prolific technical writer, writing well-regarded tutorials for IBM and the Gentoo project, among others.
The Gentoo Linux distribution created enormous interest almost immediately. It remains by far the most high-profile source-based Linux distribution, and the quality of its documentation, and friendliness of its forums have been widely praised.
However, like many other free software projects, Gentoo struggled to create a business model which would support its key developers. Robbins resigned as Chief Architect on 26 April 2004,, citing considerable personal debt, and a desire to...
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