Category:Core system

The "core system" pages cover the central aspects of Gentoo Linux, both those written and maintained by Gentoo, and projects essential to running systems in general.

See the Portage articles about the package manager. See OpenRC and systemd for the principal init systems on Gentoo.

See GRUB and the Bootloaders sub category about setting up a boot loader.

Other central subcategories include Installation, Kernel, and Shell.