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Gentoo Linux is available free over the Internet.
Live environments and stage archives can be downloaded using the links below.

amd64 aka x86_64

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2021-04-14

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-04-14 Stage 3 systemd 2021-04-14

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Minimal Installation CD, Stage 3

x86

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2021-04-12

Stage archives

Stage 3 i686 | openrc 2021-04-12 Stage 3 i686 | systemd 2021-04-12

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Minimal Installation CD, Stage 3

What should I download? What do I do with these files?
Gentoo Handbook

If you are unsure what you need to download, please refer to the Gentoo Handbook for the complete installation documentation.
It explains how you can find the right architecture for your machine and which files you need at what stage of the installation process.

Advanced choices and other architectures

x86 – Advanced choices

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2021-04-12 Admin CD 2021-04-12

Stage archives

Stage 3 i686 | openrc 2021-04-12 Stage 3 i686 | systemd 2021-04-12 Stage 3 i486 | openrc 2021-04-12 Stage 3 i686 | uclibc | openrc 2020-11-27 Hardened stage 3 i686 | openrc 2021-04-12 Hardened stage 3 i686 | uclibc | openrc 2020-11-27

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Confirm processor compatibility

There are two builds of the x86 architecture: i486 and i686.
Processors prior to the Intel Pentium Pro or Pentium II require the i486 variant to be used.

alpha

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2020-02-15

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2020-02-15

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arm64

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-03-23 Stage 3 systemd 2021-03-23

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ia64

Boot media

Minimal Installation CD 2020-08-04

Stage archives

Stage 3 openrc 2021-04-15

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Confirm processor compatibility

The ia64 architecture is intended for use on Intel Itanium processors only.
If you have a 64-bit Intel Pentium/Core/Xeon processor, you need to use the amd64 architecture.

riscv

Stage archives (~riscv)

Stage 3 lp64d | openrc 2021-04-11 Stage 3 lp64d | systemd 2021-04-11 Stage 3 lp64 | openrc 2021-04-11 Stage 3 lp64 | systemd 2021-04-11

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Stage 3

Hardware compatibility

Processor compatibility

The lp64d stages can be used on all 64-bit RISC-V processors supporting the double-precision floating point instruction set. The lp64 stages can be used on all 64-bit RISC-V processors; they require no hardware support for floating point arithmetics.

For an overview of the different instruction sets, see, e.g., the RISC-V wikipedia page.

Additional Gentoo-specific information can be found on the web page of the Gentoo RISC-V project.