1. Introduction - Gentoo on RPI400
Channel: Kernotex
Date: 2021-05-05

This video demonstrates a complete ARM64 (aka 64-bit ARM or Aarch64) Gentoo system with KDE and XFCE desktop plus a few apps such a LibreOffice and Firefox built on the RPi 400.

The focus of this series is about installing a 64-bit Gentoo system on a Raspberry Pi 400 up to and including booting to the new terminal based system as per the Gentoo Handbook. Installing a GUI is virtually the same as a 'standard' x86/x64 build and is therefore not shown. However, I do give some hints on getting video acceleration, Wifi and Bluetooth working. The Gentoo AMD64 handbook is used as a guide only because there is not yet an official ARM64 handbook. Despite this there are Stage3 images available which makes installing Gentoo a lot easier.

I've  overclocked the RPi 400 from the stock 1.8 GHz to 2.0 GHz for the duration of the installation for additional speed without any negative side-effects.

The techniques used here should also work for an RPi 3 or 4 with some additional modifications.

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyc5xVO2uDsAL4IexulyFhggsOc11Zb63
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