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

Please see 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.
In brief, a stage 3 is a minimal set of Gentoo binaries that can upgrade and expand itself (but not much more, i.e., no kernel or boot loader). The desktop version already contains additional programs needed in a typical desktop installation. The installation CD can be used to boot and, well, install Gentoo.

Advanced choices and other architectures

amd64 – Advanced choices

{% include downloads/amd64-advanced.html %}

alpha

{% include downloads/alpha.html %}

arm

{% include downloads/arm.html %}

arm64

{% include downloads/arm64-advanced.html %}

hppa

{% include downloads/hppa.html %}

loong

{% include downloads/loong.html %}

mips

{% include downloads/mips.html %}

m68k

{% include downloads/m68k.html %}

ppc

{% include downloads/ppc.html %}

riscv

{% include downloads/riscv.html %}

s390

{% include downloads/s390.html %}

sparc

{% include downloads/sparc.html %}

x86

{% include downloads/x86.html %}

Experimental downloads

For additional highly experimental downloads across all architectures please refer to the complete experimental downloads archive. Hic sunt dracones.#