Editing Gentoo Linux (section)

====Special releases====
In 2009, a special Live DVD was released to celebrate Gentoo's tenth anniversary. Initially planned as a one-off, the Live DVD was updated to the latest package versions in 2011 due to its popularity among new users.

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| Unreal Tournament 2003 LiveCD || {{dts|2002-09-18|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/gentoo-ut2k3demo |title=Unreal Tournament 2003 LiveCD |publisher=sourceforge.net |date=2003-04-13 |access-date=2018-02-10 |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211072132/http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/gentoo-ut2k3demo |url-status=live}}</ref> - Bootable NVIDIA GPU-accelerated [[Unreal Tournament 2003]] LiveCD, demoed at [[LinuxWorld Conference and Expo]] 2003.
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| 10.0 || {{dts|2009-10-04|format=mdy}}<ref name="10-years">{{cite web |url=https://www.gentoo.org/news/20091004-gentoo-10-years.xml |title=Gentoo Linux – Ten Years Compiling: 1999–2009 |publisher=Gentoo.org |date=2009-10-04 |access-date=2018-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222231552/https://www.gentoo.org/news/20091004-gentoo-10-years.xml |archive-date=December 22, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> (special edition Live DVD for the 10th anniversary)
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| 10.1 || {{dts|2009-10-10|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gentoo.org/news/20091023-livedvd-10.1-announcement.xml |title=Gentoo Ten Live DVD 10.1 Release |publisher=Gentoo.org |date=2009-10-23 |access-date=2014-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820152154/http://www.gentoo.org/news/20091023-livedvd-10.1-announcement.xml |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> (Bugfix release of Special Live DVD)
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| 11.0 || {{dts|2011-04-08|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gentoo.org/news/20110308-livedvd.xml |title=Gentoo Linux - LiveDVD 11.0 |publisher=Gentoo.org |date=2011-03-08 |access-date=2014-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222015352/http://www.gentoo.org/news/20110308-livedvd.xml |archive-date=December 22, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> (Anniversary Live DVD is updated to latest package versions)
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| 12.0 || {{dts|2012-01-02|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gentoo.org/news/20120102-livedvd.xml |title=Gentoo Linux releases 12.0 LiveDVD |publisher=Gentoo.org |date=2012-01-02 |access-date=2014-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110170016/http://www.gentoo.org/news/20120102-livedvd.xml |archive-date=November 10, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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| 12.1 || {{dts|2012-04-01|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gentoo.org/news/20120401-livedvd.xml |title=Gentoo Linux releases 12.1 LiveDVD |publisher=Gentoo.org |date=2012-04-01 |access-date=2014-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013063631/http://www.gentoo.org/news/20120401-livedvd.xml |archive-date=October 13, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> (With an April Fool's joke named "Install Wizard")
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| 20121221 || {{dts|2012-12-21|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gentoo.org/news/20121221-livedvd.xml |title=Gentoo Linux releases 20121221 LiveDVD - End Of World Edition |publisher=Gentoo.org |date=2012-12-21 |access-date=2014-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003123703/http://www.gentoo.org/news/20121221-livedvd.xml |archive-date=October 3, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> (Live DVD - End Of World Edition)
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| 20140826 || {{dts|2014-08-26|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml |title=Gentoo Linux releases the 20140826 LiveDVD - Iron Penguin Edition |publisher=Gentoo.org |date=2014-08-26 |access-date=2014-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010185011/http://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml |archive-date=October 10, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> (Live DVD - Iron Penguin Edition)
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| 20160514 || {{dts|2016-05-14|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng/LiveDVD/20160514 |title=Gentoo Linux releases the 20160514 LiveDVD - Choice Edition |publisher=Gentoo.org |date=2016-05-14 |access-date=2016-06-11 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801005216/https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng/LiveDVD/20160514 |url-status=live}}</ref> (Live DVD - Choice Edition; UEFI, ZFSOnLinux, and writable file systems using [[Aufs|AUFS]])
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| 20160704<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20160822#gentoo|title=Gentoo Linux live DVD "Choice Edition"|journal=DistroWatch|issue=675|date=August 22, 2016|access-date=June 23, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623221931/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20160822#gentoo|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{dts|2016-07-04|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng/LiveDVD/20160704 |title=Gentoo Linux releases the 20160704 LiveDVD - Choice Edition Part Dos |publisher=Gentoo.org |date=2016-07-04 |access-date=2016-08-29 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801005340/https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng/LiveDVD/20160704 |url-status=live}}</ref> (Live DVD - Choice Edition Part Dos)
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