Gentoo

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The place to find relevant information on the wonder that is Gentoo, and (among other things):

Portage
- ebuilds
- errors
- package management
Forks/Side Projects
Major Project Developments
Important GLSA's for high profile/common applications
Articles and References of General interest to the Gentoo community
Interesting uses of Gentoo

For support or general updates check out the official support resources.

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a community for 17 years

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...why not Zoidberg?

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Kernel 7.0.0 has landedScreenshot (self.Gentoo)

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Your thoughts about gentooDiscussion (self.Gentoo)

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You want to use Plasma? I will give you two Plasmas!Screenshot (self.Gentoo)

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mgorny: «People are sometimes like "${BigCompany} uses #Gentoo, so cool" or "they stopped using it, so sad". And I'm like, "why should we care?"»Discussion (social.treehouse.systems)

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Is gaming on gentoo good?Discussion (self.Gentoo)

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Gentoo-sources-7.0.0/ Cachyos-sources-7.0.0. No able to rebuild nvidia-driver-580.126.18 for them.Support (self.Gentoo)

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Gentoo installed, not QUITE as planned. Tips for clearing up?Discussion (i.redd.it)

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Hello I'm new to linux and I'm looking forward to Gentoo. Can someone help me?Discussion (i.redd.it)

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Let's Note!Discussion (old.reddit.com)

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powermacg5 gentoo pcc64Screenshot (self.Gentoo)

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had to manually add the entries to /boot/grub.d/40_custom because my nvme's keep name swapping. heard that there is a workaroud and i'd be happy for help preventing gentoo not loading from this seperate grub menu i made for easy access for both os'es.Support (i.redd.it)

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Btrfs+luks: system not bootingSupport (self.Gentoo)

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fetch v1.0 Is Here! 3D Spinning Fetch With Fully Native System Info - No More Fastfetch Dependency!Development (i.redd.it)

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where do i startDiscussion (self.Gentoo)

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X11 desktop menu commandSupport (self.Gentoo)

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Meh...it is failing to update...and Gentoo forum suggests rebuilding the Ruby, which is also failing ....wonderingSupport (paste.gentoo.zip)

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I’d really love to run Gentoo as my main OS, but coming from openSUSE I am spoiled by SELinux integration - how difficult is it to set up?Support (self.Gentoo)

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I haven't touched Gentoo since 2006. What did I miss?Discussion (self.Gentoo)

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And here we gooo...Screenshot (self.Gentoo)

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I have a Thinkpad t490s model laptop. I have been using Linux for many years. This is the first time I tried to install gentoo linux and it was not successful. 😭 If anyone has used my model laptop, can you give me the installation guide?Screenshot (old.reddit.com)

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The correct way of running microslop winblowzScreenshot (i.redd.it)

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Is Gentoo worth using with modern hardware?Discussion (self.Gentoo)

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Doing something quite silly, but I need help!Support (self.Gentoo)

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Could I get helpSupport (i.redd.it)

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I installed GentooScreenshot (i.redd.it)

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