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www-client/vivaldi-snapshot-8.4.4226.3

Description

A browser for our friends

Added to portage

2026-11-12

xfsprogs - 7.2.1-r1
Ebuild name:

sys-fs/xfsprogs-7.2.1-r1

Description

XFS filesystem utilities

Added to portage

2026-11-12

xvfbwrapper - 0.2.38
Ebuild name:

dev-python/xvfbwrapper-0.2.38

Description

Python wrapper for running a display inside X virtual framebuffer

Added to portage

2026-11-12

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