Gentoo Linux Howtos: Tips&Tricks

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How to make X listen on port 6000

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Website translation planned

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Compile Time Estimator integrated into genlop

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Exploring portage features

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Speeding up configure runs with confcache

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Adding extra options to the configure call during emerge

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Another alternative for installing Gentoo

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Bootup with the Gentoo 2006.0 logo

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Query gentoo.linuxhowtos.org portagetree from within Konqueror

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Changing the DHCP Timeout

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Portage magic

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Hotplugging? Coldplugging!

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Querying Portage with etcat

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Editing USE flags with ufed and euse

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Using qpkg

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Using the Gentoo Log Parser (genlop)

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Recovering the root password

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Comparing Files

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Specifying only needed locales

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nice and PORTAGE_NICENESS

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Portage's new '--newuse' option

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concurrent-ruby - 1.3.6

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dev-ruby/concurrent-ruby-1.3.6

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Modern concurrency tools including agents, futures, promises, thread

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flog - 4.9.0

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Flog reports the most tortured code in an easy to read pain report

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grub-themes-gentoo - 1.0

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sys-boot/grub-themes-gentoo-1.0

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Grub2 Themes for Gentoo

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openresolv - 3.17.3

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A framework for managing DNS information

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ponysay - 3.0.3-r2

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cowsay reimplemention for ponies

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ttfautohint - 1.8.4-r4

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acme-client - 2.0.29

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A Ruby client for the letsencrypt's ACME protocol

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authlib - 1.6.6

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dev-python/authlib-1.6.6

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A Python library in building OAuth and OpenID Connect servers and clients

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awscli - 1.43.15

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Universal Command Line Environment for AWS

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beartype - 0.22.9

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Unbearably fast runtime type checking in pure Python

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boogie - 3.5.6

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SMT-based program verifier

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boto3 - 1.42.9

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The AWS SDK for Python

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botocore - 1.42.9

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Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3

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cachetools - 6.2.3

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dev-python/cachetools-6.2.3

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Extensible memoizing collections and decorators

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capistrano - 3.20.0

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A distributed application deployment system

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chrome-binary-plugins - 143.0.7499.109

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Binary plugins from Google Chrome for use in Chrom

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chrome-binary-plugins - 144.0.7559.20_beta

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Binary plugins from Google Chrome for use in C

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chrome-binary-plugins - 145.0.7572.2_alpha

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Binary plugins from Google Chrome for use in C

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chromedriver-bin - 143.0.7499.109

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WebDriver for Chrome

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chromium - 143.0.7499.109

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Open-source version of Google Chrome web browser

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clojure - 1.12.4

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General-purpose programming language with an emphasis on functional program

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cpuinfo - 2025.11.14

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CPU INFOrmation library

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dar - 2.8.2

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A full featured backup tool, aimed for disks

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devcontainer - 0.80.3

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Reference implementation of the Development Containers specifica

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dist-kernel - 6.12.62

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virtual/dist-kernel-6.12.62

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Virtual to depend on any Distribution Kernel

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dist-kernel - 6.17.12

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virtual/dist-kernel-6.17.12

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Virtual to depend on any Distribution Kernel

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duckdb - 1.4.3

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dev-db/duckdb-1.4.3

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high-performance analytical database system

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flask-cors - 6.0.2

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A Flask extension for Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

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fonttools - 4.61.1

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dev-python/fonttools-4.61.1

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Library for manipulating TrueType, OpenType, AFM and Type1 fonts

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gallery-dl - 1.31.0

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Download image galleries and collections from several image hosting site

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gentoo-kernel - 6.12.62

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sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.12.62

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Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches

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gentoo-kernel - 6.17.12

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sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.17.12

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Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches

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gentoo-kernel-bin - 6.12.62

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sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.12.62

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Pre-built Linux kernel with Gentoo patches

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gentoo-kernel-bin - 6.17.12

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sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.17.12

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Pre-built Linux kernel with Gentoo patches

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google-chrome - 143.0.7499.109

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The web browser from Google

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google-chrome-beta - 144.0.7559.20

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The web browser from Google

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google-chrome-unstable - 145.0.7572.2

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www-client/google-chrome-unstable-145.0.7572.2

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The web browser from Google

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kstars - 3.8.0

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Desktop Planetarium

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libgpr - 26.0.0

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Ada library to handle GPRbuild project files

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mac - 11.90

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media-sound/mac-11.90

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Monkey's Audio Codecs

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microsoft-edge - 143.0.3650.80

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The web browser from Microsoft

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microsoft-edge-beta - 143.0.3650.66

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www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-143.0.3650.66

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The web browser from Microsoft

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minitest - 5.27.0

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dev-ruby/minitest-5.27.0

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minitest/unit is a small and fast replacement for ruby's huge and slow tes

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moarvm - 2025.11

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dev-lang/moarvm-2025.11

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A 6model-based VM for NQP and Raku

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nqp - 2025.11

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dev-lang/nqp-2025.11

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Not Quite Perl, a Raku bootstrapping compiler

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2025-12-13

opera - 125.0.5729.21

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www-client/opera-125.0.5729.21

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A fast and secure web browser

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opera-developer - 126.0.5742.0

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www-client/opera-developer-126.0.5742.0

Description

A fast and secure web browser

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opera-developer - 126.0.5744.0

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www-client/opera-developer-126.0.5744.0

Description

A fast and secure web browser

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org-superstar-mode - 1.5.0

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app-emacs/org-superstar-mode-1.5.0

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2025-12-13

osm - 1.10

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app-emacs/osm-1.10

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OpenStreetMap tile-based viewer for GNU Emacs

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2025-12-13

osm - 1.9

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/osm-1.9

Description

OpenStreetMap tile-based viewer for GNU Emacs

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2025-12-13

osm - 9999

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app-emacs/osm-9999

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OpenStreetMap tile-based viewer for GNU Emacs

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outline-magic - 0.9

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app-emacs/outline-magic-0.9

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Outline mode extensions for Emacs

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puppet_forge - 6.1.0

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dev-ruby/puppet_forge-6.1.0

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Tools to access Forge API information on Modules, Users, and Releases

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pydf - 15

Ebuild name:

app-admin/pydf-15

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Enhanced df with colors

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pytest-describe - 3.1.0

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dev-python/pytest-describe-3.1.0

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Describe-style plugin for pytest

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2025-12-13

rakudo - 2025.11

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dev-lang/rakudo-2025.11

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A compiler for the Raku programming language

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rclone - 1.72.1

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net-misc/rclone-1.72.1

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A program to sync files to and from various cloud storage providers

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2025-12-13

ruff - 0.14.9

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dev-util/ruff-0.14.9

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An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust

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2025-12-13

simdjson - 4.2.3

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dev-libs/simdjson-4.2.3

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SIMD accelerated C++ JSON library

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sourcegit - 2025.39

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sqlitestudio - 4.0.0_pre20251207

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Powerful cross-platform SQLite database manager

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sshkit - 1.25.0

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dev-ruby/sshkit-1.25.0

Description

SSHKit makes it easy to write structured, testable SSH commands in Ruby

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2025-12-13

steve - 1.2.0

Ebuild name:

dev-build/steve-1.2.0

Description

A load-balancing jobserver for Gentoo

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2025-12-13

supercollider - 3.14.1-r1

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media-sound/supercollider-3.14.1-r1

Description

Environment and programming language for real time audio synthe

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2025-12-13

syd - 3.46.0

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tifffile - 2025.12.12

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dev-python/tifffile-2025.12.12

Description

Read and write TIFF files

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vanilla-kernel - 6.12.62

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sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.12.62

Description

Linux kernel built from vanilla upstream sources

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vanilla-kernel - 6.17.12

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.17.12

Description

Linux kernel built from vanilla upstream sources

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2025-12-13

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