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How to make X listen on port 6000

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why adblockers are bad

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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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amdsmi - 7.1.0

Ebuild name:

dev-util/amdsmi-7.1.0

Description

AMD System Management Interface for managing and monitoring GPUs

Added to portage

2025-12-01

apispec - 6.9.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/apispec-6.9.0

Description

A pluggable API specification generator

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2025-12-01

asterisk - 20.17.0

Ebuild name:

net-misc/asterisk-20.17.0

Description

Asterisk A Modular Open Source PBX System

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asterisk - 21.12.0

Ebuild name:

net-misc/asterisk-21.12.0

Description

Asterisk A Modular Open Source PBX System

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asterisk - 22.7.0

Ebuild name:

net-misc/asterisk-22.7.0

Description

Asterisk A Modular Open Source PBX System

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aws-sam-translator - 1.104.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/aws-sam-translator-1.104.0

Description

A library that transform SAM templates into AWS CloudFormatio

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2025-12-01

beautifulsoup4 - 4.14.3

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dev-python/beautifulsoup4-4.14.3

Description

Pythonic idioms for iterating, searching, and modifying an HTML/XM

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beniget - 0.5.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/beniget-0.5.0

Description

Extract semantic information about static Python code

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buffer - 1.19-r5

Ebuild name:

sys-block/buffer-1.19-r5

Description

A tapedrive tool for speeding up reading from and writing to tape

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cfn-lint - 1.42.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/cfn-lint-1.42.0

Description

CloudFormation Linter

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cgit - 1.2.3_p20240802-r2

Ebuild name:

www-apps/cgit-1.2.3_p20240802-r2

Description

A fast web-interface for Git repositories

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2025-12-01

cinnamon-screensaver - 6.4.0-r2

Ebuild name:

gnome-extra/cinnamon-screensaver-6.4.0-r2

Description

Screensaver for Cinnamon

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2025-12-01

cinnamon-screensaver - 6.4.1-r1

Ebuild name:

gnome-extra/cinnamon-screensaver-6.4.1-r1

Description

Screensaver for Cinnamon

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coverage - 7.12.1_beta1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/coverage-7.12.1_beta1

Description

Code coverage measurement for Python

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cryptodev - 1.14

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/cryptodev-1.14

Description

device that allows access to Linux kernel cryptographic drivers

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cython - 3.2.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/cython-3.2.2

Description

A Python to C compiler

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gcc - 16.0.0_p20251130

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/gcc-16.0.0_p20251130

Description

The GNU Compiler Collection

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genshi - 0.7.10

Ebuild name:

dev-python/genshi-0.7.10

Description

Python toolkit for stream-based generation of output for the web

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gpa - 0.11.0-r2

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/gpa-0.11.0-r2

Description

GNU Privacy Assistant (GPA) a graphical user interface for GnuPG

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2025-12-01

gpxsee - 15.5

Ebuild name:

sci-geosciences/gpxsee-15.5

Description

Viewer and analyzer that supports gpx, tcx, kml, fit, igc and nmea file

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2025-12-01

grass - 8.4.1-r2

Ebuild name:

sci-geosciences/grass-8.4.1-r2

Description

Free GIS with raster and vector functionality, as well as 3D vizuali

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2025-12-01

ig - 0.47.0

Ebuild name:

app-admin/ig-0.47.0

Description

Tools and framework for data collection and system inspection using eBPF

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2025-12-01

inspectrum - 0.3.1_p20251130

Ebuild name:

net-wireless/inspectrum-0.3.1_p20251130

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Tool for analysing captured signals from software-defined r

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2025-12-01

irqbalance - 1.9.4-r3

Ebuild name:

sys-apps/irqbalance-1.9.4-r3

Description

Distribute hardware interrupts across processors on a multiprocessor s

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2025-12-01

jellyfin-bin - 10.11.4

Ebuild name:

www-apps/jellyfin-bin-10.11.4

Description

Jellyfin puts you in control of managing and streaming your media

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2025-12-01

libtmux - 0.50.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/libtmux-0.50.0

Description

Typed library that provides an ORM wrapper for tmux, a terminal multiplex

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libvirt - 11.9.0

Ebuild name:

app-emulation/libvirt-11.9.0

Description

C toolkit to manipulate virtual machines

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libvirt-python - 11.9.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/libvirt-python-11.9.0

Description

libvirt Python bindings

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libxslt - 1.1.45

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.45

Description

XSLT libraries and tools

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2025-12-01

limine - 10.4.0

Ebuild name:

sys-boot/limine-10.4.0

Description

Limine is a modern, advanced, and portable BIOS/UEFI multiprotocol bootloade

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2025-12-01

meson - 1.10.0_rc1

Ebuild name:

dev-build/meson-1.10.0_rc1

Description

Open source build system

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moto - 5.1.18

Ebuild name:

dev-python/moto-5.1.18

Description

Mock library for boto

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2025-12-01

mtx - 1.3.12-r1

Ebuild name:

sys-block/mtx-1.3.12-r1

Description

Utilities for controlling SCSI media changers and tape drives

Added to portage

2025-12-01

planner - 3.42-r1

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/planner-3.42-r1

Description

Maintain a local Wiki using Emacs-friendly markup

Added to portage

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plz - 0.7.2

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/plz-0.7.2

Description

HTTP library with curl backend for GNU Emacs

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2025-12-01

postfix - 3.11_pre20251130

Ebuild name:

mail-mta/postfix-3.11_pre20251130

Description

A fast and secure drop-in replacement for sendmail

Added to portage

2025-12-01

pygraphviz - 1.14-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pygraphviz-1.14-r1

Description

Python wrapper for the Graphviz Agraph data structure

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2025-12-01

pygraphviz - 1.14-r2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pygraphviz-1.14-r2

Description

Python wrapper for the Graphviz Agraph data structure

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2025-12-01

pylint - 4.0.4

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pylint-4.0.4

Description

Python code static checker

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2025-12-01

pythontex - 0.18_p20251112

Ebuild name:

dev-tex/pythontex-0.18_p20251112

Description

Fast Access to Python from within LaTeX

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2025-12-01

qmapshack - 1.19.0

Ebuild name:

sci-geosciences/qmapshack-1.19.0

Description

GPS mapping utility

Added to portage

2025-12-01

radicale - 3.5.9

Ebuild name:

www-apps/radicale-3.5.9

Description

A simple CalDAV calendar server

Added to portage

2025-12-01

remind - 06.02.01

Ebuild name:

app-misc/remind-06.02.01

Description

Ridiculously functional reminder program

Added to portage

2025-12-01

rpds-py - 0.30.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/rpds-py-0.30.0

Description

Python bindings to Rust's persistent data structures (rpds)

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2025-12-01

sbcl - 2.5.11

Ebuild name:

dev-lisp/sbcl-2.5.11

Description

Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) is an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp

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2025-12-01

socklog - 2.1.2

Ebuild name:

app-admin/socklog-2.1.2

Description

Small secure replacement for syslogd with automatic log rotation

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2025-12-01

sphinx - 9.0.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/sphinx-9.0.0

Description

Python documentation generator

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2025-12-01

supercollider - 3.14.1

Ebuild name:

media-sound/supercollider-3.14.1

Description

Environment and programming language for real time audio synthesis

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2025-12-01

wild - 0.7.0

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/wild-0.7.0

Description

A very fast linker for Linux

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2025-12-01

wild - 0.7.0-r1

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/wild-0.7.0-r1

Description

A very fast linker for Linux

Added to portage

2025-12-01

wild - 9999

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/wild-9999

Description

A very fast linker for Linux

Added to portage

2025-12-01

xdotool - 4.20251130.1

Ebuild name:

x11-misc/xdotool-4.20251130.1

Description

Simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows

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2025-12-01

zerotier - 1.16.0-r2

Ebuild name:

net-misc/zerotier-1.16.0-r2

Description

A software-based managed Ethernet switch for planet Earth

Added to portage

2025-12-01

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