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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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2026-09-27

atuin - 18.23.0

Ebuild name:

app-shells/atuin-18.23.0

Description

Shell history manager supporting encrypted synchronisation

Added to portage

2026-09-27

avrdude - 8.3

Ebuild name:

dev-embedded/avrdude-8.3

Description

AVR Downloader/UploaDEr

Added to portage

2026-09-27

cattrs - 26.2.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/cattrs-26.2.1

Description

Composable complex class support for attrs and dataclasses

Added to portage

2026-09-27

deprecated - 3.0.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/deprecated-3.0.0

Description

Python @deprecated decorator to deprecate old API

Added to portage

2026-09-27

filelock - 4.0.4

Ebuild name:

dev-python/filelock-4.0.4

Description

A platform independent file lock for Python

Added to portage

2026-09-27

identify - 2.6.20

Ebuild name:

dev-python/identify-2.6.20

Description

File identification library for Python

Added to portage

2026-09-27

knowit - 0.7.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/knowit-0.7.1

Description

Know better your media files

Added to portage

2026-09-27

meson-python - 0.22.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/meson-python-0.22.0

Description

Meson PEP 517 Python build backend

Added to portage

2026-09-27

multidict - 7.0.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/multidict-7.0.0

Description

multidict implementation

Added to portage

2026-09-27

owasp-java-encoder - 1.4.1

Ebuild name:

dev-java/owasp-java-encoder-1.4.1

Description

OWASP Java Encoder

Added to portage

2026-09-27

qpdf - 12.4.2

Ebuild name:

app-text/qpdf-12.4.2

Description

Command-line tool for structural, content-preserving transformation of PDF fil

Added to portage

2026-09-27

2026-09-26

astroid - 4.3.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/astroid-4.3.2

Description

Abstract Syntax Tree for logilab packages

Added to portage

2026-09-26

awscli - 2.37.4

Ebuild name:

app-admin/awscli-2.37.4

Description

Universal Command Line Environment for AWS

Added to portage

2026-09-26

bitwarden-desktop-bin - 2026.9.0

Ebuild name:

app-admin/bitwarden-desktop-bin-2026.9.0

Description

Bitwarden password manager desktop client

Added to portage

2026-09-26

borgmatic - 2.1.9

Ebuild name:

app-backup/borgmatic-2.1.9

Description

Automatically create, prune and verify backups with borgbackup

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2026-09-26

boto3 - 1.43.103

Ebuild name:

dev-python/boto3-1.43.103

Description

The AWS SDK for Python

Added to portage

2026-09-26

botocore - 1.43.103

Ebuild name:

dev-python/botocore-1.43.103

Description

Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3

Added to portage

2026-09-26

command-not-found - 0.0.8

Ebuild name:

app-portage/command-not-found-0.0.8

Description

Command-not-found handler for Gentoo

Added to portage

2026-09-26

dbeaver-bin - 26.2.1

Ebuild name:

dev-db/dbeaver-bin-26.2.1

Description

Free universal database tool (community edition)

Added to portage

2026-09-26

ebuild-mode - 1.86

Ebuild name:

app-xemacs/ebuild-mode-1.86

Description

Emacs modes for editing ebuilds and other Gentoo specific files

Added to portage

2026-09-26

fastfetch - 2.69.0

Ebuild name:

app-misc/fastfetch-2.69.0

Description

Fast neofetch-like system information tool

Added to portage

2026-09-26

fcitx - 5.1.23

Ebuild name:

app-i18n/fcitx-5.1.23

Description

Fcitx 5 is a generic input method framework

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2026-09-26

fcitx-chinese-addons - 5.1.15

Ebuild name:

app-i18n/fcitx-chinese-addons-5.1.15

Description

Addons related to Chinese, including IME previous bundled insi

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2026-09-26

fcitx-configtool - 5.1.16

Ebuild name:

app-i18n/fcitx-configtool-5.1.16

Description

Configuration module for Fcitx

Added to portage

2026-09-26

fcitx-qt - 5.1.16

Ebuild name:

app-i18n/fcitx-qt-5.1.16

Description

Qt library and IM module for fcitx5

Added to portage

2026-09-26

gdb - 18.1

Ebuild name:

dev-debug/gdb-18.1

Description

GNU debugger

Added to portage

2026-09-26

gpgme - 2.1.0

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/gpgme-2.1.0

Description

GnuPG Made Easy is a library for making GnuPG easier to use

Added to portage

2026-09-26

gpgme - 2.1.1

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/gpgme-2.1.1

Description

GnuPG Made Easy is a library for making GnuPG easier to use

Added to portage

2026-09-26

gpgme - 2.1.2

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/gpgme-2.1.2

Description

GnuPG Made Easy is a library for making GnuPG easier to use

Added to portage

2026-09-26

gpgme - 2.2.0

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/gpgme-2.2.0

Description

GnuPG Made Easy is a library for making GnuPG easier to use

Added to portage

2026-09-26

gpgstats - 0.5-r2

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/gpgstats-0.5-r2

Description

GPGstats calculates statistics on the keys in your key-ring

Added to portage

2026-09-26

gspell - 1.14.5

Ebuild name:

app-text/gspell-1.14.5

Description

Spell check library for GTK+ applications

Added to portage

2026-09-26

gtranslator - 51.0

Ebuild name:

app-text/gtranslator-51.0

Description

GNOME Translation Editor

Added to portage

2026-09-26

hashalot - 0.3-r3

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/hashalot-0.3-r3

Description

Reads a passphrase and prints a hash

Added to portage

2026-09-26

hashcat - 6.2.6-r1

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/hashcat-6.2.6-r1

Description

World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility

Added to portage

2026-09-26

hashcat - 7.1.2

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/hashcat-7.1.2

Description

World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility

Added to portage

2026-09-26

haskell-mode - 17.4

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/haskell-mode-17.4

Description

Mode for editing (and running) Haskell programs in Emacs

Added to portage

2026-09-26

haskell-mode - 17.5_p20260206

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/haskell-mode-17.5_p20260206

Description

Mode for editing (and running) Haskell programs in Emacs

Added to portage

2026-09-26

haskell-mode - 9999

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/haskell-mode-9999

Description

Mode for editing (and running) Haskell programs in Emacs

Added to portage

2026-09-26

libcbor - 0.14.0

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libcbor-0.14.0

Description

CBOR protocol implementation for C and others

Added to portage

2026-09-26

libcdio - 2.4.0

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libcdio-2.4.0

Description

A library to encapsulate CD-ROM reading and control

Added to portage

2026-09-26

libime - 1.1.17

Ebuild name:

app-i18n/libime-1.1.17

Description

Fcitx5 Next generation of fcitx

Added to portage

2026-09-26

localsearch - 3.12.0

Ebuild name:

app-misc/localsearch-3.12.0

Description

Indexer and search engine that powers desktop search for core GNOME com

Added to portage

2026-09-26

markdown - 3.11

Ebuild name:

dev-python/markdown-3.11

Description

Python implementation of the markdown markup language

Added to portage

2026-09-26

multipart - 2.0.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/multipart-2.0.1

Description

Parser for multipart/form-data

Added to portage

2026-09-26

mycli - 2.25.3

Ebuild name:

dev-db/mycli-2.25.3

Description

CLI for MySQL Database with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

Added to portage

2026-09-26

patool - 4.1.0

Ebuild name:

app-arch/patool-4.1.0

Description

Portable archive file manager

Added to portage

2026-09-26

platformio - 6.2.0

Ebuild name:

dev-embedded/platformio-6.2.0

Description

An open source ecosystem for IoT development

Added to portage

2026-09-26

pypy - 3.12.8.0.0

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/pypy-3.12.8.0.0

Description

A fast, compliant alternative implementation of the Python () language

Added to portage

2026-09-26

pypy3-exe - 3.12.8.0.0

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/pypy3-exe-3.12.8.0.0

Description

PyPy3.12 executable (build from source)

Added to portage

2026-09-26

pypy3-exe-bin - 3.12.8.0.0

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/pypy3-exe-bin-3.12.8.0.0

Description

PyPy executable (pre-built version)

Added to portage

2026-09-26

rime-data - 1.0.20260922

Ebuild name:

app-i18n/rime-data-1.0.20260922

Description

Added to portage

2026-09-26

rpi-eeprom - 28.32

Ebuild name:

dev-embedded/rpi-eeprom-28.32

Description

Updater for Raspberry Pi 4/5 bootloader and the VL805 USB controller

Added to portage

2026-09-26

tinysparql - 3.12.0

Ebuild name:

app-misc/tinysparql-3.12.0

Description

Low-footprint RDF triple store with SPARQL 1.1 interface

Added to portage

2026-09-26

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