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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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2026-04-19

authlib - 1.7.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/authlib-1.7.0

Description

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

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2026-04-19

dash - 0.5.13.3

Ebuild name:

app-shells/dash-0.5.13.3

Description

Debian Almquist Shell

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2026-04-19

joserfc - 1.6.4

Ebuild name:

dev-python/joserfc-1.6.4

Description

A Python library for JOSE RFCs JWS, JWE, JWK, JWA, JWT

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2026-04-19

lxml - 6.1.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/lxml-6.1.0

Description

A Pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries

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2026-04-19

openssl-compat - 3.6.2

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/openssl-compat-3.6.2

Description

Full-strength general purpose cryptography library (including SSL and

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2026-04-19

pysnmp - 7.1.24

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pysnmp-7.1.24

Description

Python SNMP library

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2026-04-19

wine-staging - 11.7

Ebuild name:

app-emulation/wine-staging-11.7

Description

Free implementation of Windows(tm) on Unix, with Wine-Staging patch

Added to portage

2026-04-19

2026-04-18

autoconf-dickey - 2.52_p20260412

Ebuild name:

dev-build/autoconf-dickey-2.52_p20260412

Description

Fork of dev-build/autoconf for Thomas Dickey's packages

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2026-04-18

awscli - 1.44.81

Ebuild name:

app-admin/awscli-1.44.81

Description

Universal Command Line Environment for AWS

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2026-04-18

boto3 - 1.42.91

Ebuild name:

dev-python/boto3-1.42.91

Description

The AWS SDK for Python

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2026-04-18

botocore - 1.42.91

Ebuild name:

dev-python/botocore-1.42.91

Description

Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3

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2026-04-18

clojure-clr - 1.12.2

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dev-lang/clojure-clr-1.12.2

Description

Port of the functional programming language Clojure to the CLR and .NET

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2026-04-18

csharp-language-server - 0.24.0

Ebuild name:

dev-dotnet/csharp-language-server-0.24.0

Description

Roslyn-based LSP language server for C

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2026-04-18

drawio-desktop-bin - 29.6.6

Ebuild name:

app-office/drawio-desktop-bin-29.6.6

Description

draw.io diagramming and whiteboarding desktop app

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2026-04-18

faker - 40.14.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/faker-40.14.1

Description

A Python package that generates fake data for you

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2026-04-18

flask-caching - 2.4.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/flask-caching-2.4.0

Description

Adds caching support to Flask applications

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2026-04-18

gzip - 1.14_p20260418

Ebuild name:

app-arch/gzip-1.14_p20260418

Description

Standard GNU compressor

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2026-04-18

identify - 2.6.19

Ebuild name:

dev-python/identify-2.6.19

Description

File identification library for Python

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2026-04-18

ktextaddons - 2.0.1-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/ktextaddons-2.0.1-r1

Description

Various text handling addons

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2026-04-18

libburn - 1.5.8

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libburn-1.5.8

Description

Open-source library for reading, mastering and writing optical discs

Added to portage

2026-04-18

libisoburn - 1.5.8

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libisoburn-1.5.8

Description

Creation/expansion of ISO-9660 filesystems on CD/DVD media supported by l

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2026-04-18

libisofs - 1.5.8_p1

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libisofs-1.5.8_p1

Description

Open-source library for reading, mastering and writing optical discs

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2026-04-18

marisa - 0.3.1-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/marisa-0.3.1-r1

Description

Matching Algorithm with Recursively Implemented StorAge

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2026-04-18

mediafile - 0.16.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/mediafile-0.16.2

Description

Read and write audio files' tags in Python

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2026-04-18

meson - 1.11.0

Ebuild name:

dev-build/meson-1.11.0

Description

Open source build system

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2026-04-18

nprolog - 5.11

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/nprolog-5.11

Description

Interpreter and compiler to be compatible with Arity/Prolog32

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2026-04-18

nprolog - 5.15

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/nprolog-5.15

Description

Interpreter and compiler to be compatible with Arity/Prolog32

Added to portage

2026-04-18

nss - 3.123

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/nss-3.123

Description

Mozilla's Network Security Services library that implements PKI support

Added to portage

2026-04-18

pelican-minify - 2.0.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pelican-minify-2.0.2

Description

An HTML minification plugin for Pelican, the static site generator

Added to portage

2026-04-18

pyamg - 5.3.0-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pyamg-5.3.0-r1

Description

Algebraic multigrid solvers in Python

Added to portage

2026-04-18

pydantic - 2.13.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pydantic-2.13.2

Description

Data parsing and validation using Python type hints

Added to portage

2026-04-18

rust - 1.95.0

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/rust-1.95.0

Description

Systems programming language originally developed by Mozilla

Added to portage

2026-04-18

rust-bin - 1.95.0

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/rust-bin-1.95.0

Description

Added to portage

2026-04-18

rust-common - 1.95.0

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/rust-common-1.95.0

Description

Common files shared between multiple slots of Rust

Added to portage

2026-04-18

simdjson - 4.6.2

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/simdjson-4.6.2

Description

SIMD accelerated C++ JSON library

Added to portage

2026-04-18

swig - 4.4.1

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/swig-4.4.1

Description

Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator

Added to portage

2026-04-18

typescript - 6.0.3

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/typescript-6.0.3

Description

Superset of JavaScript with optional static typing, classes and interface

Added to portage

2026-04-18

valgrind - 3.27.0_rc2

Ebuild name:

dev-debug/valgrind-3.27.0_rc2

Description

An open-source memory debugger for GNU/Linux

Added to portage

2026-04-18

wine-vanilla - 11.7

Ebuild name:

app-emulation/wine-vanilla-11.7

Description

Free implementation of Windows(tm) on Unix, without external patchs

Added to portage

2026-04-18

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