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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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awscli - 1.45.14

Ebuild name:

app-admin/awscli-1.45.14

Description

Universal Command Line Environment for AWS

Added to portage

2026-05-23

blessed - 1.42.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/blessed-1.42.0

Description

Library for making terminal apps using colors, keyboard input and positio

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2026-05-23

boto3 - 1.43.14

Ebuild name:

dev-python/boto3-1.43.14

Description

The AWS SDK for Python

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2026-05-23

botocore - 1.43.14

Ebuild name:

dev-python/botocore-1.43.14

Description

Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3

Added to portage

2026-05-23

c2ffi - 21.1.0.20260104

Ebuild name:

dev-lisp/c2ffi-21.1.0.20260104

Description

Clang-based FFI wrapper generator for Common Lisp

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2026-05-23

click - 8.4.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/click-8.4.1

Description

A Python package for creating beautiful command line interfaces

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2026-05-23

crossdev - 20260501-r1

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/crossdev-20260501-r1

Description

Gentoo Cross-toolchain generator

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2026-05-23

cucumber-expressions - 19.0.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/cucumber-expressions-19.0.1

Description

Human friendly alternative to Regular Expressions

Added to portage

2026-05-23

deno-bin - 2.8.0

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/deno-bin-2.8.0

Description

Modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript

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2026-05-23

faker - 40.19.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/faker-40.19.1

Description

A Python package that generates fake data for you

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2026-05-23

gentoo-sources - 7.0.9-r5

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-7.0.9-r5

Description

Full sources including the Gentoo patchset for the . kernel tree

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2026-05-23

gnome-settings-daemon - 49.1-r1

Ebuild name:

gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-49.1-r1

Description

Gnome Settings Daemon

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2026-05-23

gr-rds - 0.0_p20250404-r1

Ebuild name:

net-wireless/gr-rds-0.0_p20250404-r1

Description

GNU Radio FM RDS Receiver

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2026-05-23

graph-tool - 2.98

Ebuild name:

dev-python/graph-tool-2.98

Description

An efficient python module for manipulation and statistical analysis of

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2026-05-23

griddataformats - 1.2.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/griddataformats-1.2.0

Description

Reading and writing of data on regular grids in Python

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2026-05-23

icalendar - 7.1.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/icalendar-7.1.2

Description

RFC 5545 compatible parser and generator of iCalendar files

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2026-05-23

jellyfin-bin - 10.11.9

Ebuild name:

www-apps/jellyfin-bin-10.11.9

Description

Jellyfin puts you in control of managing and streaming your media

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2026-05-23

jinxed - 2.0.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/jinxed-2.0.1

Description

A pure-Python implementation of a subset of the Python curses library

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2026-05-23

jwt-cpp - 0.7.2-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-cpp/jwt-cpp-0.7.2-r1

Description

header only library for creating and validating JSON Web Tokens in C++11

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2026-05-23

libgit2 - 1.9.4

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libgit2-1.9.4

Description

A linkable library for Git

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2026-05-23

liblms7002m - 0.0_p20200518-r3

Ebuild name:

net-wireless/liblms7002m-0.0_p20200518-r3

Description

Compact LMS7002M library suitable for resource-limited MC

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2026-05-23

lmod - 9.2.2

Ebuild name:

sys-cluster/lmod-9.2.2

Description

Environment Module System based on Lua

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2026-05-23

more-itertools - 11.1.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/more-itertools-11.1.0

Description

More routines for operating on iterables, beyond itertools

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2026-05-23

multi-term - 1.4-r1

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/multi-term-1.4-r1

Description

Manage multiple terminal buffers in Emacs

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2026-05-23

nginx - 1.30.2

Ebuild name:

www-servers/nginx-1.30.2

Description

Added to portage

2026-05-23

nvidia-drivers - 595.44.09

Ebuild name:

x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-595.44.09

Description

NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver

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2026-05-23

pika - 1.4.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pika-1.4.1

Description

Pure-Python implementation of the AMQP

Added to portage

2026-05-23

portage - 3.0.79

Ebuild name:

sys-apps/portage-3.0.79

Description

The package management and distribution system for Gentoo

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2026-05-23

pypdf - 6.12.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pypdf-6.12.1

Description

Python library to work with PDF files

Added to portage

2026-05-23

pytest-rerunfailures - 16.3

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures-16.3

Description

pytest plugin to re-run tests to eliminate flaky failures

Added to portage

2026-05-23

qtdeclarative - 6.11.1-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-qt/qtdeclarative-6.11.1-r1

Description

Qt Declarative (Quick 2)

Added to portage

2026-05-23

qtile - 0.36.0

Ebuild name:

x11-wm/qtile-0.36.0

Description

A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python

Added to portage

2026-05-23

raspberrypi-firmware - 1.20260521

Ebuild name:

sys-boot/raspberrypi-firmware-1.20260521

Description

Raspberry Pi (all versions) bootloader and GPU firmware

Added to portage

2026-05-23

raspberrypi-image - 6.18.32_p20260521

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/raspberrypi-image-6.18.32_p20260521

Description

Raspberry Pi (all versions) kernel and modules

Added to portage

2026-05-23

raspberrypi-sources - 6.18.32_p20260521

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/raspberrypi-sources-6.18.32_p20260521

Description

Raspberry Pi kernel sources

Added to portage

2026-05-23

snapd-glib - 1.72

Ebuild name:

sys-libs/snapd-glib-1.72

Description

glib library for communicating with snapd

Added to portage

2026-05-23

sunshine - 2026.516.143833

Ebuild name:

net-misc/sunshine-2026.516.143833

Description

Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight

Added to portage

2026-05-23

superlu_mt - 4.0.2

Ebuild name:

sci-libs/superlu_mt-4.0.2

Description

Multithreaded sparse LU factorization library

Added to portage

2026-05-23

trove-classifiers - 2026.5.22.10

Ebuild name:

dev-python/trove-classifiers-2026.5.22.10

Description

Canonical source for classifiers on PyPI (pypi.org)

Added to portage

2026-05-23

virt-firmware - 26.5.4

Ebuild name:

app-emulation/virt-firmware-26.5.4

Description

Tools for ovmf/armvirt firmware volumes

Added to portage

2026-05-23

vpl-gpu-rt - 26.2.0

Ebuild name:

media-libs/vpl-gpu-rt-26.2.0

Description

Intel Video Processing Library GPU Runtime

Added to portage

2026-05-23

wrapt - 2.2.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/wrapt-2.2.1

Description

Module for decorators, wrappers and monkey patching

Added to portage

2026-05-23

yle-dl - 20260520

Ebuild name:

media-video/yle-dl-20260520

Description

Download media files from Yle Areena

Added to portage

2026-05-23

zotero-bin - 9.0.4

Ebuild name:

app-text/zotero-bin-9.0.4

Description

Helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources

Added to portage

2026-05-23

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