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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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2026-05-05

apache-tools - 2.4.67

Ebuild name:

app-admin/apache-tools-2.4.67

Description

Useful Apache tools - htdigest, htpasswd, ab, htdbm

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2026-05-05

authlib - 1.7.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/authlib-1.7.1

Description

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

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2026-05-05

awscli - 1.45.3

Ebuild name:

app-admin/awscli-1.45.3

Description

Universal Command Line Environment for AWS

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2026-05-05

blessed - 1.39.0

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dev-python/blessed-1.39.0

Description

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

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2026-05-05

boto3 - 1.43.3

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dev-python/boto3-1.43.3

Description

The AWS SDK for Python

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2026-05-05

botocore - 1.43.3

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dev-python/botocore-1.43.3

Description

Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3

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2026-05-05

c-blosc2 - 3.0.2

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/c-blosc2-3.0.2

Description

Blocking, shuffling and lossless compression library

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2026-05-05

chez - 10.4.0

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dev-scheme/chez-10.4.0

Description

A programming language based on R6RS

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2026-05-05

earthly - 0.8.16-r1

Ebuild name:

app-containers/earthly-0.8.16-r1

Description

Build automation tool that executes in containers

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2026-05-05

ensurepip-pip - 26.1.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/ensurepip-pip-26.1.1

Description

Shared pip wheel for ensurepip Python module

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2026-05-05

framework_tool - 0.6.2

Ebuild name:

app-laptop/framework_tool-0.6.2

Description

Tool to control Framework Computer systems

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2026-05-05

golangci-lint - 2.12.1

Ebuild name:

dev-go/golangci-lint-2.12.1

Description

Fast linters runner for Go

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2026-05-05

jupyter-server - 2.18.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/jupyter-server-2.18.0

Description

Core services, APIs, and REST endpoints to Jupyter web application

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2026-05-05

keepassxc - 2.8.0_pre20260504

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app-admin/keepassxc-2.8.0_pre20260504

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KeePassXC - KeePass Cross-platform Community Edition

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2026-05-05

libgit2 - 1.9.3

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dev-libs/libgit2-1.9.3

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A linkable library for Git

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2026-05-05

nprolog - 5.18

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/nprolog-5.18

Description

Interpreter and compiler to be compatible with Arity/Prolog32

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2026-05-05

oct2py - 6.0.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/oct2py-6.0.2

Description

Python to GNU Octave bridge

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2026-05-05

pip - 26.1.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pip-26.1.1

Description

The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages

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2026-05-05

pyopenssl - 26.2.0

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dev-python/pyopenssl-26.2.0

Description

Python interface to the OpenSSL library

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2026-05-05

pyproject-fmt - 2.21.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pyproject-fmt-2.21.2

Description

Format your pyproject.toml file

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2026-05-05

python - 0.3.14.5_rc1

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/python-0.3.14.5_rc1

Description

Freethreading (no-GIL) version of Python programming language

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2026-05-05

python - 3.14.5_rc1

Ebuild name:

dev-lang/python-3.14.5_rc1

Description

An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

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2026-05-05

python-subunit - 1.4.6

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dev-python/python-subunit-1.4.6

Description

A streaming protocol for test results

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2026-05-05

python-tests - 0.3.14.5_rc1

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dev-python/python-tests-0.3.14.5_rc1

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Test modules from dev-lang/python

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2026-05-05

python-tests - 3.14.5_rc1

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dev-python/python-tests-3.14.5_rc1

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Test modules from dev-lang/python

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2026-05-05

sqlglot - 30.7.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/sqlglot-30.7.0

Description

An easily customizable SQL parser and transpiler

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2026-05-05

tea - 0.14.0-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-util/tea-0.14.0-r1

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Command line tool to interact with Gitea server

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2026-05-05

tibs - 0.7.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/tibs-0.7.0

Description

A sleek Python library for your binary data

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2026-05-05

upterm - 0.23.0

Ebuild name:

app-misc/upterm-0.23.0

Description

Instant Terminal Sharing

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2026-05-05

virtualenv - 21.3.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/virtualenv-21.3.1

Description

Virtual Python Environment builder

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2026-05-05

with-editor - 3.5.0

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/with-editor-3.5.0

Description

Use the Emacsclient as the of child processes

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2026-05-05

2026-05-04

backports-zstd - 1.4.0

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dev-python/backports-zstd-1.4.0

Description

Backport of PEP-784 adding Zstandard to the standard library

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2026-05-04

cachetools - 7.1.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/cachetools-7.1.1

Description

Extensible memoizing collections and decorators

Added to portage

2026-05-04

citus - 12.1.12

Ebuild name:

dev-db/citus-12.1.12

Description

Open-source postgresql extension for clustering/multi-node setups

Added to portage

2026-05-04

citus - 13.2.2

Ebuild name:

dev-db/citus-13.2.2

Description

Open-source postgresql extension for clustering/multi-node setups

Added to portage

2026-05-04

citus - 14.0.1

Ebuild name:

dev-db/citus-14.0.1

Description

Open-source postgresql extension for clustering/multi-node setups

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2026-05-04

lgi - 0.9.2_p20260407

Ebuild name:

dev-lua/lgi-0.9.2_p20260407

Description

Lua bindings using gobject-introspection

Added to portage

2026-05-04

lua-utf8 - 0.2.0

Ebuild name:

dev-lua/lua-utf8-0.2.0

Description

A UTF-8 support module for Lua and LuaJIT

Added to portage

2026-05-04

mistune - 3.2.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/mistune-3.2.1

Description

The fastest markdown parser in pure Python

Added to portage

2026-05-04

mit-krb5-appl - 1.0.3-r4

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/mit-krb5-appl-1.0.3-r4

Description

Kerberized applications split from the main MIT Kerberos V distrib

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2026-05-04

poetry-core - 2.4.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/poetry-core-2.4.0

Description

Poetry PEP 517 Build Backend

Added to portage

2026-05-04

pyside - 6.11.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pyside-6.11.0

Description

Python bindings for the Qt framework

Added to portage

2026-05-04

pytz - 2026.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pytz-2026.2

Description

World timezone definitions for Python

Added to portage

2026-05-04

sbcl - 2.6.4

Ebuild name:

dev-lisp/sbcl-2.6.4

Description

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

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2026-05-04

timescaledb - 2.26.4

Ebuild name:

dev-db/timescaledb-2.26.4

Description

Open-source time-series SQL database

Added to portage

2026-05-04

valgrind - 3.27.0_p1

Ebuild name:

dev-debug/valgrind-3.27.0_p1

Description

An open-source memory debugger for GNU/Linux

Added to portage

2026-05-04

wtforms - 3.2.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/wtforms-3.2.2

Description

Flexible forms validation and rendering library for python web development

Added to portage

2026-05-04

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