Gentoo Linux Howtos: Tips&Tricks

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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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2026-04-05

ebuild-mode - 1.82

Ebuild name:

app-xemacs/ebuild-mode-1.82

Description

Emacs modes for editing ebuilds and other Gentoo specific files

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2026-04-05

mac - 12.62

Ebuild name:

media-sound/mac-12.62

Description

Monkey's Audio Codecs

Added to portage

2026-04-05

prowlarr-bin - 2.3.5.5327

Ebuild name:

www-apps/prowlarr-bin-2.3.5.5327

Description

An indexer manager/proxy to integrate with your various PVR apps

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2026-04-05

spectre-meltdown-checker - 26.26.0404682

Ebuild name:

app-admin/spectre-meltdown-checker-26.26.0404682

Description

Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation ch

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2026-04-05

tempestsdr - 0.0_p20260404

Ebuild name:

net-wireless/tempestsdr-0.0_p20260404

Description

Remote video eavesdropping using a software-defined radio pla

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2026-04-05

2026-04-04

avogadro2 - 2.0.0

Ebuild name:

sci-chemistry/avogadro2-2.0.0

Description

Advanced molecule editor and visualizer 2

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2026-04-04

avogadrolibs - 2.0.0

Ebuild name:

sci-libs/avogadrolibs-2.0.0

Description

Advanced molecule editor and visualizer 2 - libraries

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2026-04-04

aws-session-manager-plugin - 1.2.804.0

Ebuild name:

app-admin/aws-session-manager-plugin-1.2.804.0

Description

AWS Session Manager Plugin for aws-cli

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2026-04-04

awscli - 1.44.73

Ebuild name:

app-admin/awscli-1.44.73

Description

Universal Command Line Environment for AWS

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2026-04-04

awscli-bin - 2.34.24

Ebuild name:

app-admin/awscli-bin-2.34.24

Description

command line interface for Amazon Web Services

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2026-04-04

bcc - 0.36.1-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-util/bcc-0.36.1-r1

Description

Tools for BPF-based Linux IO analysis, networking, monitoring, and more

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2026-04-04

botan - 3.11.1

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/botan-3.11.1

Description

C++ crypto library

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2026-04-04

boto3 - 1.42.83

Ebuild name:

dev-python/boto3-1.42.83

Description

The AWS SDK for Python

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2026-04-04

botocore - 1.42.83

Ebuild name:

dev-python/botocore-1.42.83

Description

Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3

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2026-04-04

brltty - 6.9

Ebuild name:

app-accessibility/brltty-6.9

Description

Daemon that provides access to the Linux/Unix console for a blind pers

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2026-04-04

cfn-lint - 1.48.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/cfn-lint-1.48.1

Description

CloudFormation Linter

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2026-04-04

chrome-binary-plugins - 148.0.7766.3_alpha

Ebuild name:

www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins-148.0.7766.3_alpha

Description

Binary plugins from Google Chrome for use in C

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2026-04-04

chromium - 147.0.7727.49

Ebuild name:

www-client/chromium-147.0.7727.49

Description

Open-source version of Google Chrome web browser

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2026-04-04

click - 8.3.2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/click-8.3.2

Description

A Python package for creating beautiful command line interfaces

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2026-04-04

cloudflare-warp - 2026.3.846.0

Ebuild name:

net-vpn/cloudflare-warp-2026.3.846.0

Description

Cloudflare Warp Client

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2026-04-04

cryptsetup - 2.8.6

Ebuild name:

sys-fs/cryptsetup-2.8.6

Description

Tool to setup encrypted devices with dm-crypt

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2026-04-04

diffoscope - 316

Ebuild name:

dev-util/diffoscope-316

Description

Will try to get to the bottom of what makes files or directories different

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2026-04-04

dist-kernel - 6.12.80

Ebuild name:

virtual/dist-kernel-6.12.80

Description

Virtual to depend on any Distribution Kernel

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2026-04-04

dist-kernel - 6.18.21

Ebuild name:

virtual/dist-kernel-6.18.21

Description

Virtual to depend on any Distribution Kernel

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2026-04-04

dist-kernel - 6.19.11

Ebuild name:

virtual/dist-kernel-6.19.11

Description

Virtual to depend on any Distribution Kernel

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2026-04-04

dist-kernel - 6.6.132

Ebuild name:

virtual/dist-kernel-6.6.132

Description

Virtual to depend on any Distribution Kernel

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2026-04-04

ethtool - 6.19

Ebuild name:

sys-apps/ethtool-6.19

Description

Utility for examining and tuning ethernet-based network interfaces

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2026-04-04

evisum - 1.2.1

Ebuild name:

sys-process/evisum-1.2.1

Description

System and process monitor written with EFL

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2026-04-04

fzf - 0.71.0

Ebuild name:

app-shells/fzf-0.71.0

Description

General-purpose command-line fuzzy finder, written in Golang

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2026-04-04

gcc - 13.4.1_p20260402

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/gcc-13.4.1_p20260402

Description

The GNU Compiler Collection

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2026-04-04

gcc - 14.3.1_p20260403

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/gcc-14.3.1_p20260403

Description

The GNU Compiler Collection

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2026-04-04

gentoo-kernel - 6.12.80

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.12.80

Description

Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches

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2026-04-04

gentoo-kernel - 6.18.21

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.18.21

Description

Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches

Added to portage

2026-04-04

gentoo-kernel - 6.19.11

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.19.11

Description

Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches

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2026-04-04

gentoo-kernel - 6.6.132

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.6.132

Description

Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches

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2026-04-04

gentoo-kernel-bin - 6.12.80

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.12.80

Description

Pre-built Linux kernel with Gentoo patches

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2026-04-04

gentoo-kernel-bin - 6.18.21

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.18.21

Description

Pre-built Linux kernel with Gentoo patches

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2026-04-04

gentoo-kernel-bin - 6.19.11

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.19.11

Description

Pre-built Linux kernel with Gentoo patches

Added to portage

2026-04-04

gentoo-kernel-bin - 6.6.132

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin-6.6.132

Description

Pre-built Linux kernel with Gentoo patches

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2026-04-04

google-chrome-unstable - 148.0.7766.3

Ebuild name:

www-client/google-chrome-unstable-148.0.7766.3

Description

The web browser from Google

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2026-04-04

hiprt - 2.5.20250428-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/hiprt-2.5.20250428-r1

Description

A ray tracing library for HIP

Added to portage

2026-04-04

icingaweb2-module-director - 1.11.7

Ebuild name:

www-apps/icingaweb2-module-director-1.11.7

Description

Icinga Web 2 plugin for configuration

Added to portage

2026-04-04

imapsync - 2.314

Ebuild name:

net-mail/imapsync-2.314

Description

Tool for incremental and recursive IMAP transfers between mailboxes

Added to portage

2026-04-04

jj - 0.40.0

Ebuild name:

dev-vcs/jj-0.40.0

Description

Jujutsu - an experimental version control system

Added to portage

2026-04-04

k9scli - 0.50.18

Ebuild name:

sys-cluster/k9scli-0.50.18

Description

terminal based UI to manage kubernetes clusters

Added to portage

2026-04-04

keepassxc - 2.7.11-r2

Ebuild name:

app-admin/keepassxc-2.7.11-r2

Description

KeePassXC - KeePass Cross-platform Community Edition

Added to portage

2026-04-04

keepassxc - 2.8.0_pre260316-r1

Ebuild name:

app-admin/keepassxc-2.8.0_pre260316-r1

Description

KeePassXC - KeePass Cross-platform Community Edition

Added to portage

2026-04-04

knot - 3.4.10

Ebuild name:

net-dns/knot-3.4.10

Description

High-performance authoritative-only DNS server

Added to portage

2026-04-04

knot - 3.5.4

Ebuild name:

net-dns/knot-3.5.4

Description

High-performance authoritative-only DNS server

Added to portage

2026-04-04

kube-proxy - 1.35.3

Ebuild name:

sys-cluster/kube-proxy-1.35.3

Description

Kubernetes Proxy service

Added to portage

2026-04-04

libqalculate - 5.10.0

Ebuild name:

sci-libs/libqalculate-5.10.0

Description

A modern multi-purpose calculator library

Added to portage

2026-04-04

libsdl2 - 2.32.66

Ebuild name:

media-libs/libsdl2-2.32.66

Description

Simple Direct Media Layer

Added to portage

2026-04-04

libsdl3 - 3.4.4

Ebuild name:

media-libs/libsdl3-3.4.4

Description

Simple Direct Media Layer

Added to portage

2026-04-04

libu2f-server - 1.1.0-r2

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/libu2f-server-1.1.0-r2

Description

Yubico Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) server C Library

Added to portage

2026-04-04

libu2f-server - 1.1.0-r2

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/libu2f-server-1.1.0-r2

Description

Yubico Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) server C Library

Added to portage

2026-04-04

libunistring - 1.4.2

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libunistring-1.4.2

Description

Library for manipulating Unicode and C strings according to Unicode sta

Added to portage

2026-04-04

loop-aes-losetup - 2.40.2

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/loop-aes-losetup-2.40.2

Description

Loop-AES losetup utility

Added to portage

2026-04-04

loop-aes-losetup - 2.41.1

Ebuild name:

app-crypt/loop-aes-losetup-2.41.1

Description

Loop-AES losetup utility

Added to portage

2026-04-04

man-pages-l10n - 4.30.0

Ebuild name:

app-i18n/man-pages-l10n-4.30.0

Description

A somewhat comprehensive collection of man page translations

Added to portage

2026-04-04

marshmallow - 4.3.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/marshmallow-4.3.0

Description

A library for converting to and from native Python datatypes

Added to portage

2026-04-04

mediafile - 0.16.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/mediafile-0.16.0

Description

Read and write audio files' tags in Python

Added to portage

2026-04-04

meson - 1.11.0_rc2

Ebuild name:

dev-build/meson-1.11.0_rc2

Description

Open source build system

Added to portage

2026-04-04

nextcloud-notify_push - 1.3.1

Ebuild name:

www-apps/nextcloud-notify_push-1.3.1

Description

Push daemon for Nextcloud clients

Added to portage

2026-04-04

openpgp-keys-knot - 20260304

Ebuild name:

sec-keys/openpgp-keys-knot-20260304

Description

OpenPGP keys used by the Knot DNS developers

Added to portage

2026-04-04

openrsync - 0.5.0_p20250127

Ebuild name:

net-misc/openrsync-0.5.0_p20250127

Description

BSD-licensed implementation of rsync

Added to portage

2026-04-04

opera-developer - 131.0.5856.0

Ebuild name:

www-client/opera-developer-131.0.5856.0

Description

A fast and secure web browser

Added to portage

2026-04-04

opera-gx - 129.0.5823.64

Ebuild name:

www-client/opera-gx-129.0.5823.64

Description

Opera, but for 'gamers'

Added to portage

2026-04-04

phlex - 1.11.1

Ebuild name:

dev-ruby/phlex-1.11.1

Description

A framework for building object-oriented views in Ruby

Added to portage

2026-04-04

phlex - 2.2.2

Ebuild name:

dev-ruby/phlex-2.2.2

Description

A framework for building object-oriented views in Ruby

Added to portage

2026-04-04

phlex - 2.3.2

Ebuild name:

dev-ruby/phlex-2.3.2

Description

A framework for building object-oriented views in Ruby

Added to portage

2026-04-04

pound - 4.22

Ebuild name:

www-servers/pound-4.22

Description

A http/https reverse-proxy and load-balancer

Added to portage

2026-04-04

pybtex - 0.26.1

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pybtex-0.26.1

Description

BibTeX-compatible bibliography processor

Added to portage

2026-04-04

pydata-sphinx-theme - 0.17.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pydata-sphinx-theme-0.17.0

Description

Bootstrap-based Sphinx theme from the PyData community

Added to portage

2026-04-04

python-ly - 0.9.10

Ebuild name:

dev-python/python-ly-0.9.10

Description

Tool and library for manipulating LilyPond files

Added to portage

2026-04-04

qalculate-gtk - 5.10.0

Ebuild name:

sci-calculators/qalculate-gtk-5.10.0

Description

Modern multi-purpose calculator

Added to portage

2026-04-04

qalculate-qt - 5.10.0

Ebuild name:

sci-calculators/qalculate-qt-5.10.0

Description

Qt-based UI for libqalculate

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2026-04-04

qdmr - 0.14.0

Ebuild name:

net-wireless/qdmr-0.14.0

Description

GUI application for configuring and programming cheap DMR radios

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2026-04-04

qpageview - 1.0.4

Ebuild name:

dev-python/qpageview-1.0.4

Description

Page-based viewer widget for Qt5/PyQt5

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2026-04-04

rapidyaml - 0.11.1

Ebuild name:

dev-cpp/rapidyaml-0.11.1

Description

Library to parse and emit YAML, and do it fast

Added to portage

2026-04-04

redis-knot - 3.5.4

Ebuild name:

net-dns/redis-knot-3.5.4

Description

Redis module for Knot DNS

Added to portage

2026-04-04

regex - 2026.4.4

Ebuild name:

dev-python/regex-2026.4.4

Description

Alternative regular expression module to replace re

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2026-04-04

ruff - 0.15.9

Ebuild name:

dev-util/ruff-0.15.9

Description

An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust

Added to portage

2026-04-04

simdjson - 4.6.1

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/simdjson-4.6.1

Description

SIMD accelerated C++ JSON library

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2026-04-04

snapraid - 14.1

Ebuild name:

sys-fs/snapraid-14.1

Description

Backup program with disk array for cold data on existing filesystems

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2026-04-04

sqlalchemy - 2.0.49

Ebuild name:

dev-python/sqlalchemy-2.0.49

Description

Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper

Added to portage

2026-04-04

streamlink - 8.2.1

Ebuild name:

net-misc/streamlink-8.2.1

Description

CLI for extracting streams from websites to a video player of your choice

Added to portage

2026-04-04

tailscale - 1.96.5

Ebuild name:

net-vpn/tailscale-1.96.5

Description

Tailscale vpn client

Added to portage

2026-04-04

telegram-desktop-bin - 6.7.2

Ebuild name:

net-im/telegram-desktop-bin-6.7.2

Description

Official desktop client for Telegram (binary package)

Added to portage

2026-04-04

terraform - 1.14.8

Ebuild name:

app-admin/terraform-1.14.8

Description

A tool for building, changing, and combining infrastructure safely

Added to portage

2026-04-04

tibs - 0.6.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/tibs-0.6.0

Description

A sleek Python library for your binary data

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2026-04-04

uvicorn - 0.43.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/uvicorn-0.43.0

Description

Lightning-fast ASGI server implementation

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2026-04-04

vanilla-kernel - 6.12.80

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.12.80

Description

Linux kernel built from vanilla upstream sources

Added to portage

2026-04-04

vanilla-kernel - 6.18.21

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.18.21

Description

Linux kernel built from vanilla upstream sources

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2026-04-04

vanilla-kernel - 6.19.11

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.19.11

Description

Linux kernel built from vanilla upstream sources

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2026-04-04

vanilla-kernel - 6.6.132

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.6.132

Description

Linux kernel built from vanilla upstream sources

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2026-04-04

whenever - 0.10.0_beta4

Ebuild name:

dev-python/whenever-0.10.0_beta4

Description

Modern datetime library for Python

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2026-04-04

wine-vanilla - 11.6

Ebuild name:

app-emulation/wine-vanilla-11.6

Description

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

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2026-04-04

xlsx2csv - 0.8.6

Ebuild name:

app-text/xlsx2csv-0.8.6

Description

Convert MS Office xlsx files to CSV

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2026-04-04

xmlsec - 1.3.10-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/xmlsec-1.3.10-r1

Description

Command line tool for signing, verifying, encrypting and decrypting XML

Added to portage

2026-04-04

zen-sources - 6.19.11

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/zen-sources-6.19.11

Description

The Zen Kernel Live Sources

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2026-04-04

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