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[e] Exploring portage features

Exploring portage features

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[e] Speeding up configure runs with confcache

Speeding up configure runs with confcache

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[e] Adding extra options to the configure call during emerge

Adding extra options to the configure call during emerge

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[e] Another alternative for installing Gentoo

Another alternative for installing Gentoo

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[e] Bootup with the Gentoo 2006.0 logo

Bootup with the Gentoo 2006.0 logo

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[e] Query gentoo.linuxhowtos.org portagetree from within Konqueror

Query gentoo.linuxhowtos.org portagetree from within Konqueror

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[e] Changing the DHCP Timeout

Changing the DHCP Timeout

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[e] Portage magic

Portage magic

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[e] Hotplugging? Coldplugging!

Hotplugging? Coldplugging!

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[e] Querying Portage with etcat

Querying Portage with etcat

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[e] Editing USE flags with ufed and euse

Editing USE flags with ufed and euse

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[e] Using qpkg

Using qpkg

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[e] Using the Gentoo Log Parser (genlop)

Using the Gentoo Log Parser (genlop)

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[e] Recovering the root password

Recovering the root password

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[e] Comparing Files

Comparing Files

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[e] Specifying only needed locales

Specifying only needed locales

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[e] nice and PORTAGE_NICENESS

nice and PORTAGE_NICENESS

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[e] Portage's new '--newuse' option

Portage's new '--newuse' option

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