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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] 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

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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] Using qpkg

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[e] Using the Gentoo Log Parser (genlop)

Using the Gentoo Log Parser (genlop)

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Specifying only needed locales

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