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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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New Packages

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2026-03-31

bash - 5.3_p9-r1

Ebuild name:

app-shells/bash-5.3_p9-r1

Description

The standard GNU Bourne again shell

Added to portage

2026-03-31

bash - 5.4_alpha_pre20251202-r1

Ebuild name:

app-shells/bash-5.4_alpha_pre20251202-r1

Description

The standard GNU Bourne again shell

Added to portage

2026-03-31

gr-fosphor - 0.0_p20260330

Ebuild name:

net-analyzer/gr-fosphor-0.0_p20260330

Description

gnuradio fosphor block (GPU spectrum display)

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2026-03-31

krita - 6.0.1

Ebuild name:

media-gfx/krita-6.0.1

Description

Free digital painting application. Digital Painting, Creative Freedom

Added to portage

2026-03-31

mimalloc - 2.2.7-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/mimalloc-2.2.7-r1

Description

A compact general purpose allocator with excellent performance

Added to portage

2026-03-31

mimalloc - 3.2.8-r1

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/mimalloc-3.2.8-r1

Description

A compact general purpose allocator with excellent performance

Added to portage

2026-03-31

unzip - 6.0_p29-r2

Ebuild name:

app-arch/unzip-6.0_p29-r2

Description

unzipper for pkzip-compressed files

Added to portage

2026-03-31

2026-03-30

ada - 3.4.4

Ebuild name:

dev-cpp/ada-3.4.4

Description

WHATWG-compliant and fast URL parser written in modern C++

Added to portage

2026-03-30

asterisk - 21.12.2

Ebuild name:

net-misc/asterisk-21.12.2

Description

Asterisk A Modular Open Source PBX System

Added to portage

2026-03-30

atuin - 18.13.5

Ebuild name:

app-shells/atuin-18.13.5

Description

Shell history manager supporting encrypted synchronisation

Added to portage

2026-03-30

bolt - 0.9.11

Ebuild name:

sys-apps/bolt-0.9.11

Description

Userspace system daemon to enable security levels for Thunderbolt 3

Added to portage

2026-03-30

ccache - 4.13.2

Ebuild name:

dev-util/ccache-4.13.2

Description

Fast compiler cache

Added to portage

2026-03-30

cmake - 4.1.5

Ebuild name:

dev-build/cmake-4.1.5

Description

Cross platform Make

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2026-03-30

cmake - 4.2.4

Ebuild name:

dev-build/cmake-4.2.4

Description

Cross platform Make

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2026-03-30

cmake - 4.3.1

Ebuild name:

dev-build/cmake-4.3.1

Description

Cross platform Make

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2026-03-30

cppgir - 2.0_p20260321

Ebuild name:

dev-cpp/cppgir-2.0_p20260321

Description

GObject-Introspection C++ binding wrapper generator

Added to portage

2026-03-30

cyme - 2.3.0

Ebuild name:

sys-apps/cyme-2.3.0

Description

List system USB buses and devices; a modern cross-platform `lsusb`

Added to portage

2026-03-30

edk2 - 202511-r1

Ebuild name:

sys-firmware/edk2-202511-r1

Description

TianoCore EDK II UEFI firmware for virtual machines

Added to portage

2026-03-30

edk2-bin - 202511

Ebuild name:

sys-firmware/edk2-bin-202511

Description

TianoCore EDK II UEFI firmware for virtual machines

Added to portage

2026-03-30

evaluate - 0.4.4

Ebuild name:

sci-ml/evaluate-0.4.4

Description

makes evaluating, comparing models and reporting their performance easier

Added to portage

2026-03-30

evaluate - 0.4.5

Ebuild name:

sci-ml/evaluate-0.4.5

Description

makes evaluating, comparing models and reporting their performance easier

Added to portage

2026-03-30

evaluate - 0.4.6

Ebuild name:

sci-ml/evaluate-0.4.6

Description

makes evaluating, comparing models and reporting their performance easier

Added to portage

2026-03-30

exfatprogs - 1.3.2

Ebuild name:

sys-fs/exfatprogs-1.3.2

Description

Userspace utilities for the exFAT filesystem

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2026-03-30

fcft - 3.3.3

Ebuild name:

media-libs/fcft-3.3.3

Description

Simple library for font loading and glyph rasterization

Added to portage

2026-03-30

firecracker-bin - 1.15.0

Ebuild name:

app-emulation/firecracker-bin-1.15.0

Description

Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing (static buil

Added to portage

2026-03-30

fuse - 3.18.2

Ebuild name:

sys-fs/fuse-3.18.2

Description

An interface for filesystems implemented in userspace

Added to portage

2026-03-30

gcc - 16.0.1_p20260329

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/gcc-16.0.1_p20260329

Description

The GNU Compiler Collection

Added to portage

2026-03-30

git-sources - 7.0_rc6

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/git-sources-7.0_rc6

Description

The very latest -git version of the Linux kernel

Added to portage

2026-03-30

grub - 2.14-r4

Ebuild name:

sys-boot/grub-2.14-r4

Description

GNU GRUB boot loader

Added to portage

2026-03-30

inxi - 3.3.40.1

Ebuild name:

sys-apps/inxi-3.3.40.1

Description

The CLI inxi collects and prints hardware and system information

Added to portage

2026-03-30

libpng - 1.6.56

Ebuild name:

media-libs/libpng-1.6.56

Description

Portable Network Graphics library

Added to portage

2026-03-30

mbuffer - 20260301

Ebuild name:

sys-block/mbuffer-20260301

Description

M(easuring)buffer is a replacement for buffer with additional functional

Added to portage

2026-03-30

mdadm - 4.6

Ebuild name:

sys-fs/mdadm-4.6

Description

Tool for running RAID systems - replacement for the raidtools

Added to portage

2026-03-30

mocker - 0.5.0

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/mocker-0.5.0

Description

Simple mocking framework for Emacs

Added to portage

2026-03-30

modus-themes - 5.1.0

Ebuild name:

app-emacs/modus-themes-5.1.0

Description

Highly accessible themes for GNU Emacs

Added to portage

2026-03-30

nethack - 3.6.7-r1

Ebuild name:

games-roguelike/nethack-3.6.7-r1

Description

The ultimate old-school single player dungeon exploration game

Added to portage

2026-03-30

pylsqpack - 0.3.24

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pylsqpack-0.3.24

Description

Python wrapper for the ls-qpack QPACK library

Added to portage

2026-03-30

pyqt6 - 6.11.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pyqt6-6.11.0

Description

Python bindings for the Qt framework

Added to portage

2026-03-30

pyqt6-webengine - 6.11.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/pyqt6-webengine-6.11.0

Description

Python bindings for QtWebEngine

Added to portage

2026-03-30

qbe - 1.2-r1

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/qbe-1.2-r1

Description

Pure-C embeddable compiler backend

Added to portage

2026-03-30

synapse - 1.150.0

Ebuild name:

net-im/synapse-1.150.0

Description

Reference implementation of Matrix homeserver

Added to portage

2026-03-30

sysvinit - 3.18

Ebuild name:

sys-apps/sysvinit-3.18

Description

/sbin/init - parent of all processes

Added to portage

2026-03-30

tdlib - 1.8.62

Ebuild name:

net-libs/tdlib-1.8.62

Description

Cross-platform library for building Telegram clients

Added to portage

2026-03-30

transformers - 5.3.0

Ebuild name:

sci-ml/transformers-5.3.0

Description

State-of-the-art Machine Learning for JAX, PyTorch and TensorFlow

Added to portage

2026-03-30

winbox - 4.1_rc1

Ebuild name:

app-admin/winbox-4.1_rc1

Description

Management Software for MikroTik RouterOS

Added to portage

2026-03-30

xrootd - 5.9.2

Ebuild name:

net-libs/xrootd-5.9.2

Description

Extended ROOT remote file server

Added to portage

2026-03-30

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