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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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Finance-Quote - 1.710.0

Ebuild name:

dev-perl/Finance-Quote-1.710.0

Description

Get stock and mutual fund quotes from various exchanges

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2026-09-07

blisp - 0.0.5-r1

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sys-firmware/blisp-0.0.5-r1

Description

Bouffalo Labs in-system-programming tool and library

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2026-09-07

boltons - 26.2.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/boltons-26.2.0

Description

Pure-python utilities in the same spirit as the standard library

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2026-09-07

cattrs - 26.2.0

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dev-python/cattrs-26.2.0

Description

Composable complex class support for attrs and dataclasses

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2026-09-07

configargparse - 1.7.7

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dev-python/configargparse-1.7.7

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Drop-in replacement for argparse supporting config files and env va

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2026-09-07

django-otp - 1.7.3

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dev-python/django-otp-1.7.3

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Django framework adding two-factor authentication using one-time passwo

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2026-09-07

doctest - 2.5.3

Ebuild name:

dev-cpp/doctest-2.5.3

Description

The fastest feature-rich C++11/14/17/20 single-header testing framework

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2026-09-07

ezgb - 0.2.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/ezgb-0.2.0

Description

A standalone Python library for working with git-bug repositories

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2026-09-07

gcc - 13.4.1_p20260902

Ebuild name:

sys-devel/gcc-13.4.1_p20260902

Description

The GNU Compiler Collection

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gcc - 13.4.1_p20260904

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sys-devel/gcc-13.4.1_p20260904

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The GNU Compiler Collection

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gcc - 14.4.1_p20260903

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sys-devel/gcc-14.4.1_p20260903

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The GNU Compiler Collection

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2026-09-07

gcc - 15.3.1_p20260904

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sys-devel/gcc-15.3.1_p20260904

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The GNU Compiler Collection

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2026-09-07

gcc - 16.2.1_p20260905

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sys-devel/gcc-16.2.1_p20260905

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The GNU Compiler Collection

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2026-09-07

gcc - 17.0.0_p20260906

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sys-devel/gcc-17.0.0_p20260906

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The GNU Compiler Collection

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2026-09-07

gentoo-sources - 6.12.109

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.12.109

Description

Full sources including the Gentoo patchset for the . kernel tree

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2026-09-07

gentoo-sources - 6.18.50

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sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.18.50

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Full sources including the Gentoo patchset for the . kernel tree

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2026-09-07

gentoo-sources - 7.2.4

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sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-7.2.4

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Full sources including the Gentoo patchset for the . kernel tree

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2026-09-07

git-sources - 7.3_rc2

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/git-sources-7.3_rc2

Description

The very latest -git version of the Linux kernel

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2026-09-07

hdf5 - 2.2.0

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sci-libs/hdf5-2.2.0

Description

General purpose library and file format for storing scientific data

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2026-09-07

intel-compute-runtime - 26.27.39122.12-r1

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dev-libs/intel-compute-runtime-26.27.39122.12-r1

Description

Intel Graphics Compute Runtime for oneAPI Level Ze

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2026-09-07

ipmiview - 2.25.0.260812

Ebuild name:

net-misc/ipmiview-2.25.0.260812

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A GUI application that allows to manage multiple target systems thr

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2026-09-07

libpcre2 - 10.48

Ebuild name:

dev-libs/libpcre2-10.48

Description

Perl-compatible regular expression library

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2026-09-07

libpcre2-internals - 10.47

Ebuild name:

virtual/libpcre2-internals-10.47

Description

Virtual for dev-libs/libpcre2 internals

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2026-09-07

libpcre2-internals - 10.48

Ebuild name:

virtual/libpcre2-internals-10.48

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Virtual for dev-libs/libpcre2 internals

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2026-09-07

libselinux - 3.10-r3

Ebuild name:

sys-libs/libselinux-3.10-r3

Description

SELinux userland library

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2026-09-07

libselinux - 3.11-r1

Ebuild name:

sys-libs/libselinux-3.11-r1

Description

SELinux userland library

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2026-09-07

numpy - 2.5.3

Ebuild name:

dev-python/numpy-2.5.3

Description

Fast array and numerical python library

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2026-09-07

openapi-core - 0.23.1-r2

Ebuild name:

dev-python/openapi-core-0.23.1-r2

Description

Client-side and server-side support for the OpenAPI Specification

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2026-09-07

types-psutil - 7.2.2.20260906

Ebuild name:

dev-python/types-psutil-7.2.2.20260906

Description

Typing stubs for psutil

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2026-09-07

vanilla-sources - 6.12.109

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-6.12.109

Description

Full sources for the Linux kernel

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2026-09-07

vanilla-sources - 6.18.50

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-6.18.50

Description

Full sources for the Linux kernel

Added to portage

2026-09-07

vanilla-sources - 7.2.4

Ebuild name:

sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-7.2.4

Description

Full sources for the Linux kernel

Added to portage

2026-09-07

wget - 1.25.0-r3

Ebuild name:

net-misc/wget-1.25.0-r3

Description

Network utility to retrieve files from the WWW

Added to portage

2026-09-07

yaspin - 3.5.0

Ebuild name:

dev-python/yaspin-3.5.0

Description

Yet Another Terminal Spinner

Added to portage

2026-09-07

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