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FUD Warning: Mirosoft Casts "GNU/Linux" as "Piracy"
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:31:39 -0000
Boycott Novell: "Cherish the mercy of Microsoft. It prefers not to sue poor people."
Taming Linux Font Sizes
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:01:39 -0000
Truesong Tech: "I recently set up Arch Linux (which is awesome, by the way) on my laptop, and noticed a bit of a problem... despite my resolution, 1680x1050, which usually makes fonts look tiny, all of my system fonts were huge."
What They're Using: Christian Einfeldt, Producer, the Digital Tipping Point
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:32:56 -0000
Linux Journal: "The boxes to my left are the thin clients. If you look just over my right ear, you will see a silvery small computer between two black monitors. That's the computer on which I captured this photograph (Gutsy Ubuntu running on the ZaReason media box)."
Editor's Note: Chrome Comic Books, Yugos, Our New Global Overlords
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:02:56 -0000
Google's Chrome browser is the most revolutionary, transformative technology to ever hit the planet. It will end hunger, tame avarice and greed, and beat swords into plowshares. But plows are destructive, so they will be strictly ornamental and have pretty flowers growing over them.
A Graphical Representation of the Linux File Structure
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:32:56 -0000
Geek2Live: "I hope that breakdown of Linux File Structure will help."
openSUSE 11.0: A Versatile Linux Server
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:02:56 -0000
LinuxPlanet: "OpenSUSE 11.0 does a great job on the desktop, but it shines equally as bright in the server role. Everything you need to set up most any type of server comes on the OpenSUSE 11.0 installation DVD. The trick is narrowing down the options to the ones you'll really need."

 

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Gentoo - The official pages for the distribution provide documentation, downloads and installation instructions, mailing-lists, forums, performance reviews and news.

A site reborn: The gentoo.org redesign - Daniel Robbins shares his experiences as he redesigns the Gentoo-Web site using technologies like XML, XSLT, and Python.
Meta Description: [ Have you ever woken up one morning and suddenly realized that your cute little personal development Web site isn't really that great? If so, you're in good company. In this series, Daniel Robbins shares his experiences as he redesigns the www.gentoo.org Web site using technologies like XML, XSLT,... ]

Abeni - A tool that allows to edit ebuild-scripts and check the syntax before trying to build it. Lists features, downloads, documentation and screenshots.

Appear - A Gentoo Portage improvement - A frontend written in sh which makes Portage (the Gentoo Linux package manager) more efficient by backgrounding downloads and allowing for automatic prelinking of packages.
Meta Description: [ The world's largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications ]

BreakMyGentoo - Provides additional packages that are not provided in the main distribution and a guide about how to set the CFLAGS for compiling.

cfghelper - Provides a Python script for managing config files created by portage.

CLiki - Lisp and Gentoo - Provides information about supported implementations of the Lisp programming language.

Cool Linux CD - A liveCD based Gentoo that can be used to boot Linux without installing.

daRav.de - Gentoo Ebuilds - Some ebuilds and a small howto about software suspend under Gentoo.

500 DataCore - Gentoo SVN Repository - Provides additional ebuilds in a Subversion-repository.

DistroWatch.com: Gentoo - Provides a basic feature list and a package comparison table.
Meta Description: [ News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions. ]

Flameeyes's Unofficial ebuilds - Some unofficial ebuilds and other development oriented information.

g2boojum's Gentoo page - Provides a couple of tarballs that make it possible to use portage in an already existing OpenBSD or FreeBSD installation. Also provides a description of the internals of portage.

Genlop - A perl script that parses portage log-files for information.

Genone's portage patchset - The goal of this project is to provide a testbed for all kind of patches to portage, the package management system.

Gentoo Buildtime Database and Statistics - This site holds stats about Gentoo and the ability of calculating mergetimes beforehand.
Meta Description: [ LiSt - Linux Statistics is an attempt to create accourate statistics around linux, since it keeps anonymous information about the users hard- and software. ]

Gentoo For Zaurus - Base the propjects Cacko X11 Rom and The Emerde Project. Provides documentation for the project, downloads, HOWTOs and screenshots.

Gentoo Forums - Discussion forums for topics around the distribution, Linux applications, installation, administration, portage, frequently asked questions.

Gentoo Linux on the PlayStation 2 - Provides patches and information about running on a Sony PlayStation 2.

Gentoo Linux PPC install on Apple iBook - Instructions on how to install on an Apple iBook.

Gentoo Linux Reloaded - Explains what Gentoo Linux is all about and presents new features in Version 1.4.
Meta Description: [ An introduction to Gentoo Linux 1.4 from chief architect Daniel Robbins. ]

Gentoo Linux's Journal - Provides a journal of user-experiences. Managed by Users.

Gentoo on the HP compaq nx7010 laptop - A short reference page on setting up gentoo linux on the HP compaq nx7010 laptop.
Meta Description: [ How to install Gentoo on the HP Compaq nx7010 laptop. ]

Gentoo Planet - The official weblog aggregator for the project that creates one feed out of many Gentoo Linux developer feeds. Lists all contributors and the latest posts by various developers.

Gentoo Security Handbook - Provides information about how to make an installation more secure. Describes how to adjust the Kernel, firewalls, services and other parts of the system.

Gentoo Store - Offers Gentoo-related products. Store profits are used to support Gentoo development efforts, server infrastructure and further efforts to establish a not-for-profit entity for Gentoo.

Gentoo-Portage wiki - A WikiWiki that provides HowTos, Tips and Tricks and man-pages around the Portage packaging system.

Gentoo-Portage.com - An unofficial package listing system. It provides information regarding the available packages and allows users to post comments.

Gentoo.Linux.co.uk - Website for Gentoo UK. Events, news, RSS-Feed, Howtos, Links.

Gentoox - Bringing Gentoo to the Xbox - Describes how to get Gentoo running on a Microsoft Xbox. Downloads, FAQ, Forums, Links, Developers, News and Tutorials.

Guitoo - A user interface for the package management tool Portage.

Idiot guide to setup - A step-by-step tutorial on setting up Gentoo including a checklist and pictures of the required steps.

It's Just this Little Chromium Switch Here: Gentoo and FreeBSD: Not for Me - A comparison and critique of Gentoo and FreeBSD.

KPortage - A graphical frontend for portage. Releasenote, changelog, download and screenshots.

Kuro5hin.org - Installing Gentoo Linux - A description of the installation process.

Linux installation for simple remote servers - Describes the Gentoo installation procedure. Basic installation, Audio, GUI, Video, links.

Linux on the Portege 2000 - Describes how to install on the Toshiba Portege 2000.

Linux Review: Gentoo Linux - A review describing the experience during installation and a summary of strong points and weaknesses.

LinuxDevCenter.com: Growing with Gentoo - Daniel Robbins, Gentoo's chief architect, spoke to students and professors at Stanford University's Computer Systems Lab. Danny O'Brien reports on his presentation, which focused on lesser known aspects of Gentoo: how it evolved, what problems it had.
Meta Description: [ Daniel Robbins, Gentoo's chief architect, recently spoke to students and professors at Stanford University's Computer Systems Lab. Danny O'Brien reports on his presentation, which focused on lesser known aspects of Gentoo: how it evolved, what problems... ]

LinuxISO.org - Gentoo - Provides ISO-images for burning installation-CDs.
Meta Description: [ linuxiso.org - A site to find Gentoo Linux, download Gentoo Linux, and install the Gentoo Linux Linux distribution. Download an iso image of Gentoo Linux, burn it to a cd, install Gentoo Linux, and get help on Gentoo Linux. ]

LinuxPlanet - Reviews - Distribution Watch: Gentoo Linux - A review of Gentoo Linux 1.1a.
Meta Description: [ In a world where Linux distros seem to try to embrace everyone and everything, it is a pleasant change to see distributions that target smaller groups. In the case of Gentoo Linux, that group is the software developers among us. But does the newest version of Gentoo make the grade? Dee-Ann LeBlan... ]

Linuxreviews - Linux Tips and Tricks - Gentoo Linux - General documentation, tips and help with USE flags, emerge, portage and custom ebuilds.
Meta Description: [ Get to know Gentoo Linux, a flexible, fast, modern and free Linux distribution geared towards experienced computer users. ]

LWN - The Success of Gentoo - Ladislav Bodnar talks about how Gentoo became one of the most widely used distributions. Describes originality, persistence, packages, documentation, community.

LXer: Dispelling the myths of Gentoo Linux, an honest review - A long-term Red Hat Linux user has given an honest look at Gentoo, and has concluded that the stereotypes surrounding this distribution are false.

MetaDistribution.org - Blog - A blog about Gentoo-Development by Pieter Van den Abeele.

NewsForge - Gentoo Linux - A review of the distribution.
Meta Description: [ Gentoo Linux: One fast little penguin (to run, not install) -- article related to Operating Systems, Feature, and Linux. ]

OSNews.com - Review of Gentoo Linux 1.0 - A review of the distribution.
Meta Description: [ OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones. ]

Packages at Gentoo Linux - Lists new packages and provides changelogs, displays stable and unstable versions of a package and allows searching for packages by name and description.

500 Project Chinstrap - Aims to provide relatively up-to-date binary packages. It is unofficial, experimental, and not supported by Gentoo.

Real-time open source activity stats - Statistics about CVS-Activity in Gentoo. Also allows to show commits categorized by submitter.

500 Reviewed Linux Tips and Tricks - Gentoo Linux - General documentation, tips and help with USE flags, emerge, portage and custom ebuilds.
Meta Description: [ Get to know Gentoo Linux, a flexible, fast, modern and free Linux distribution geared towards experienced computer users. ]

Ruby-Tk-Merge - rtkmerge - A GUI to the emerge command to handle packages.

Something to try - A Developer blogs about the work on Gentoo and other topics.

The Adelie Linux Project - The project aims to build solutions based on Gentoo for Single System Image, High Performance Computing and other related fields. Provides ebuilds for various HPC-projects.
Meta Description: [ Cyberlogic offre des solutions informatiques de haute qualité ainsi que des services internet. Spécialiste linux, clustering enregistrement de domaine et hebergement. ]

The Porthole Portage Frontend - A GTK-based frontend for Portage. Provides a short description, screenshots, downloads and an ebuild for the software.

VR Hosted: Gentoo Centric - The official Gentoo Sponsor provides enhanced Gentoo centric services including colocation hosting, support, and consulting.
Meta Description: [ Dedicated Servers, Server Colocation, Dedicated Linux Servers & Gentoo Linux. VR.ORG provides premier, cost effective Web Hosting, Domain Registration, SSL Certificates and Server Colocation ]

404 Which compiler flags to use - Lists which compile-flags provide good and safe results on different processors and platforms.

Ycarus Gentoo Ebuild - Provides some ebuilds for Gentoo that are not yet in the portage tree.
Meta Description: [ Ebuild for Gnu/Linux Gentoo by Ycarus ]