Misc

Debian Linux in – Gentoo Linux out

As I write this post my last Gentoo Linux server is about to be converted to be a Debian Etch server. This is a sad decision I’ve made since I’ve used Gentoo Linux running web, mail and databases since version 1.0RC1 december 2000 both in stable and unstable versions. This is a result of less […]

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Linux

Profiles in Gentoo

Supported profiles You can view the list of profiles on your architecture officially supported by Gentoo developers when you emerge eselect and then run the following command:

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Linux

Emerge new system from old World file

A slick script or method to compile the apps listed in the world file, from an existing system to the new system, all together at once, rather that typing in all of those application names into one giant emerge command. emerge -av $(cat /path/to/oldworld)

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Linux

Estimate emerge time

You can analyze your system’s emerge.log file to find out how long a given package took to compile and also to estimate the time of future compile jobs, or you can use genlop, which is designed for the job.

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