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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.
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/8009/index.html
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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.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/03/15/gentoo.html
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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.
http://store.gentoo.org/
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Flameeyes's Unofficial ebuilds
Some unofficial ebuilds. Includes packages for FileLight, Universal Kopete, EventWatcher, KDar,
Rekall, sitelinks, Fireworks 3D, Knifty, XMMS Outpost, VisualBoyAdvance, KVisualBoyAdvance, XMMS
Outpost, Komics and others.
http://flameeyes.web.ctonet.it/ebuilds.html
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NewsForge - Gentoo Linux
A review of the distribution.
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/15/1939255&mode=nocomment
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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.
http://www.adelielinux.com/en/
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daRav.de - Gentoo Ebuilds
Some ebuilds and a small howto about software suspend under Gentoo.
http://www.darav.de/gentoo/
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Project Chinstrap
Aims to provide relatively up-to-date binary packages. It is unofficial, experimental, and not
supported by Gentoo.
http://chinstrap.alternating.net/
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Something to try
A Developer blogs about the work on Gentoo and other topics.
http://darkmere.wanfear.com/blog/
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Linux Review: Gentoo Linux
A review describing the experience during installation and a summary of strong points and
weaknesses.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7002
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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.
http://lwn.net/Articles/59138/
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Ruby-Tk-Merge - rtkmerge
A GUI to the emerge command to handle packages.
http://froeding.dyndns.org/rtkmerge/
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Genlop
A perl script that parses portage log-files for information.
http://pollycoke.org/genlop.html
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KPortage
A graphical frontend for portage. Releasenote, changelog, download and screenshots.
http://www.nongnu.org/kportage/
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Cool Linux CD
A liveCD based Gentoo that can be used to boot Linux without installing.
http://emergencycd2.sourceforge.net/
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Gentoox - Bringing Gentoo to the Xbox
Describes how to get Gentoo running on a Microsoft Xbox. Downloads, FAQ, Forums, Links, Developers,
News and Tutorials.
http://gentoox.shallax.com/
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Abeni
A tool that allows to edit ebuild-scripts and check the syntax before trying to build it. Lists
features, downloads, documentation and screenshots.
http://abeni.sourceforge.net/
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The Porthole Portage Frontend
A GTK-based frontend for Portage. Provides a short description, screenshots, downloads and an
ebuild for the software.
http://porthole.sourceforge.net/
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Gentoo For Zaurus
Base the propjects Cacko X11 Rom and The Emerde Project. Provides documentation for the project,
downloads, HOWTOs and screenshots.
http://www.opensistemas.com/Gentoo_for_Zaurus.715.0.html
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Linux on the Portege 2000
Describes how to install on the Toshiba Portege 2000.
http://portege.qiken.org/
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Gentoo Linux Reloaded
Explains what Gentoo Linux is all about and presents new features in Version 1.4.
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/10/10/intro_gentoo.html
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Reviewed Linux Tips and Tricks - Gentoo Linux
General documentation, tips and help with USE flags, emerge, portage and custom ebuilds.
http://reviewed.homelinux.org/gentoo/
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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.
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/us-gentoo/
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OSNews.com - Review of Gentoo Linux 1.0
A review of the distribution.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=937
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It's Just this Little Chromium Switch Here: Gentoo and FreeBSD: Not for Me
A comparison and critique of Gentoo and FreeBSD.
http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000351.html
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Gentoo Linux - Zope Portal
Provides a mailing list, articles, ebuilds and news about running Zope.
http://www.gentoo.ch/
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Which compiler flags to use
Lists which compile-flags provide good and safe results on different processors and platforms.
http://www.freehackers.org/gentoo/gccflags/
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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.
http://packages.gentoo.org/
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LinuxPlanet - Reviews - Distribution Watch: Gentoo Linux
A review of Gentoo Linux 1.1a.
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/4149/1/
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LinuxISO.org - Gentoo
Provides ISO-images for burning installation-CDs.
http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=45
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Kuro5hin.org - Installing Gentoo Linux
A description of the installation process.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/4/202113/7370
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Gentoo-Portage.com
An unofficial package listing system. It provides information regarding the available packages and
allows users to post comments.
http://gentoo-portage.com/
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Gentoo User
Unofficial user area with interactive support, forums and news.
http://www.gentoouser.org/
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Gentoo Server Project Wiki
The project aims at creating and documenting the use of Gentoo Linux in an enterprise environment.
Includes installation guides for some advanced network and administration features.
http://www.subverted.net/wakka/wakka.php?wakka=MainPage
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Gentoo Pages
Frequently Unanswered Questions (FUQ), some ebuilds from Stoyan Zhekov and scripts extracted from
the forums.
http://gentoo.zhware.net/
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Gentoo Linux's Journal
Provides a journal of user-experiences. Managed by Users.
http://www.livejournal.com/community/gentoo/
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Gentoo Linux Security Guide
Provides information about how to make an installation more secure. Describes how to adjust the
Kernel, firewalls, services and other parts of the system.
http://gentoo.insecurity.dk/
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Gentoo Linux PPC install on Apple iBook
Instructions on how to install on an Apple iBook.
http://www.desertsol.com/~kevin/ppc/
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Gentoo Linux on the PlayStation 2
Provides patches and information about running on a Sony PlayStation 2.
http://playstation2-linux.com/projects/gentoo-ps2
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Gentoo Linux on a Lifebook P-2040
Describes the steps that are required for installing on a Fujitsu notebook.
http://www.geocities.com/robm351/lifebook/
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cfghelper
Provides a Python script for managing config files created by portage.
http://www.rutherfurd.net/gentoo/
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Gentoo Forums
Discussion forums for topics around the distribution, Linux applications, installation,
administration, portage, frequently asked questions.
http://forums.gentoo.org/
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Gentoo
The official pages for the distribution provide documentation, downloads and installation
instructions, mailing-lists, forums, performance reviews and news.
http://www.gentoo.org/
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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.
http://gentoo.devel-net.org/portage/gpp/
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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.
http://dev.gentoo.org/~g2boojum/
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DistroWatch.com: Gentoo
Provides a basic feature list and a package comparison table.
http://distrowatch.ghuug.org/table.php?distribution=gentoo
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DataCore - Gentoo SVN Repository
Provides additional ebuilds in a Subversion-repository.
https://gentoo.datacore.ch/DCwiki.gentoo/Wiki.jsp?page=Main
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CLiki - Lisp and Gentoo
Provides information about supported implementations of the Lisp programming language.
http://www.cliki.net/gentoo
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BreakMyGentoo
Provides additional packages that are not provided in the main distribution and a guide about how
to set the CFLAGS for compiling.
http://www.breakmygentoo.net/
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